upgrading OS on VGN-A117S

[thingswelike]

Hi there
I've just bought a VGN-A117S with XP Home.
However I've just found out that XP Home doesn't have a web server with it, so I'd like to upgrade to XP Pro.
a] will this void warranty
b] where are all the drivers
c] is there anything that won't work?

Thanks
Alex

[TygerTyger]

It should work fine, if you upgrade from the install XP Home rather than just install a copy of XP Pro fresh. If you need the drivers again the Original Utilities Package along with all driver updates are at www.vaio-link.com. The warranty won't be voided, but XP Pro is almost certainly not supported. You may have the odd problem but for the most part it's all fine.

[kee-lo_]

Get Apache and be happy.
http://www.apache.org

[thingswelike]

Cheers for that
Looking at vaio-link now.
I'm guessing that different flavours of XP don't give too many problems - it's not like the old days of NT v 9X.
I'd imagine that support would be limited but not totally absent as long as they still cover warranty.
Thanks again
Anyone else got any comments/experience

One question is the VGN-A197 exactly the same hardware as the 117 but with Pro - if so that makes me feel more confident anout compatability - I could even use the drivers from the 197.

Any thoughts?

Regards
Alex

[kee-lo_]

Alex,

If it's still under it's 28 days return I would see if I could swap for the pro version of the notebook.

[thingswelike]

In a couple of days I'll be about 13000 miles away from my dealer

[TygerTyger]

I bet a lot of dealers wish for that about their customers lol.

[kee-lo_]

In a couple of days I'll be about 13000 miles away from my dealer 

Best get ya skates on then :smileygrin:

[howesbn]

One question is the VGN-A197 exactly the same hardware as the 117 but with Pro - if so that makes me feel more confident anout compatability - I could even use the drivers from the 197.

I have a 197VP because I wanted XP Pro - as far as I can tell, the hardware's identical to the 117s