17 Responses to “Vaio UX with Windows XP Tablet Edition”  

1. 1 1 justbooks Jun 15th, 2006 at 1:57 pm

   I’ll be very curious to hear more updates as you play with this as I’m considering the same option when my UX180 arrives. I’m surprised Sony did not include the tablet pc OS on the UX. Hopefully the conversion isn’t too painful.

2. 2 2 Reggie Jun 15th, 2006 at 2:05 pm

   It seems like Sony didn’t license the Tablet Edition from MS that’s why Sony never came out with a tablet pc of their own.

   You should have a better experience since all the UX180P drivers are available online.

3. 3 3 Reggie Jun 15th, 2006 at 2:06 pm

   Btw, here’s a tip. Backup an image of your drive using Acronis True Image Home or Norton Ghost just in case you have problems.

4. 4 4 Vijay Jun 15th, 2006 at 3:38 pm

   I was so enjoying the articel and it ended. No, no no, i want more, did you try Age of Empires on it.

   Did you try Speech to Texh, or the Visual Studio env?

   Were you able to replace the memory with something bigger, is that hard to do, what about the Hard drive….

   please I want more… I am coming back for more!!!

   

5. 5 5 VaioWannabe Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:48 pm

   Reggie,

   Btw, how’s the keyboard? Is it usable (especially as a stand-alone)?

   Battery tests? Ive read in some other sites that it performs at about 2 hours for casual web surfing…

6. 6 6 Reggie Jun 16th, 2006 at 1:45 am

   VaioWannabe,

   They keyboard is quite usable. It’s quite flat but I guess Sony had to do this to give clearance to the screen when you slide it up and down. I find the enter key a bit small though.

   You should read my entry about StickyKeys which help a lot:
   http://www.micropctalk.com/2006/06/13/stickykeys-it-has-always-been-there/

7. 7 7 oherzog Aug 22nd, 2006 at 4:27 am

   Hello,

   for my new UX90S (with an English WinXP Pro) I’d like to have the Tablet PC XP on this new machine. I have the installation CDs from a broken Tablet PC. However, can anybody tell me whether an upgrade is possible, or must I do a complete new install?

   Thanks,
   oherzog

8. 8 8 Dan Kuraner Nov 30th, 2006 at 11:55 am

   Hello David,

   I am kinda new to these forums.
   I just bought a brand new Sony UX280p with Windows XP Pro installed on it from the Sony factory. I think if I had Windows XP Tablet PC installed on it
   I could use the UX280p like my Palm Pilot by being able to write on the screen and having that text stored in various applications.

   Now my question: I can get a licensed version of 2005 Windows XP Tablet.
   Can I install that right on top of the existing system ?

   Thanks in advance,

   Dan Kuraner
   in Swanzey, NH.
   dadiyo@ne.rr.com

9. 9 9 xalid Dec 3rd, 2006 at 1:33 pm

   After quite a bit of searching,I bought the OEM Tablet PC from BestBuy Business website. Just do a search for “k46-00208″ which is the microsoft SKU for the os.

10. 10 10 Curtis Dec 9th, 2006 at 11:09 am

    I recently installed xp tablet 2005 on my ux280p and there is a problen with the screen. The farther that i get away from the middle of the screen I get with my stylus the more that the pointer is off. The pointer will not go to the corners when my stylus is tapping there. I have tried to calibrate the pen and it does not help. Does anybody have a solutions to this problem?

11. 11 11 hayr Feb 10th, 2007 at 4:28 pm

    Any updates on
    I recently installed xp tablet 2005 on my ux280p and there is a problen with the screen. The farther that i get away from the middle of the screen I get with my stylus the more that the pointer is off. The pointer will not go to the corners when my stylus is tapping there. I have tried to calibrate the pen and it does not help. Does anybody have a solutions to this problem?

    I seem to be having the same issue.

12. 12 12 Nick Mar 10th, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Hi Reggie,
    I recently attempted the exact same reimage you successfully completed I would greatly appreciate it if you could contact me directly so I could ask you some questions.

    Greatly appreciate your response.
    Cheers
    n

13. 13 13 Penman Mar 25th, 2007 at 5:10 pm

    Anyone have the ux with vista? I just got the 380. Vista seems to have limited tablet apps for the ux indicating that the UX in not a tablet.

    So I am wondering if XP for tablet is a better way to go.

    And how do you operate software when the screen is zoomed. Either default in the zoom setup still makes apps difficult. I wind up chasing the program around the screen to execute anything.

    I am getting real frustrated with the box, so any encouragement would be great.

    Thanks

14. 14 14 JB Mar 31st, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    Hey guys,

    I just tried installing tablet edition on a 280p. the set up ran normally, but upon reboot, no tablet functionality… what did i do wrong?

    I’m using an MSDN copy labeled “Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005″ (legal).

    i just can’t figure out how to get tablet stuff working.

    NOTE that i just did an upgrade, not a full / fresh install. Do you have to do a full/fresh install to get the tablet features to work?

    Thanks!

    (this forum is great!)

    J

15. 15 15 sull86 Jul 26th, 2007 at 10:07 am

    It is a good chance you will need to do a fresh install

16. 16 16 mausau Dec 25th, 2007 at 2:46 pm

    To fix stylus calibration problem (the farther you get away from the middle of the screen the more the pointer is off) under XP, you need to install the touch panel driver included in “Windows XP driver application Pack” and use calibration utility that comes with the driver.

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