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jjsaul:
ive just got a new laptop complete with vista...tried installing the software for my sony ericsson k800i...won't find the drivers.
as far as i can find out sony ericsson haven't released it for vista yet and won't be for some time...can anyone confirm / deny this?

also...is there any way i can 'emulate' winxp to run the software?

other than that so far i've found vista to be ok, the graphics are quite cool but the constant asking for confirmation to do anything with an executable file or anything downloaded is annoying...

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "jjsaul" ---the graphics are quite cool but the constant asking for confirmation to do anything with an executable file or anything downloaded is annoying...
--- End quote ---

You can turn "User Account Control" off (Control Panel, User Accounts) and get rid of the constant whingeing.

This may make your system less secure, but then again you so quickly get used to hitting "Accept" when messages pop up every 5 seconds that if something pops up saying "About to delete all files on hard drive" you'll probably hit "Accept" anyway before you realise what's going on.  Apparently not only do Microsoft not really understand software very well, they don't understand psychology very well either.

Welshbreed:
you probably wont find many non-microsoft based companies are slow to deliver new software, as the entire scripting prossess has changed. apparently. this means all the codes for programs have to be changed, before they work well. they will soon come trickeling, before the flood, as people buy newer machines. PS: I hope you got "Service Pack 2" (less error's).

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "Welshbreed" ---PS: I hope you got "Service Pack 2" (less error's).
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What, Vista?  It's not even on Service Pack 1 yet - SP1 will be sometime in the second half of 2007.  Are you thinking of XP?

barnhill4x4:
I had the same prob when I first had my vista laptop a few weeks ago. I did a search and fount this post on another site

If you download the drivers from this link
http://www.nxtg.net/files/sony-ericsson-k-series-drivers.zip
you can install a K800i on Vista if you manually point Vista to the driver files once the Automatic search fails.
I have installed my K800i in this method and synced it with MyPhoneExplorer
Hopes this helps



  I did it and it works perfectly

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