Windows XP PC Startup - Sony VAIO
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2023
- After getting my Windows 98 PC up and running in my previous video, I decided to grab an old Sony Vaio I had lying around to see if it still worked. Sure enough, it works! With the classic Windows XP startup sound too!
This is the last video I had pre-recorded before I started getting busy with other obligations. I have other videos planned, but they likely won't get uploaded for another 1-2 weeks.
Here is a playlist of my other tech videos if you're interested: • Tech Stuff - Наука та технологія
So nostalgic. So unbelievably nostalgic.
Tbh that oem wallpaper is nice specially with Windows XP❤️
Ive been looking for a nice example of one of these for so long!
Wow that case looks interesting. Would love to see it turned into a sleeper. Also could you upload the factory wallpapers somewhere for download? I like collecting oem wallpapers as most don’t give them for download.
It's definitely quite a unique look! (Then again, many old VAIO's looked interesting back then lol).
Turning it into a sleeper build does sound like a cool idea but it probably won't happen. That case is not easy to build in haha.
Totally understandable about the wallpaper thing! (That's one reason I love OEM installs, their unique wallpapers). I'll try and upload them to archive.org or Google Drive or something in 1-2 days. I'll send a link in this comment thread once they're uploaded!
Here is the link to the factory wallpaper! drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kLKrLq4Xip7mVG5xU2pMtRyV4jLq8fl9?usp=sharing
@@ComputingCanuck Cool Downloaded :)
Glad to hear it worked out! :)
I always like those looks.
I had that LG Monitor before. I now have a Lenovo monitor
Gorgeous
I love Windows XP!
My Life My Code My Computer - This is the cutest :D
Sony used to make some really cool desktops and laptops under the Vaio name. I used to have one with e Pentium 4 HT, I don't remember the model, but it was a mid 200s XP machine. It is sad that they sort of started making average cheap junk laptops, and then eventually disappeared.
That's really cool! Yeah, it's unfortunate that Sony had to eventually sell their VAIO PC business. Seeing older Sony-made VAIOs online is partially the reason why I uploaded this video because I always loved the design and functionality of them.
@@ComputingCanuck can you please copy the stock vaio wallpapers from this pc and uploaded somewhere? thanks!
@@alexisnik19911 Sure! Here you go! The stock wallpaper came in different resolutions so I took all of them and put them in a .zip folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kLKrLq4Xip7mVG5xU2pMtRyV4jLq8fl9
@@ComputingCanuck thank you you're the best!
@@alexisnik19911 No problem!
Brings back memories. I had a Vaio when I was a kid. Yes, one of the drives was a writer, the other wasn't, but the included software let you copy a disc.
That's cool! It's always nice to hear VAIO stories, especially with how rare the older models have become!
@@ComputingCanuck Wanna hear more? How I used Microsoft Money and was always disappointed the files were always 2.3MB so they couldn't fit on a floppy? Maybe Microsoft Works and its included project functionality? The Database Form Designer? Network Smart Capture and how, even though we didn't have a compatible camera, I used it as source footage for Windows Movie Maker and can't seem to find the song it played anymore? You want to go down that rabbit hole?
Haha, they all sound rather interesting! Even if some of them go beyond the scope of what I'm familiar with.
Sounds like quite the rabbit hole indeed lol.
Very good
Xp is the best Windows. Nostalgia.
Monitor looks nice too,my first monitor with my Hp Pavilion HPE was a LG Flatron W1943ss-pf from 2011,it was 19 inches,max res was 1366x768 at 60hz i still have it but don't use it anymore
Btw the pentium d sticker screen after the vaio logo was something pretty rare and cool,ive never seen it before, Pentium D was a luxury and beast of it's time,my dads 2006 custom built had it too❤️,it also had the sticker but it was the newer one from 2006 on the right of the light of the case
Yeah! I've rarely seen PCs that show the CPU branding on startup so I always thought that was cool too! That's awesome to hear about your Dad's custom built PC, sounds like it was a beast! I never got to experience using a Pentium D PC back then since my first PC had a Pentium III instead lol
@@ComputingCanuck yeah,my dad got his first PC during the time 1996-1999 or 1997-1999,I have no idea how was it,Im guessing it had Pentium ii bcz that was the latest CPU at the time,I heard back when we shifted houses on 2010 my dad threw it away bcz it was old and I guess wasn't working anymore,then I think he got his second pc on 2001,even I don't know it's specs too,maybe it's still lying somewhere in the depths of our store room since we shifted or thrown away idk,then his 3rd PC was that custom built one,so my dad got a IBM Thinkcentre M52 8113 from 2005 or 2006 most likely 2005 with Pentium D,ran vista on it,it was at his workplace,so when the custom built couldn't be used bcz of ram limitations,he bought the IBM Thinkcentre home and used it till 2021 with upto 8 GB ram which I have no idea how he managed to bypass it's 4 GB limit,but yeah one of its bridges died,oh and Pentium D has heating problems too,I guess back when he had the custom built I guess it used to heatup too bcz of how much power it consumes,still a great processor of it's time
That's cool! Especially the part about the IBM ThinkCentre, getting that much use out of a PC for roughly 15 years is awesome!
