Enjoying Music, Photos, Video, and Television on Other VAIO Computers |
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Installing VAIO Media on a computer allows you to listen to music, view photos, or watch video on the server, or watch television through your network.
Operating environment
Operation of VAIO Media is only guaranteed on Sony VAIO series computers running preinstalled versions of Windows XP. Other operating environments are not supported.
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Obtaining the Installer
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Click Get Installer below.
A dialog box appears. |
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Click Save.
A dialog box appears where you can specify the save destination of the Installer. |
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Specify the location where you want to save the Installer. |
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Click Save.
The Installer is saved in the specified location. |
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Copy the Installer to CD-R, "Memory Stick", or other storage media compatible with the computer where you want to copy the Installer.
For details about the types of compatible storage media and copy methods, refer to the appropriate documentation. |
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Installing VAIO Media
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Before running the Installer...
- Log on to your computer as a user with administrator access privileges. If you are currently logged on to a restricted account, log off the account and log on again as a user with administrator access privileges. After installing VAIO Media, you can also use it on restricted accounts. For details, consult your system administrator.
- Before installing VAIO Media 3.1 (VM31Inst.exe) on a computer already running VAIO Media Music Server, Photo Server, Video Server, or VAIO Media Integrated Server, make sure that you quit VAIO Media Console. Restart the appropriate server(s) when your computer restarts after installing VAIO Media 3.1.
- Make sure that you do not run the Installer over a network.
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Close all other programs running on your computer. |
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Insert the storage media containing the Installer into the appropriate drive of your computer. |
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Access the storage media containing the Installer, and double-click "VM31Inst.exe".
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Hint
- If you run the Installer while logged on to a restricted account, an error message appears and the installation is interrupted. To remedy this problem, log off the account, log on again as a user with administrator access privileges, and then repeat the installation procedure.
- When your computer restarts after the installation, it is possible for VAIO Media Music Server (SSSrv.exe) to be forcefully terminated. If so, use VAIO Media Console to restart VAIO Media Music Server.
Registering Clients
Before using VAIO Media to access music, photos, video, or television broadcasts from other computers, you must register those computers on the server. For details on the registration procedure, see VAIO Media Help.