User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EE43FX/BJ

[. . . ] Macrovision: This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorised by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorised by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. [. . . ] For memory upgrades, use only PC2100 (DDR266) DDR-SDRAM DIMM or PC2700 (DDR333) DDR-SDRAM DIMM modules (depending on your model). For information on installing memory, please see the section Upgrading memory (page 77). Another option is to defragment the hard drive. See the Windows® Help files for details or contact your system administrator if you have one. My computer or software program is not responding If you suspect one application is locking your system, you can try to stop it, as follows: 1 2 3 Press <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete> simultaneously. The Windows Task Manager screen appears. Scroll down until you see an application with the status Not responding. Select this application from the list and click End Task. Windows® tries to close the application. If it fails to do so, a second dialog box appears. Select End Task again. 4 If the above method does not work or you do not know which application is locking your system, shut down the computer, as follows: 1 2 Click the Start button. Select Turn Off Computer, and then Turn off in the dialog box that appears. Right-click the optical disc drive and select Eject. Make sure the computer is not in Standby or Hibernate mode. I cannot play a disc After inserting the disc, wait for a few seconds for the system to detect it before you try to access it. Make sure the label of the disc is facing up. If the disc requires software, make sure the software is installed according to the instructions of the program. Clean the disc with an appropriate cleaner. Remove the disc and leave the drive open for approximately one hour. If a region code warning appears when you are using the DVD player, it could be that the DVD you are trying to play is incompatible with the DVD drive on your VAIO desktop. The region code is listed on the packaging of the disc. If you hear sound but cannot see a picture, your computer's video resolution may be set too high. For best results, change the resolution in the Control Panel - Display to a lower resolution. If you see the video but cannot hear sound, check all of the following: Make sure the mute setting is off in your DVD player software. [. . . ] VAIO-branded items are all designed to make the best use of Sony's Audio-Video (AV) and Information Technology (IT) skills. Disc that enables a VAIO computer user to recover the hard disk image that was available when the computer was purchased. It also contains the online documentation. The disc is delivered with your computer. [. . . ]