SNYUTILS.DLL FN keys, VAIO Event Service problems

[triantap]

Hi,

I just reinstalled a Windows Vista system on my VGN-SZ5MN/B, using the DVD.
The recovery partition has been deleted entirely from the system.

It appears that a few FN keys are not working anymore (Brightness -, Brightness +...). S1 and S2 have not been working since I reinstalled Vista.

However, VAIO Event Service is installed, the Setting Utility Series is installed.
If I am in the folder C:\Programs\Sony\Setting Utility Series\ an execution of VCCResolution.exe (or VCCSpecialButton.exe, SBM.exe, ...) gives the error message "snyutils.dll" not found.

So, I went to the sony ftp server, I tried the SUTILS subfolder to install the SNYUTILS.DLL, and I tried the different files, all of them. I have got an other error message "sysutils.dll attempted to go to (null)..."

I noticed that the VAIO Event Service crashed when installing some of the SUTILS files.

I tried to find a solution on that forum but searching has given nothing for now.

[MattWilson]

Well for at least the FN keys you need the preinstalled utilites and install the following in order and then reboot:

1. Sony Utilities
2. Sony Shared Library
3. VAIO Event Service.

I do remember one post about this and if i remember right it was Blencogo that managed to fix it.