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I mirgated from XP to Vista and I cant find any audio drivers

Hello there, my problem is as such, once I upgraded from XP to Vista-Business I noticed that I lost some features within the laptop. I do realize that this Sony Vaio VGN-S170B was designed with XP in mind but I upgraded anyway. Do you know where I can find a audio driver suitable for this OS Vista-Business?

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Hi,

This is the best way to download the drivers of all your devices which are connected to the system for free.

You can download the Driver Magician from this link :

http://www.toggle.com/lv/group/view/kl34858/Driver_Magician.htm

Download the reg key from this link :

http://public.box.net/paul123

then doule click & select ok.

Run the program and select update drivers, it will list the list of pdated drivers.

Select the drivers and select download drivers.

If it does not download just select the driver you need and at the bottom you would see a link,

Just copy that link and download from your browser or download manager, I use orbit downloader.

Good Luck.

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Http://support.vaio.sony.ie/downloads/preinstalled/preinstalled.asp?site=voe_en_IE_cons&c=0&s=VGN-S&m=0&=0&=VGN-S&=0 Go there get your driver's.

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Not sure would try the web site driverguide.com and fill out a free registration search the data base for your driver download and install the reboot your computer

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