VGN-FZ18L XP Downgrade

[havoc1]

I have managed to get XP up and running on my FZ18L but I need to get the various driver packages. I found a link to this page which offers downgrade drivers for the FZ19VN which I understand will work, but the Product Code and Serial that I enter from my 18L are not accepted. Can anyone help give me a serial and code that will work or a link to the driver packages I need?

[Blencogo]

Hi havoc1 and welcome to Club Vaio.

You can go direct to the FZ19 and FZ29 XP Downgrade downloads here: -

ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/OS/XPDOWNGRADE/

There are no Utilities available from Sony Europe, so some things like the FN keys may not work. You may have to experiment with XP Utilities from other models on that page that do have Applications/Utilities provided by Sony like the SZ-Series.

There are some Utilities available for the FZ-Series on the Sony Asia-Pacific site but I don't think even these resolve issues like not being able to adjust screen brightness.

[havoc1]

Excellent, thank you Blencogo