Sony PCG-C1VN Users Guide - Page 107

Troubleshooting drives, PC cards and peripheral devices

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VAIO® C1 PictureBook™ Notebook User Guide ❑ If you are using an optional Sony USB mouse PCGA-UMS1 series, check that the mouse is plugged into the USB connector. My pointing device does not work properly ❑ You may have disabled the pointing device without a mouse being connected to the notebook. You must restart the notebook to make the pointing device work again. ❑ If your pointing device is interpreting a single tap as a double-click, you must adjust the button assignments. Follow these steps: 1 Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click on the Mouse icon. 2 Change the button assignments in the Mouse Properties dialog box. (One of the buttons is assigned to the double-click action.) The pointer does not move (while using the pointing device or mouse) ❑ Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, and select Shut Down to display the Shut Down Windows dialog box, then press Enter. ❑ If you cannot turn off your notebook as described in the step above, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart the notebook. ❑ If you cannot restart your notebook as described in the step above, press and hold the power button for more than four seconds to turn off the notebook. ❑ If the pointer does not move while playing a disc, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to stop playback and restart the notebook. Troubleshooting drives, PC cards and peripheral devices My floppy disk drive icon doesn’t appear even though it is connected ❑ Click Start, point to Settings, point to Control panel, and then click System The System Properties dialog box appears. ❑ Click the Device Manager tab. ❑ Double-click Floppy Disk Controller and then click Standard Floppy Disk Controller. ❑ Click Delete. The Confirmation window will appear. ❑ Verify that Delete From All Settings is selected and press OK. ❑ Click Update in the System Properties window. 106

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VAIO
®
C1 PictureBook
Notebook User Guide
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If you are using an optional Sony USB mouse PCGA-UMS1 series, check
that the mouse is plugged into the USB connector.
My pointing device does not work properly
You may have disabled the pointing device without a mouse being connected
to the notebook. You must restart the notebook to make the pointing device
work again.
If your pointing device is interpreting a single tap as a double-click, you
must adjust the button assignments. Follow these steps:
1
Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click on the Mouse icon.
2
Change the button assignments in the Mouse Properties dialog box.
(One of the buttons is assigned to the double-click action.)
The pointer does not move (while using the pointing device or mouse)
Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, and select Shut Down to
display the Shut Down Windows dialog box, then press Enter.
If you cannot turn off your notebook as described in the step above, press
Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart the notebook.
If you cannot restart your notebook as described in the step above, press and
hold the power button for more than four seconds to turn off the notebook.
If the pointer does not move while playing a disc, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to
stop playback and restart the notebook.
Troubleshooting drives, PC cards and peripheral devices
My floppy disk drive icon doesn±t appear even though it is connected
Click Start, point to Settings, point to Control panel, and then click System
The System Properties dialog box appears.
Click the Device Manager tab.
Double-click Floppy Disk Controller and then click Standard Floppy Disk
Controller.
Click Delete. The Confirmation window will appear.
Verify that Delete From All Settings is selected and press OK.
Click Update in the System Properties window.