It has been a while since I updated this blog. I have fixed many problems since my last post but none of them I thought were worth mentioning.
Today, I have solved a problem that IS worth mentioning.
Yesterday, Microsoft began offering Vista SP1 on Windows update.
I am planning to install Vista SP1 on my laptop, so before doing this, I did some research and I came across this on microsoft.com: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948343
That article lists the possible reasons why SP1 won't show up when you run Windows Update.
Unfortunately for me, one of the device drivers mentioned on that link is installed on my Sony Vaio VGN-FE770G laptop. That driver was for the sound chip, particularly the file Stwrt.sys.
To make matters worse, on the Sony website, the latest driver offered is still version 6.10.0.5286, well below version 6.10.5511.0.
I tried right clicking on the driver in the device manager to update the driver but it told me that the latest driver was already installed.
Of course, pure logic seemed to contradict this, since Microsoft already mentioned that there is a higher version number on that same link.
I did a search on Google when I came across this post on a forum: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3127524
The last post listed there mentioned a link for an updated driver here: ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/ORIGINAL/AR6_AUDIO_DRIVER_2.ZIP
After installing the driver, getting Windows Update to give me the option to install SP1 was not a problem anymore.
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