SONY VGN-SZ780U

• Resolves an issue where the computer may lose wireless connection
• Resolves an issue where the computer is unable to connect to a wireless access point

• Resolves an issue where the computer is unable to connect to an access point
• Resolves an issue where the computer loses wireless connection

This driver also resolves the yellow exclamation point error that may appear in Device Manager next to "Network Controller" which indicates that a driver is not installed for that device.

NOTE: Because the Microsoft Quick Fix (QFE) KB932063 is included in Windows Vista® Service Pack 1 (SP1), it is not necessary to install this update when Windows Vista SP1 has been installed.

• Resolves an issue where DVD creation fails when using the conversion function
• Resolves an issue where the disc creation fails when using BD-RE DL media
• Adds support for online photo album with Windows Live™ FrameIt
• Adds support for online photo album with Google™ Picasa™ Web Albums
• Adds support for map view with Google Maps™ mapping service
• Resolves an issue where BD-J (Blu-ray Disc™ Java) media does not play on Blu-ray Disc player and recorder models BDP-N460, BDZ-EX200, BDZ-RX100, BDZ-RX50, BDZ-RX30, and BDZ-RS10 after creating Blue-ray Disc video content using Click to Disc Editor
• Resolves an issue where DVD creation fails when using the Fit to Disc function

Issues resolved:

• Resolves an issue where the title cannot be entered after opening a saved project
• Resolves an issue where a scene becomes black or white while using the EU (Europe) region
• Resolves an issue where the scene is distorted when writing using a different aspect ratio
• Resolves an issue where the application terminates abnormally
• Resolves an issue where the Smart Face Detection technology fails to work properly
• Resolves an issue where the application hangs when Text Settings is opened

Enhancements:

• Improved performance
• Availability of AVCHD™ High Profile
• Supports the font size changing function
• Supports the scene trimming function
• Supports the BGM recommendation function
• Availability of AVC 720P format

• Resolves an issue where burning full length Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc™ media may fail
• Improves compatibility with Sony® Blu-ray Disc players
• Provides support for 720p AVC MP4 stream
• Reduces HDD working area
• Provides support for ATRAC® audio format
• Provides support for mouse operation during BD-J (Blu-ray Disc Java) playback
• Provides support for newer camcorders using the AVCHD™ format
• Provides playback support for Sony Blu-ray Disc recorders (BDZ-X90/L70/T70/T50)
• Provides playback support for Sony Blu-ray Disc players (BDP-S1/S300/S500)

For Sony® Blu-ray Disc™ Player Owners

For best compatibility with your Blu-ray Disc player, make sure your player has the latest firmware installed. Please check the player's Drivers & Software page for available updates.

• The wireless LED does not light after recovering from hibernation
• The VAIO Smart Network icon disappears after restarting the computer
• The VAIO Smart Network application closes unexpectedly
• An interactive service message occurs constantly after Windows logoff and logon
• The WLAN device becomes disabled in Device Manager
• Incorrect switching occurs using the VAIO Smart Network utility when fast switching between WLAN, Bluetooth®, LAN, or Modem operations
• The default gateway is lost in a new LAN profile created with the VAIO Smart Network utility

• Resolves an issue where the correct segment of the music file doesn't play when using the "Chorus Playback Duration" feature within the VAIO MusicBox application
• Enables a new feature to use the content search for smile detection, laughter, and close-up face pictures within the VAIO Movie Story and Media Gallery applications
• Enables support to read AVCHD (720p) video format within the VAIO Movie Story and Click to Disc Editor applications
• Enables support to read GPS video within the Click to Disc Editor application

• Resolves an issue where the Picture Analysis option is missing from the VAIO Content Analyzer settings
• Resolves an issue where the correct segment of the music file doesn't play when using the "Chorus Playback Duration" feature within the VAIO MusicBox application
• Enables a new feature to use the content search for smile detection, laughter, and close-up face pictures within the VAIO Movie Story and Media Gallery applications
• Enables support to read AVCHD (720p) video format within the VAIO Movie Story and Click to Disc Editor applications
• Enables support to read GPS video within the Click to Disc Editor application

• Resolves an issue where the correct segment of the music file doesn't play when using the "Chorus Playback Duration" feature within the VAIO MusicBox application
• Enables a new feature to use the content search for smile detection, laughter, and close-up face pictures within the VAIO Movie Story and Media Gallery applications
• Enables support to read AVCHD (720p) video format within the VAIO Movie Story and Click to Disc Editor applications
• Enables support to read GPS video within the Click to Disc Editor application

• Resolves an issue where the user is unable to register or update a folder name that previously existed
• Provides improved shortcut keys in the VAIO Media menus
• Changes to VAIO Media music file information are saved in the ID tag of the file by default
• Resolves an issue where the VAIO Music Box, VAIO Media Plus, and Media Gallery™ applications do not function properly because the VAIO Original Function Setting utility did not properly start
• Resolves an issue where the SoundFLOW service may not start properly after applying some VAIO updates

