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Tyro
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      01-04-2009
It would be helpful to have some more details such as which version of Vista
are you using. Do you have SP1 installed? What type of Sony notebook?

Tyro

"Kevinp" <> wrote in message
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> I close the lid and the laptop eventually goes into Sleep Mode. When I
> open the lid and Vista comes back up, I can no longer use the Windows
> shortcut where I can click on an item at the top of the list, hold down
> the shift key, and click on an item
> at the bottom to select everything in between. It doesn't work with the
> Control key either to let me select multiple items. The computer doesn't
> respond to the mouse click while I'm holding the shift key and then when I
> let the shift key up, the
> laptop beeps at me and won't let me move the mouse cursor for a few
> seconds. Rebootiing the laptop is the only way to fix it.
>
> I swapped emails with Sony tech support and they were worthless. I thought
> I'd try here, but I'm probably the only person on the planet with this
> problem. I haven't tried installing XP on this machine to see if it's a
> hardware problem, but that will
> be next if I get no replies. I'm trying really hard to like Vista.


 
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Patrick Keenan
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      01-11-2009

"Kevinp" <> wrote in message
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>I gave you the specs and you didn't bother to respond. We have words for
>people like you.


Regardless, that's likely something that Sony, not Microsoft, has to fix in
a driver for Sony hardware.

HTH
-pk


>
> On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:56:27 -0800, "Tyro" <> wrote:
>
>>It would be helpful to have some more details such as which version of
>>Vista
>>are you using. Do you have SP1 installed? What type of Sony notebook?
>>
>>Tyro
>>
>>"Kevinp" <> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>> I close the lid and the laptop eventually goes into Sleep Mode. When I
>>> open the lid and Vista comes back up, I can no longer use the Windows
>>> shortcut where I can click on an item at the top of the list, hold down
>>> the shift key, and click on an item
>>> at the bottom to select everything in between. It doesn't work with the
>>> Control key either to let me select multiple items. The computer doesn't
>>> respond to the mouse click while I'm holding the shift key and then when
>>> I
>>> let the shift key up, the
>>> laptop beeps at me and won't let me move the mouse cursor for a few
>>> seconds. Rebootiing the laptop is the only way to fix it.
>>>
>>> I swapped emails with Sony tech support and they were worthless. I
>>> thought
>>> I'd try here, but I'm probably the only person on the planet with this
>>> problem. I haven't tried installing XP on this machine to see if it's a
>>> hardware problem, but that will
>>> be next if I get no replies. I'm trying really hard to like Vista.


 
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