Microsoft Windows Vista™ support

Sony aspires to provide to its customers the most up to date information on compatibility between its products and Windows Vista™.

Vista information can be located at the following website: www.microsoft.com/windowsvista

Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista™ are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Legacy products that are currently not supported in Windows Vista (see the list below) will not be supported in the future.

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Sony aspires to provide to its customers the most up to date information on compatibility between its products and Windows Vista™.

Vista information can be located at the following website: www.microsoft.com/windowsvista

Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista™ are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Legacy products that are currently not supported in Windows Vista (see the list below) will not be supported in the future.

These products are not supported in Windows Vista™ Starter Edition.

Category	Software	Compatibility	Remark
Camcorder	Picture Motion Browser Ver.2.1.00/2.1.01
Camcorder/DSC/DPP	Picture Motion Browser Ver.2.0.01/2.0.02/2.0.03 /2.0.04/2.0.05/2.0.06		Some behavior*3 different from previous environment (Windows XP) may be observed. Please apply the latest Picture Motion Browser update program
DSC (G1)	Picture Motion Browser Ver.2.0.00		Some behavior*3 different from previous environment (Windows XP) may be observed. Please apply the latest Picture Motion Browser update program
DSC/DSLR/Photo printer/ACC (GPS Unit)	Picture Motion Browser Ver1.1		Some behavior*3 different from previous environment (Windows XP) may be observed. Please apply the latest Picture Motion Browser update program
Camcorder	Picture Motion Browser Ver1.1		Some behavior*3 different from previous environment (Windows XP) may be observed. Please apply the latest Picture Motion Browser update program
DSC/DSLR	Image Data Converter SR		Thumbnails of files saved in the TIFF format are not displayed in Explorer of Windows Vista. Files saved in the TIFF format are not opened in Photo Gallery. Please download the latest version of "Sony Image Data Suite" , which contains "Image Data Converter SR Ver.3.2".
ACC (GPS Unit)	GPS Image Tracker
ACC (Photo Storage)	Photo Diary (ArcSoft)		HELP cannot be displayed in Windows Vista.
Camcorder	ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder (PIXELA)		Please download Picture Motion Browser as alternative.
DSC	Cyber-shot Viewer Ver1.0		Update to Picture Motion Browser .
Camcorder	Picture Package Ver.1.8 (PIXELA)		Please download Picture Motion Browser as alternative.
DSC/Camcorder	Picture Package Ver.1.1/1.2/1.6 (PIXELA)		Please download Picture Motion Browser as alternative.*1
DV/Digital8 Camcorder	Picture Package Ver.1.0/1.5/1.5.1/1.7 (PIXELA)		Please download Picture Motion Browser as alternative.*1
DSC	Image Data Converter (PIXELA)		Please apply the update program for Windows Vista.*2
Camcorder	Nero Express 6 (Nero)
DSC	Nero Vision Express 3 (Nero)
DSC/Camcorder	ImageMixer Ver1.0/1.5 (PIXELA)
MicroMV Camcorder	MovieShaker Ver3.1 for MICROMV
DPP	PictureGear Studio Ver2.0

*1 Video CD's cannot be created with Picture Motion Browser.

*2 RAW files cannot be saved in the SRF format with Image Data Converter SR.

*3 Example of behavior:

• Display:
  • The short-cut icon may become Windows-standard icon (may not appear as an original icon).
  • The tooltip (information window displayed when pointing the image with the cursor) may not be transparent.
  • When playing back movies, images may not be displayed properly on the browser.
  • Some images/characters/icons may not be displayed properly depending on operations or environments.
• Sound:
  • When playing back movies, the volume control bar may not be operated on the browser.
  • When playing back movies, the sound may not be output depending on operations or environments.
• Other:
  • Some folders such as Public folders cannot be registered as Viewed folders.