• How to enable or disable protected mode in the Internet Explorer® browser
• How to configure an Internet site as Trusted in the Internet Explorer browser version 7 or 8
• How to remove unnecessary files from the hard drive using the Disk Cleanup utility
• How to configure the operating system to show all files
• How to reset the Internet Explorer browser default settings
• How to uninstall a program
• The Recycle Bin icon has been deleted or is missing from the desktop
• How to start a server service and configure the service to start automatically
• How to detect and repair errors on the hard drive using the Check Disk utility

• VAIO® Event Services
• Setting Utility Series
• Battery Checker
• VAIO Camera Capture Utility
• VAIO Power Management
• VAIO Launcher

• Input & output
• Storage & media
• Network & wireless
• Software & applications
• System settings

• Improves computer performance
• Adds the Troubleshooting Advisor feature
• Adds the Self Heal feature

• Improved user interface
• Improved response time when using the "Undo Cleaning" feature
• Improved VAIO Care notification system

• Supports high-speed music analysis for non-DRM ATRAC® content
• Supports video analysis for AVCHD™ high profile content
• Supports VAIO Entertainment Platform 3.1
• Improved system stability

• Supports Adobe® Premiere® Elements 2, 3, 4, and 7, Premiere Pro CS3, and Premiere Pro 2.0
• Supports exporting AVCHD™ hardware encoding using VAIO AVC Transcoder
• Supports importing and exporting 1920x1080 High Profile AVCHD files (08.1H new AVCHD camcorder video stream)
• Supports the Sony® MPEG2 encode setting
• Provides the High Quality SD to HD upconversion feature
• Supports exporting Click to Disc Editor project files
• Supports exporting subtitle files for TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 together with MPEG2 export using TMPGEnc encoder (TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress and TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 required)
• Improves functionality and performance for AVCHD file import and export (AVC/H.264 license required)
• Supports editing HDV files recorded with the professional HVR-V1 camcorder using the PROG.SCAN mode (feature only available with Premiere Pro)
• Supports editing recorded HDV/AVCHD files using x.v.Color™ mode with supported Handycam® camcorders
• Supports importing and exporting MPEG2 video files that use Dolby® Digital technology (Dolby Digital license required)
• Provides support for Microsoft® Windows Vista® SP2 (Service Pack 2)
• Provides support for exporting using AVCHD high speed software encoding
• Improves upconversion from High Quality SD to HD and provides support for 1920x1080 frame size
• Resolves an issue when using Premiere Elements 7, video drawing may become black during specific video transitions or when the video effect is applied to a DV-AVI clip

• The iTunes® library disappears when an iPod ® mobile digital device is connected to the computer
• Unable to play music files after importing SonicStage® songs.
• Internet Explorer stops responding after logging into AOL® Webmail

• The iTunes® library disappears when an iPod ® mobile digital device is connected to the computer
• Unable to play music files after importing SonicStage® songs.
• Internet Explorer stops responding after logging into AOL® Webmail

• Improves application performance and compatibility
• Adds the tooltip function and media control buttons for play, forward, backward, and stop

• The VAIO Update application may become unresponsive
• The computer will no longer Logoff, Restart, or Shutdown during the installation of a patch
• The install utility menu is hidden behind the VAIO Update application
• No updates are shown when using a proxy
• Improves the performance of the VAIO Update application
• Adds Self-repair functionality
• Text within the application may appear to be cut off
• Notifies the Windows® Store App of updates in the VAIO Update application
• Improves compatibility with the operating system

• The VAIO Update application may become unresponsive
• The computer will no longer Logoff, Restart, or Shutdown during the installation of a patch
• The install utility menu is hidden behind the VAIO Update application
• No updates are shown when using a proxy
• Improves the performance of the VAIO Update application
• Adds Self-repair functionality
• Text within the application may appear to be cut off
• Notifies the Windows® Store App of updates in the VAIO Update application
• Improves compatibility with the operating system
• VAIO Update user interface may become corrupted if Windows Display size is set large.
• Installation process of VAIO Update may be interrupted by Kaspersky Internet Security software.

• The VAIO Update application may become unresponsive
• The computer system is no longer able to Logoff, Restart, or Shutdown during the installation of a patch
• The install utility menu is hidden behind the VAIO Update application
• No updates are shown when using a proxy
• Improves the performance of the VAIO Update application
• Adds the Self-repair functionality
• Text within the application may appear to be cut off
• Notifies the Windows® Store App of updates in the VAIO Update application
• Improves compatibility with the operating system
• The VAIO Update user interface may become corrupted if the Windows display size is set to large
• Installation process of VAIO Update may be interrupted by Kaspersky™ Internet Security software
• Updates the User Interface for VAIO Update
• Allows the computer to run updates when using battery power

• Supports filmroll for VAIO Movie Story
• Supports exported analog video displayed using VAIO Video Explorer
• Supports VAIO Entertainment Platform 3.1

• Click to DVD® update version 2.4.10.09150 is installed on a computer that has Roxio® Easy Media Creator 7.5 installed
• After Installing Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 Deluxe
• After installing or uninstalling the iTunes™ program
• After uninstalling a CD or DVD burning program from the computer

WARNING: Do not install this update unless your computer is exhibiting the above issue.