@@ComputingCanuck yep and ik almost every time it had that infamous ram issue in which ram just needed to be reseated,but not too often and yeah sadly the entire time It was missing it's rear exhaust fan,there was no fan on the back,so yeah he used it till 2021 until one day it used to startup and a while later the screen used to glitch briefly and it shut off,so yeah it's bridge prolly died from overheating so we got rid of it sadly,but I rly miss the custom built,daym I still remember back when I used to play those online adobe flash and shockwave player games on it during the time 2007-2012
Ah, sorry to hear that about the PC. But yes, the era of Adobe flash games were a great time!
Could you possibly make recovery discs and upload them to a Google Drive link?
Sure! It may take me a day or so to find the discs, but I'll provide a link for them in this comment thread once I do.
Luckily I was able to find the recovery discs pretty quickly, so here you go!
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kLKrLq4Xip7mVG5xU2pMtRyV4jLq8fl9?usp=sharing
I'm not sure if this works on VAIO's with similar model numbers/manufacturering dates. I can only guarantee that it works with the model shown in the video (VGC-RA840G). There should be 2 discs in that folder.
Hi, nice Vaio how to emai to you ? I need some help
Hello. I added my contact email to the "About" section of my channel. Please use that to communicate with me. :)
I Love Windows XP.
I don’t understand how did windows XP like at home when you turned it on it would just say welcome. But like at schools when you turned it on it would have like that pop-up bar that would say please wait and then you would have to enter your password and username to get in like how did they do that.
That depends on how Windows XP is configured! Much like the versions of Windows today, Windows XP was able to join a Workgroup network (used in homes and some small businesses) or a Domain network (used in large businesses or institutions like schools).
By default, Windows XP joins a Workgroup network (called "WORKGROUP" by default) to allow it to share printers and files between computers on the same Workgroup. If your Windows XP PC is on a Workgroup, it will use the Welcome screen.
Windows XP (much like Windows nowadays) can also join a Domain if they are a part of a larger organization (like a school). When an XP PC joins a domain, it will likely use the pop-up box/bar that says "Please Wait".
There's generally two methods available for switching between the Welcome screen and the pop-up bar:
1) Go to the Control Panel, then click on User Accounts, then click "Change how users log on or off", and then there will be a checkbox you can tick or untick for enabling the Welcome screen. (This is the easier method)
2) Change the type of network the XP PC is connected to (Domain to Workgroup or vice versa) (Sometimes you may have to do both method 1 and 2 if method 1 doesn't work or isn't available)
Hope this provides a good explanation!
So you mean like if they still ran XP like if I had one at my house, I could change it from the welcome screen that has the pop-up bar.
Yeah! You should be able to change to the welcome screen using method 1 (the control panel method).
So why do schools in like big places have a pop up bar or that says please wait.
Nice Vaio PC,i like its got the early Pentium D Sticker and seeing and appear after the startup screen,that beep reminds of back then when custom builts mostly beeped at startup having yk those Asus,Msi,Intel and gigabyte Motherboards,that oem wallpaper is osm,i literally search for PCs oem wallpapers,my first pc was a HP Pavilion HPE H8-1010 from 2011,even tho HP's logo had changed and on the casing too then,but the oem wallpaper had the previous hp logo,the pc had a i5 2390t processor
Oh nice! That sounds like a cool PC!
