SONY VAIO Software for my FW Series Notebook

Today I decided to install some of the updated SONY utilities and other software that was originally on my notebook before I did a clean install of Windows 7. (This was written based on my experience installing on a VGN-FW290 notebook with the 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate operating system)

Download and install the VGN-FW290 software from the SONY support website in the following order.

Select Your Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

1. Sony Shared Library - SOASSL-70189398-US.EXE
2. Notebook Control and Utilities
   1. Setting Utilities Series, Fn Keys and Vaio Control Center.
      SOASUS-70201315-US.EXE
   2. VAIO® Control Center Software
      SOAVCC-70192539-US.EXE
3. VAIO® Original Function Settings Software
   SOAOTH-70189922-US.EXE
4. VAIO® Location Utility
   SOAOTH-70189504-US.EXE
5. VAIO® Event Service
   SOAVES-70192615-US.EXE
6. VAIO® Presentation Support
   SOAOTH-70189620-US.EXE
7. VAIO® Entertainment Platform Software
   SOAVEP-70196575-US.EXE

Select Your Operating System: Microsoft® Windows Vista 64-bit. (since the following is not available for Windows 7 yet)

8. Original - Arcsoft WebCam Companion® Software.
   SOAVCU-15458700-64.EXE

Search the SONY site for “SODSNC-14727000-64” to get the download page for the 64 bit Sony® Firmware Extension Parser

9. Sony® Firmware Extension Parser
   SODSNC-14727000-64.EXE

In Control Panel | Power Options, check if the brightness control slide is working.

Restart and check functionality of the built in function and multimedia keys (S1*, volume -/+, mute, magnify, brightness control, etc.). The S1 key can be set with the Vaio Control Center | Special Buttons option.

Skin changes under Ubuntu VMware Machine

More info: Official VAIO FW Series Owners Thread (forum.notebookreview.com).