[. . . ] Go to the Sony online support Web site at the following URLs: http://esupport. sony. com/EN/VAIO/ for customers in USA http://www. sony. ca/support for customers in Canada http://esupport. sony. com/ES/VAIO/ for customers in Spanish speaking Latin American countries or areas http://esupport. sony. com/ES/VAIO/BR/ for customers in Brazil
VAIO Recovery Center User Guide -- Provides information about restoring individual software programs, software drivers, and drive partition(s) or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings. To access this on-screen guide: 1 2 3 Click Start and Help and Support.
Click Manuals & Specifications. Click VAIO Recovery Center User Guide.
SmartWiTM Connection Utility Help (Selected models only) -- Provides information about setting up Bluetooth, wireless LAN, and wireless WAN functionalities. To access this on-screen guide: 1 2 Click Start, All Programs, and SmartWi Connection Utility. [. . . ] After you have installed the Infineon TPM Professional Package, you need to set a few TPM passwords on your computer. Without these passwords, you will not be able to restore any TPM-protected data. Be sure to write down the passwords and keep them safe and private from other people. Be sure to make backup copies of the latest emergency recovery archive file, emergency recovery token file, password reset token file, and personal secret file and keep them safe and private from other people before sending your computer for repair. The data stored in the TPM that is embedded on the motherboard may be lost or corrupted during the course of repair. During the course of repair, the TPM may be replaced even if there are no problems with the modules. In such a case, use the backup copies of the emergency recovery archive file, emergency recovery token file, password reset token file, and personal secret file to restore the TPM configuration. Be sure to make a backup copy of the data stored on the hard disk drive before sending your computer for repair. The hard disk drive may be initialized and returned after the repair work and, in such a case, you will not be able to restore the data on the hard disk drive using the backup copies of the emergency recovery archive file, emergency recovery token file, password reset token file, and personal secret file.
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Make sure you set up the automatic backup operations after completing the TPM initialization wizard. If the window containing the Run automatic backup now check box is displayed after the setup, select the check box and update the backup files. The restore process using the backup files may fail if you do not set up the automatic backup operations. The maintenance and management of TPM-protected data must be carried out at your own risk. Sony assumes no liabilities for any defects arising out of your data maintenance and management.
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Important Notice
Do not encrypt files containing keys to be used for encryption and folders including such files. Encrypting the files in the folders containing basic user keys and others, using the Encrypting File System (EFS) will disable you to launch your TPM software and decrypt the encrypted data in the following cases: The TPM software has been installed. The EFS functionality has been enabled in user initialization process. With the default settings, the files in the folders below cannot be encrypted because they have system attributes. Do not change the system attributes of the files in the folders below.
!The following folders are invisible by default.
Folders containing basic user keys and others C:\<username>\All Users\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\BackupData C:\<username>\All Users\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\PlatformKeyData C:\<username>\All Users\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\RestoreData (C:\<username>\All Users is a shortcut to C:\ProgramData. ) C:\<username>\<account>\AppData\Roaming\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\UserKeyData
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Do not encrypt the following archive, backup, or token files. Sony assumes no liabilities for any troubles and damages arising out of your careless encryption of the following files and folders including them. Automatic backup file Default file name: SPSystemBackup. xml Default path: None (Clicking Browse displays the <userfolder>\Documents\Security Platform window. ) Storage folder for automatic backup data Default file name: SPSystemBackup The folder is created as the subfolder for the SPSystemBackup. xml file. Token file for decryption Default file name: SPEmRecToken. xml Default path: Removable media (FD, USB memory, etc. ) Key and certificate backup file Default file name: SpBackupArchive. xml Default path: None (Clicking Browse displays the <userfolder>\Documents\Security Platform window. ) PSD backup file Default file name: SpPSDBackup. fsb Default path: None (Clicking Browse displays the <userfolder>\Documents\Security Platform window. )
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Do not encrypt the following password reset token or secret files. There will be no way to reset the password if you carelessly encrypt them. [. . . ] VAIO Central provides a centralized location that gathers resources to configure your VAIO computer and view your computer's configuration and specifications. For contacts about the software, see Program Support Information (page 213). For contacts about the software, see Program Support Information (page 213). VAIO Edit Component provides enhanced editing functionality when using Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Premiere Elements on your VAIO computer. [. . . ]