I love the OEM wallpapers as well! Luckily with this VAIO, the wallpaper gets automatically applied when I factory reset it, so it saves me having to search for it lol
@@ComputingCanuck 👍,btw you still got the PC?dude that's a rly nice PC,keep it safe,I've seen 2 Sony Vaio PCs rn,coolest part is that they got many of those cool video ports hidden inside the doors and stuff,this one has it at the bottom under the cover,the previous one I saw was from I guess 2004 something,it was purple and had Pentium 4 and that same bios post startup beep.Pretty sad how Sony killed it's Vaio stuff,I never knew they made PCs and under the Vaio name,just saw this yr and they're cool,that Pentium D sticker is pretty rare and cuz it was the earliest one before Intel changed their logo on 2005 or 2006
@@ComputingCanuck btw here's the specs of my first PC sadly I don't have it anymore bcz I killed it on 2021 by turning the voltage switch on the PSU
-Intel Core i5 2390t
-8 GB Ram DDR3
-1 TB SATA HDD 7200 RPM
-AMD ATI Radeon HD 6450 GPU with 512 MB of Video Memory
Anyway do upgrade it's ram to 2 GB,sry for repeating again😅,do try to make another vid on this PC and more PCs from the 2000s running Vista or XP❤️,btw the HDD sound is nostalgic❤️❤️,kinda sounded similar to my Dads custom Built from 2005 or 2006,I spent a great time with it,the casing had a circle on the middle bottom with a rectangular shaped light in it which was mostly blue until one day it stopped working and I forgot what it is until I saw old pictures from 2010 back when my dad used to use it and it's light was fine,it also has 3 buttons underneath which I'm guessing it had some RGB idk,idk what those buttons were for,anyway sry for making such a long comment😅 and yeah I searched you can have upto 2 GB ddr2 memory in it
Yup! I still have that VAIO PC to this day and it has been kept in surprisingly good condition from the previous owner who eventually gave it to me!
Yeah, I always found the hidden ports behind the covers to be a neat feature! In fact, it wasn't until I got the PC from the previous owner that I realized it had a floppy drive and SD card reader hidden away behind a door lol (as well as the several other ports behind the bottom cover where the ATI logo is).
Also I agree, it's sad that Sony stopped making VAIO PCs. I've seen so many different Sony-era VAIOs on the internet and so many of them had special features and/or just looked way cooler than your average PC from the time, which is why I'm really happy to have one, especially considering how expensive it is to buy one on the used market right now lol
@@ComputingCanuck Oh yeah,btw that PC I was talking bout with purple sides also had a floppy drive and a memory card slot under it while the buttom one had some weird kinda port I forgot what's it's called along with 2 USB 2.0 or 1.1 ports bcz that PC is from 2001-2004,I believe this one is from 2005 bcz Pentium D came out on 2005 and changed their logo on or before 2006 so yeah the sticker is the earlier one and yeah specs are like a nice PC from 2005,i have no idea what exactly ram my dad got on his custom built back when he got it,prolly 1 GB like this one or something but yeah later def upgraded to 2 bcz of his work,XP needed just 4 GB Ram,2 GB was great too then,but yeah running 2 GB ram rn even on windows 7 is a bad idea cuz I remember one day running my HP Pavilion HPE on 2 GB ram and even the pics won't load properly,but yeah I guess on 2013 and 2014 due to the updates and stuff it somehow managed to work at some stuff,but yeah not anymore.And yeah the disc drives were pretty useful and cool,my dads custom built had 4,later when he stopped using it,2 slots were open and empty,the top one was a white old Asus one which was disconnected from the motherboard and the bottom one was some generis or Sony DVD rom connected it was from 2011 and black,the floppy drive was missing it's bezel which I later found inside the case and fitted back,the light stopped working from running too much before
the beep🤤🤤🤤
Good video
Thank you!
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I was wondering where you can find a windows xp computer now at these days
I actually got this particular XP computer handed down to me from someone who no longer had a use for it.
When looking for old tech (like Windows XP stuff), I tend to look at listings from places like Facebook Marketplace. Generally you'd have good luck looking there but (here at least), it's getting far more expensive to purchase that stuff.
@@ComputingCanuck wait you can still find these computers at these days that still have windows xp on them at any computer store or shop anywhere
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My pc ibm m55 this is 15 years old pc this running slow on hhd I upgrade 2gb ram and replace hhd to ssd my speed like just booom
Why don't have Vaio logo sound
Unfortunately, it looks like this VAIO computer may be one of the models that doesn't have the sound that plays when the VAIO logo appears
That’s a sweet looking Vaio. What model is it?
Yeah, I really love the look of it too! The model number is VGC-RA840G with a Pentium D.
@@ComputingCanuckOh yeah and the Pentium D sticker itself is kinda rare for me😅bcz the most common one is the one which came later with the new intel logo,like i said my dads 2006 custom built and ibm Thinkcentre had it,but the sticker on the custom built got ripped somehow idk bcz its in a pic from 2010 but not later anymore,still this previous sticker looks nice n cute
This was probably my first computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Specs?
Here are the specs for my system.
-Intel Pentium D Processor 820 (2.80GHz)
-Proprietary motherboard with the Intel 945P chipset.
-1GB DDR2 RAM
-250GB SATA hard drive (7200RPM)
-ATI Radeon X300 graphics card with 128MB of video memory
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What is the Service Pack?
It's Windows XP Media Center Edition running the latest service pack. (Service Pack 3)
@@ComputingCanuck Thank you
@Float Samples OK
sony vaio had pcs?
