SONY VGN-FZ290

• Updates the BD copy-protection key
• Improve compatibility with Blu-ray Disc™ movie titles

• The computer is unable to playback certain Blu-ray Disc™ titles
• The bookmark feature is grayed out during the playback of a DVD movie
• The computer may stop responding when playing certain movie titles using the WinDVD BD application
• Internet Explorer® may freeze (stop responding) when attempting to update the AACS key
• The computer displays a R10 error when attempting to update the AACS key
• Video distortion occurs during playback of a Blu-ray Disc movie
• Improves compatibility with current Blu-ray Disc movie titles, including BD-J (Blu-ray Disc Java) authored releases

• The Check Disk utility does not properly finish
• The Scan Disk utility stops in the middle of the process

• Color correction changes are not kept after resuming from sleep or hibernation
• Video distortion occurs after the system startup progress bar completes
• DVD caption becomes pink when playing a DVD movie using Windows Media Center
• The desktop configuration setting automatically changes to Extended Desktop mode after resuming from sleep or hibernation
• The screen turns black for a few seconds

• Resolves an issue where the computer may lose wireless connection
• Resolves an issue where the computer is unable to connect to a wireless access point

• Resolves an issue where the computer is unable to connect to an access point
• Resolves an issue where the computer loses wireless connection

This driver also resolves the yellow exclamation point error that may appear in Device Manager next to "Network Controller" which indicates that a driver is not installed for that device.

• Resolves an issue where the BD-Combo drive will not eject, hangs, or does not respond
• Adds support for reading BD-R LTH (Low to High) media

• Resolves an issue where the drive will not eject or does not respond
• Adds support for reading BD-R LTH (Low to High) media
• Resolves an issue when recording to Sony® BD-R 2x and 4x media
• Resolves an issue where the optical drive does not recognize certain types of media

• Resolves an issue where a blue screen may occur when connecting to a TV through a HDMI™ cable
• Resolves an issue where the video may experience a frame drop

• The font and BGM settings are not retained
• An error may occur when the writing data exceeds the capacity of the BD-R media

• The video clip is not divided at the specified position and the order of the image is changed
• Unable to preview movies when nine or more are input into the application
• An error occurs while creating a Blu-ray Disc DVD when the process reaches 70%
• The application cannot play a movie in an Intel ® Graphics environment
• The application creates an incorrect DVD when several still images and movie files are imported

• Cannot create DVD-VR using the VAIO® Content Exporter
• Digest opening has no sound when creating DVD-Video
• Movie clips are put in the wrong order when dividing movies at the file boundary
• The Movie Screen of the movie edit window is always black with some graphics cards
• Incorrect navigation menu when importing 498 or more pictures and 15 or more movies
• Unable to create a DVD when using MP3 as background music for a menu

Issues resolved:

• Resolves an issue where the title cannot be entered after opening a saved project
• Resolves an issue where a scene becomes black or white while using the EU (Europe) region
• Resolves an issue where the scene is distorted when writing using a different aspect ratio
• Resolves an issue where the application terminates abnormally
• Resolves an issue where the Smart Face Detection technology fails to work properly
• Resolves an issue where the application hangs when Text Settings is opened

Enhancements:

• Improved performance
• Availability of AVCHD™ High Profile
• Supports the font size changing function
• Supports the scene trimming function
• Supports the BGM recommendation function
• Availability of AVC 720P format

• Resolves an issue where the correct segment of the music file doesn't play when using the "Chorus Playback Duration" feature within the VAIO MusicBox application
• Enables a new feature to use the content search for smile detection, laughter, and close-up face pictures within the VAIO Movie Story and Media Gallery applications
• Enables support to read AVCHD (720p) video format within the VAIO Movie Story and Click to Disc Editor applications
• Enables support to read GPS video within the Click to Disc Editor application

• Resolves an issue where the Picture Analysis option is missing from the VAIO Content Analyzer settings
• Resolves an issue where the correct segment of the music file doesn't play when using the "Chorus Playback Duration" feature within the VAIO MusicBox application
• Enables a new feature to use the content search for smile detection, laughter, and close-up face pictures within the VAIO Movie Story and Media Gallery applications
• Enables support to read AVCHD (720p) video format within the VAIO Movie Story and Click to Disc Editor applications
• Enables support to read GPS video within the Click to Disc Editor application

