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Microsoft said my Vaio is compatible, but Sony says No
I've been using a Sony Vaio VGC RA826G desktop, which I bought primarily in order to be able to use Windows Media Center, which at the time was the only way to acquire it. I've been able to use it through Windows XP, Windows Vista, but now after being told by Microsoft that my computer was compatible with Windows 7, I now find that Windows 7 is unable to detect a tuner and that's that so far as Windows Media Center is concerned. I spent hours repeatedly taking my Vaio back to square one with the cabling making sure I had everything correctly connected, all to no avail.
So then I went hunting down solutions to this anomaly and came up with nothing. So I went back to the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, which disclosed that a Multimedia Video Controller driver was not compatible and then referred me to a Sony web site and there glaring at me were the words "The model VGC RA826G is not eligible for SONY's Windows 7 Upgrade program" followed by "Interested in buying a new computer with Windows 7 ?"
Now I know only too well that because of the economic turn down, we are all asked to chip in with bail out money and stimulus money to help out these poor corporations, but this new wrinkle to extract more money out of my pocket is something else again, don't you think ? Besides this driver that is missing has been missing throughout Windows Vista and has not hampered Windows Media Center in any way nor in any video games or programming. So what little Trojan Horse is lurking in the Sony Windows 7 stables ?
Last edited by Ex Rainbow; 25 Oct 2009 at 15:37. Reason: should read Sony NOW says No