Yes, they did! Sony started making PCs under the VAIO name around the mid-late 90s (1996, I believe) up until around 2014 when they sold their entire PC business
Sony VAIO PC with LG flat monitor..
I don't have a Sony monitor to match the branding so I just used the next best monitor I had that fit the colour scheme lol
Use ssd for fast loading ❤
That's definitely an option I could explore in the future! But since the hard drive is still in good condition, I don't see a reason to spend the money to swap the drive just yet. Plus, the nostalgia in my brain wouldn't let me swap it out for an SSD (for me, there's a nostalgic feeling in hearing that hard drive make noise and waiting for the slow load times since that's what I grew up with lol)
@@ComputingCanuckYeah,a pc isnt a pc without a hdd,but yeah you can keep the hdd with xp on it and add a ssd extra running windows 7,tbh i love HDD sounds too specially the ones from the 2000s like this one's,they had a cool sound or whine at startup and the shutdown❤️,yeah just don't replace the hdd,add a ssd with it if you want,the gap between the case is cool tho
Wait a sec why did you shut it down with the power button?
It was hard for me to power down the PC normally through the start menu since the camera was placed in an awkward spot where I couldn't comfortably reach around to grab the mouse and click on the start menu. To work around this, I adjusted the power settings on the PC before recording so that pressing the power button would power down the PC in the same way that a soft shut down via the start menu would (before changing settings, pressing the power button would've just put the computer to sleep/hibernate). This way I could still do a soft shut down by pressing the physical button instead of having to resort to holding the power button for 3-5 seconds and causing a hard/instant shut down.
@@ComputingCanuckOh ok,sry if you minded,yes I understand the camera was in a different position
Try Windows 10
Send me the specs of that pc
Here are the specs for that VAIO PC:
-Intel Pentium D Processor 820 (2.80GHz)
-Intel 945P chipset on a Sony motherboard.
-1GB DDR2 RAM
-250GB SATA hard drive (7200RPM)
-ATI Radeon X300 graphics card with 128MB of video memory
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I'm gonna guess that you are a Scorpio.
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Try to add another 250 GB HDD,thats gonna make it sound cooler😁and more space,along with 1 GB more ram,sry for repeating bout the ram several times😅
If I ever need more resources for that PC in the future, that's exactly what I'll do. The specs of the VAIO list it as supporting 2 GB of RAM at max so with 1 GB of RAM already in it, another 1 GB of RAM would be perfect.
@@ComputingCanuck exactly another 1 GB ram will make it great,but I suggest having ram in all the 4 channels,like each slot containing a 512 mb ddr2 stick,the more channels,the more better will be the performance
@@ComputingCanuck and yeah if you want you can add a SSD along with the HDD and install windows 7 seperately on it,you'll have 2 operating systems,I wonder who r the guys who replace HDDs but yeah sadly some ppl don't like em anymore yet I ain't never gonna stop using HDDs,a PC should have HDDs more than sata ssds but yeah this is for those older PCs which dont have the NVME slot in the motherboard,HDDs are built to last for long and they got a sound which just isn't nostalgic yet adds personality to PCs,specially older ones like this which are loud I prefer em,HDDs got rly quieter now sadly but yeah bcz some ppl get irritated by loud noises wether it's the fans or the HDDs or both,windows xp just needs upto 4 gb ram to work fast as heck,but yeah that is if its supported by pcs and Motherboards of custom builds,i saw other asus motherboards which have model names very close to my dads and support upto 4 gb ram,like my dads one was the asus P5VDC-MX from 2005 or 2006,theres 2 motherboards called asus P5VDC-X and Asus P5VD2-MX which support upto 4 gb ram which are i guess from 2006
Once again sry for my very long comments 😅@@ComputingCanuck
No need to apologize! Thanks for the comments! :D
is not secure turn off a pc with the button
The only reason why I turned it off with the button was just for the sake of the video (because the video was only focused on the start-up process, I didn't want to waste anyone's time with me going to the shut down icon within Windows). In my everyday life when using computers, I avoid using the button as much as possible :)
What you're probably thinking of is when you hold the power button down for ~3-5 seconds to force a power off (which could cause you to lose unsaved work and could potentially damage files if they were being updated/used before the power off). What I did instead was tell Windows to perform a regular "safe" shut down whenever the power button is pressed for 1 second (the same kind of safe shut down that would happen if you clicked the power icon in Windows), hence why you saw the "Saving your settings" and "Windows is shutting down" screens even though I used the button. This way, it still saves the files and makes sure the computer powers down correctly.
@@ComputingCanuck oh. ok
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Your mouth and the other side of Windows XP
Windows XP is bad but Windows 11 is Better
old PC disgusting
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