• Resolves an issue where the correct segment of the music file doesn't play when using the "Chorus Playback Duration" feature within the VAIO MusicBox application
• Enables a new feature to use the content search for smile detection, laughter, and close-up face pictures within the VAIO Movie Story and Media Gallery applications
• Enables support to read AVCHD (720p) video format within the VAIO Movie Story and Click to Disc Editor applications
• Enables support to read GPS video within the Click to Disc Editor application

• Resolves an issue where the user is unable to register or update a folder name that previously existed
• Provides improved shortcut keys in the VAIO Media menus
• Changes to VAIO Media music file information are saved in the ID tag of the file by default
• Resolves an issue where the VAIO Music Box, VAIO Media Plus, and Media Gallery™ applications do not function properly because the VAIO Original Function Setting utility did not properly start
• Resolves an issue where the SoundFLOW service may not start properly after applying some VAIO updates

• Resolves an issue where the Click to DVD® software fails when loading a project file created using VAIO Content Exporter
• Resolves an issue where the error message "An error occurred while creating a disc, the output process has been stopped" occurs when creating a disc using VAIO Content Exporter from a movie file created with VAIO Movie Story
• Resolves an error that occurs when attempting to burn MPEG2 (352x480) video files to Blu-ray Disc™ media in BDAV file format
• Adds support for Sony® camcorders (HDR-SR11, HDR-SR12, HDR-UX20) using the AVCHD™ format
• Provides support for the AVCHD High Profile Codec
• Resolves an issue where the InstallShield Wizard for VAIO VP 1.2 update displays strange characters
• Resolves an issue where the error message "Some media files could not be written because the disc became full during writing" occurs while burning to Blu-ray Disc media
• Resolves an issue where the error message "Unknown Error" occurs when importing content from Memory Stick® media in a Handycam® camcorder
• Resolves access problems for long file path names
• Resolves an issue with import functionality with SD cards

• How to enable or disable protected mode in the Internet Explorer® browser
• How to configure an Internet site as Trusted in the Internet Explorer browser version 7 or 8
• How to remove unnecessary files from the hard drive using the Disk Cleanup utility
• How to configure the operating system to show all files
• How to reset the Internet Explorer browser default settings
• How to uninstall a program
• The Recycle Bin icon has been deleted or is missing from the desktop
• How to start a server service and configure the service to start automatically
• How to detect and repair errors on the hard drive using the Check Disk utility

• How to enable or disable protected mode in the Internet Explorer® browser
• How to configure an Internet site as Trusted in the Internet Explorer browser version 7 or 8
• How to remove unnecessary files from the hard drive using the Disk Cleanup utility
• How to configure the operating system to show all files
• How to reset the Internet Explorer browser default settings
• How to uninstall a program
• The Recycle Bin icon has been deleted or is missing from the desktop
• How to start a server service and configure the service to start automatically
• How to detect and repair errors on the hard drive using the Check Disk utility

• Setting Utility Series
• VAIO® Event Services
• Battery Checker
• VAIO Control Center
• VAIO Camera Capture Utility
• VAIO Launcher
• VAIO Power Management
• Wireless Switch Setting Utility

• Input & output
• Storage & media
• Network & wireless
• Software & applications
• System settings

• Improves computer performance
• Adds the Troubleshooting Advisor feature
• Adds the Self Heal feature

• Improved user interface
• Improved response time when using the "Undo Cleaning" feature
• Improved VAIO Care notification system

• Supports high-speed music analysis for non-DRM ATRAC® content
• Supports video analysis for AVCHD™ high profile content
• Supports VAIO Entertainment Platform 3.1
• Improved system stability

