Help!!! Installing XP on VGN-FE41M

[FrankGallant]

I installed XP on VGN-FE41M using the hotfix KB835221 microsoft and
using driver of VGN-FE31M but not all work fine.
WeBcam is not working and i have some problem with following drivers:
BUS PCI:
UGX
bus controller
network controller

anybody knows how to solve my problems?

Thanks in advance
Francesco Galante

[Blencogo]

Hi Francesco and welcome to Club Vaio.

Have you tried: -

1. Download the Preinstalled XP Drivers from SONY DOWNLOADS into a temporary folder
2. Expand the download into a new directory C:\Drivers
3. Go to Device Manager and for each uninstalled device, right click on it and choose Update Driver.
4. Choose to install the driver manually and click on "Have Disc"
5. Browse to C:\Drivers and XP will scan the directory to find the correct driver.
6. Repeat for all uninstalled devices in Device Manager
7. Download the Preinstalled XP Utilities from the same download site and install them all - start with Sony Utilities, then Sony Shared Library, then Vaio Event Service, then the others.

The webcam is different from the FE31M and there are no XP Drivers so you will need to download and re-install the VGP-VCC4 Webcam Driver



EDIT: Have a look at THIS RECENT THREAD which describes the same process for a VGN-AR31M.