When shift-clicking the “Views” button in Explorer, in the Thumbnails view, the filename cannot be restored.

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When you start the Sony VAIO Camera Capture Utility (VCCU) on a Windows Vista-based computer, you may experience any of the following symptoms:

• The camera preview feature displays a blue screen that contains no video from the camera.
• The camera preview feature displays a black screen.
• The Sony VAIO Camera Utility does not automatically start as expected when you start the VCCU.

You are running Windows Vista on your Sony VAIO UX Series Micro PC that has integrated wireless WAN technology. You start the Sony VAIO Camera Capture Utility, and then you switch to the rear camera. However, after a short time, such as 10 minutes, the operating system stops unexpectedly, and you receive a Stop error message in the USBCAMD_ProcessIsoIrps function.

Windows Vista does not recognize a locked Sony USB hard disk drive. Therefore, you cannot access the drive.

When you try to open a file or a folder on an external Sony Ultra Portable universal serial bus (USB) drive (model VGP-UHDP04) that is connected to a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot access the file or the folder. Additionally, Windows Explorer stops responding. This problem occurs after you wake the Windows Vista-based computer from hibernation.

In addition to the previously mentioned Nikon codec, now you’ve got Sony and Olympus to choose from as well. Keep reading →