• Supports Adobe® Premiere® Elements 2, 3, 4, and 7, Premiere Pro CS3, and Premiere Pro 2.0
• Supports exporting AVCHD™ hardware encoding using VAIO AVC Transcoder
• Supports importing and exporting 1920x1080 High Profile AVCHD files (08.1H new AVCHD camcorder video stream)
• Supports the Sony® MPEG2 encode setting
• Provides the High Quality SD to HD upconversion feature
• Supports exporting Click to Disc Editor project files
• Supports exporting subtitle files for TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 together with MPEG2 export using TMPGEnc encoder (TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress and TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 required)
• Improves functionality and performance for AVCHD file import and export (AVC/H.264 license required)
• Supports editing HDV files recorded with the professional HVR-V1 camcorder using the PROG.SCAN mode (feature only available with Premiere Pro)
• Supports editing recorded HDV/AVCHD files using x.v.Color™ mode with supported Handycam® camcorders
• Supports importing and exporting MPEG2 video files that use Dolby® Digital technology (Dolby Digital license required)
• Provides support for Microsoft® Windows Vista® SP2 (Service Pack 2)
• Provides support for exporting using AVCHD high speed software encoding
• Improves upconversion from High Quality SD to HD and provides support for 1920x1080 frame size
• Resolves an issue when using Premiere Elements 7, video drawing may become black during specific video transitions or when the video effect is applied to a DV-AVI clip

• The iTunes® library disappears when an iPod ® mobile digital device is connected to the computer
• Unable to play music files after importing SonicStage® songs.
• Internet Explorer stops responding after logging into AOL® Webmail

• The iTunes® library disappears when an iPod ® mobile digital device is connected to the computer
• Unable to play music files after importing SonicStage® songs.
• Internet Explorer stops responding after logging into AOL® Webmail

• Improves application performance and compatibility
• Adds the tooltip function and media control buttons for play, forward, backward, and stop

• The VAIO Update application may become unresponsive
• The computer will no longer Logoff, Restart, or Shutdown during the installation of a patch
• The install utility menu is hidden behind the VAIO Update application
• No updates are shown when using a proxy
• Improves the performance of the VAIO Update application
• Adds Self-repair functionality
• Text within the application may appear to be cut off
• Notifies the Windows® Store App of updates in the VAIO Update application
• Improves compatibility with the operating system

• The VAIO Update application may become unresponsive
• The computer will no longer Logoff, Restart, or Shutdown during the installation of a patch
• The install utility menu is hidden behind the VAIO Update application
• No updates are shown when using a proxy
• Improves the performance of the VAIO Update application
• Adds Self-repair functionality
• Text within the application may appear to be cut off
• Notifies the Windows® Store App of updates in the VAIO Update application
• Improves compatibility with the operating system
• VAIO Update user interface may become corrupted if Windows Display size is set large.
• Installation process of VAIO Update may be interrupted by Kaspersky Internet Security software.

• The VAIO Update application may become unresponsive
• The computer system is no longer able to Logoff, Restart, or Shutdown during the installation of a patch
• The install utility menu is hidden behind the VAIO Update application
• No updates are shown when using a proxy
• Improves the performance of the VAIO Update application
• Adds the Self-repair functionality
• Text within the application may appear to be cut off
• Notifies the Windows® Store App of updates in the VAIO Update application
• Improves compatibility with the operating system
• The VAIO Update user interface may become corrupted if the Windows display size is set to large
• Installation process of VAIO Update may be interrupted by Kaspersky™ Internet Security software
• Updates the User Interface for VAIO Update
• Allows the computer to run updates when using battery power

• Connecting the VGP-UPR1 to a computer may cause the display to automatically change to the Windows Classic theme
• InterVideo WinDVD? software is not supported using the USB docking station

• Supports filmroll for VAIO Movie Story
• Supports exported analog video displayed using VAIO Video Explorer
• Supports VAIO Entertainment Platform 3.1

• Click to DVD® update version 2.4.10.09150 is installed on a computer that has Roxio® Easy Media Creator 7.5 installed
• After Installing Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 Deluxe
• After installing or uninstalling the iTunes™ program
• After uninstalling a CD or DVD burning program from the computer

WARNING: Do not install this update unless your computer is exhibiting the above issue.

• No audio after performing the Windows® Anytime Upgrade (WAU)
• Only a silent stream is played during the playback of a monaural file with the PlaySound API
• After using the function keys to adjust the sound, the user is unable to hear the beeping sound when pressing the Fn and F2 - F7, F9, F10, or F12 keys
• Unable to adjust the volume after reproducing a DSF file using the Windows Media® Player application
• The volume level is set to zero after opening the SonicStage® Mastering Studio or DSD Direct® Player applications
• Unable to adjust the audio output level after choosing an ASIO device using the SonicStage Mastering Studio application
• The music playback, stop, and next track functions are delayed when using the Windows Media Player with DSD plug-in, the DSD Direct player, or the SonicStage Mastering Studio applications