Greetings!

I recently formatted my TR3A and intalled WinXP Pro and most of the original driver. The only hardware that won’t respond is my motion eye camer….. as well, I need to download the network smart capture software. Can anyone drect me where to download the driver and software for my motion eye please?

Unless you wrote your 5GB recovery partition’s files to CD-ROM, you should already have all the software in a hidden 5GB recovery partition.  If you reformatted the drive to a single partion, you lost your recovery files.

If you still have the partition, read about Vaio Recovery Wizard.  Be careful to install just the software you need, and not a full system recovery.  Should be quite simple.

When my TR3A was new, the first thing I did was reclaim that 5GB by writing the recovery files to CD-Rom, then reformatted my drive without that wasteful partition.  I’ve used the recovery files to restore my Norton AV, so the it works well.

Good luck.

Upgrading to XP pro causes the camera to be shut off by the power management software.  Below are the steps to fix it. 

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After upgrading the Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional operating system, the built-in camera no longer functions.

Follow this procedure to resolve the issue of the built-in camera no longer functioning after upgrading to the Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional operating system.

  1. Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
  2. In the Control Panel window, under Pick a category, double-click the Performance and Maintenance icon.
  3. In the Performance and Maintenance window, under or pick a Control Panel icon, double-click the System icon.
  4. In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab.
  5. On the Hardware tab, in the Device Manager box, click the Device Manager button.
  6. In the Device Manager window, double-click the Universal Serial Bus controllers icon.
  7. Click to select the first USB Root Hub.
  8. On the menu bar, click Action.
  9. On the Action menu, click Properties.
  10. In the USB Root Hub Properties window, click the Power tab.
  11. On the Power tab, in the Attached devices: box, under Description, ensure Sony Visual Communication Camera… is listed.

    NOTE: If the Sony Visual Communication Camera… is not listed, repeat steps 7-11 for each USB Root Hub listed in the Device Manager window.
  12. Click the Power Management tab.
  13. On the Power Management tab, click to clear the Allow the computer to turn off… box.