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Hi.
I have a Sony VAIO desktop with a Remote. I want to move this remote to my Sony VAIO laptop. They are both running WinXP. How do I get the software/drivers?
Thx.

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Short answer and safe plan: move the little USB IR receiver from the desktop to the laptop, then install the VAIO/IR drivers on the laptop (or copy the working driver files from the desktop). As already noted that the RM‑MC1 uses a USB IR detector, that detector is the piece that must move; was right to point toward the VAIO “Zone”/remote utilities if the laptop needs Sony software. For many older VAIOs Sony’s product pages no longer host older driver packages, so have a fallback ready (recovery media or an archive). Sony PCV‑RZ49 support page. (sony.com)

Practical step sequence:

  1. Plug the USB IR dongle into the laptop USB port and let Windows try to install it.
  2. Open Device Manager and look for Unknown Devices, “USB Composite Device”, or “Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver” under Human Interface Devices. If Windows that ships with the laptop finds drivers automatically you’re done.
  3. If drivers are missing, either install Sony’s VAIO Zone and Remote utilities (Sony Shared Library → VAIO Zone → VAIO Zone Remote Control Utility order) or export the exact driver files from the desktop and install them manually on the laptop. VAIO Zone packages and filename history are collected in community archives if Sony’s site doesn’t have them. VAIO Library Archive (VAIO Zone files). (archive.vaiolibrary.com)

If the laptop runs non‑MCE Windows XP (XP Pro) you may need the eHome IR driver files (irbus.inf / irbus.sys) that Microsoft provided for MCE — people commonly extract them from the KB912024 update package and point the hardware wizard at those files. The manufacturer Hauppauge documents that extract/install method step‑by‑step. [Hauppauge instructions / KB912024 notes]. (hauppauge.com)

Quick troubleshooting tips: match 32‑ vs 64‑bit drivers (use the same bitness as the desktop if you copy drivers), try Device Manager → Update Driver → Browse my computer → Let me pick and point to the copied driver folder, and avoid running unknown EXE files from random FTP sites — prefer official Sony/VAIO archives or extracting drivers from the working desktop. If the remote registers some button events but not all, confirm the laptop has the correct Sony utilities (VAIO Zone Remote Control) or map keys with an IR mapping utility.

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if the remote works burly on software ,you should be able to use the model of the desktop and go to sony website support and download the software ,if you need help doing that post the model # of the desktop

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Desktop is PCV-RZ49(UC)

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Did the remote come with the computer when you bought it ,not positive but i think the remote controls VAIO Zone,so do you have viao zone installed on the laptop ,if not you can download it from here , see it that gives you remote use .as i said im not sure if the remote is solely software or it there is some piece of hardware also install into the desktop that needed to use the remote .as all the remotes in my house use inferred,a computer maybe using Bluetooth to do it .and i will assume yours does too ,good luck

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The Remote (an RM-MC1) goes with the IR detector unit which plugs into an USB port on the computer.

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The Remote (an RM-MC1) goes with the IR detector unit which plugs into an USB port on the computer.

ok,i thought it may be something like that,what about trying Viao Zone did you try that ??????
so did you try the software in the link i provided ,if did it help/work .

edit ,the link doesn't work any more ,odd .

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try again

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I don't know what VAIO "zone" is.
Also, you want me to run some kind of exec file????

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I don't know what VAIO "zone" is.
Also, you want me to run some kind of exec file????

sorry ,i don't own a Sony with a remote so i don't know how it works ,but i google search how to do it and it said it[vaio zone ] worked with vaio zone ,so if you already have vaio zone on the laptop then you would not need to run the exe file in the above link.

this is vaio zone software that should have come installed on your Sony Vaio.

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