Dear all,

I just spent the whole weekend installing (4 times) Windows Vista Home
Premium on my Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110.

Straight out of the installation, the native video drivers had this problem:
- Playback of any video MPG or WMV was choppy and jerky on WMP11 but Audio
was smooth.
- Screen cannot Rotate.

I tried installing the latest Win XP Graphic Card Drivers and most
everything work. The only problem I had was:

- Now WMP11 cannot play any video (get a blank video screen) but the audio
continues in the background. Tried MPG, AVI, WMV... all can't. When I tried
using VLC player, there was no problem and playback was smooth with audio. I
suspect this might be a problem with the video driver.

It won't playback either on Windows Media Centre.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix the video playback problem in
WMP11?

Thank you.

I'd check Fujitsu's web site for the latest graphics drivers - Vista
enabled - if they're supporting Vista on the ST4110, along with rotational
drivers. As to the Windows Media Player 11 issues, you might want to report
those in the microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player newsgroup where WMP 11 is
supported.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"egtan" <egtan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43F664B5-A3A2-4392-B609-5D46145909E6@microsoft.com...
> Dear all,
>
> I just spent the whole weekend installing (4 times) Windows Vista Home
> Premium on my Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110.
>
> Straight out of the installation, the native video drivers had this
> problem:
> - Playback of any video MPG or WMV was choppy and jerky on WMP11 but Audio
> was smooth.
> - Screen cannot Rotate.
>
> I tried installing the latest Win XP Graphic Card Drivers and most
> everything work. The only problem I had was:
>
> - Now WMP11 cannot play any video (get a blank video screen) but the audio
> continues in the background. Tried MPG, AVI, WMV... all can't. When I
> tried
> using VLC player, there was no problem and playback was smooth with audio.
> I
> suspect this might be a problem with the video driver.
>
> It won't playback either on Windows Media Centre.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix the video playback problem in
> WMP11?
>
> Thank you.
>

I spent about two weeks getting Vista 32-bit working on my Fujistu Lifebook
4020. Mine was difficult because Fujitsu does not support Vista on that PC.
Larned a few things that may be useful to you ...

The 4020 has the Intel 915 chipset. Downloaded Vista drivers from Intel. If
your PC usess the 945 chipset, you're in luck. Intel has new drivers for
them, and it supports Aero.

Fujitsu-Siemens and Fujitsu Singapore have both posted Vista drivers for
several laptops. The standard Fujitsu support site also has drivers. You
will need the ACPI driver, the Fujitsu Button drivers, and the Button Utility
-- all Vista versions. Once you install those, you'll screen auto-rotation
should work again.

"egtan" wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I just spent the whole weekend installing (4 times) Windows Vista Home
> Premium on my Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110.
>
> Straight out of the installation, the native video drivers had this problem:
> - Playback of any video MPG or WMV was choppy and jerky on WMP11 but Audio
> was smooth.
> - Screen cannot Rotate.
>
> I tried installing the latest Win XP Graphic Card Drivers and most
> everything work. The only problem I had was:
>
> - Now WMP11 cannot play any video (get a blank video screen) but the audio
> continues in the background. Tried MPG, AVI, WMV... all can't. When I tried
> using VLC player, there was no problem and playback was smooth with audio. I
> suspect this might be a problem with the video driver.
>
> It won't playback either on Windows Media Centre.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix the video playback problem in
> WMP11?
>
> Thank you.
>

Thanks for your advice. Unfortunately, here's still no Vista drivers for the
Fujitsu ST4110 especially for my graphic card Intel 82830M. I haven't tried
the drivers from the Intel site yet.

Now a strange new problem has occurred.... previously, my screen could
rotate using the button and changing the orientation in the TabletPC
settings. Now, the screen rotation won't work. I get an error message. Please
adjust your Display Settings and Try again.

Am thinking of reinstalling... sigh.




"Bill" wrote:

> I spent about two weeks getting Vista 32-bit working on my Fujistu Lifebook
> 4020. Mine was difficult because Fujitsu does not support Vista on that PC.
> Larned a few things that may be useful to you ...
>
> The 4020 has the Intel 915 chipset. Downloaded Vista drivers from Intel. If
> your PC usess the 945 chipset, you're in luck. Intel has new drivers for
> them, and it supports Aero.
>
> Fujitsu-Siemens and Fujitsu Singapore have both posted Vista drivers for
> several laptops. The standard Fujitsu support site also has drivers. You
> will need the ACPI driver, the Fujitsu Button drivers, and the Button Utility
> -- all Vista versions. Once you install those, you'll screen auto-rotation
> should work again.
>
> "egtan" wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I just spent the whole weekend installing (4 times) Windows Vista Home
> > Premium on my Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110.
> >
> > Straight out of the installation, the native video drivers had this problem:
> > - Playback of any video MPG or WMV was choppy and jerky on WMP11 but Audio
> > was smooth.
> > - Screen cannot Rotate.
> >
> > I tried installing the latest Win XP Graphic Card Drivers and most
> > everything work. The only problem I had was:
> >
> > - Now WMP11 cannot play any video (get a blank video screen) but the audio
> > continues in the background. Tried MPG, AVI, WMV... all can't. When I tried
> > using VLC player, there was no problem and playback was smooth with audio. I
> > suspect this might be a problem with the video driver.
> >
> > It won't playback either on Windows Media Centre.
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix the video playback problem in
> > WMP11?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >

Bill:

I am somewhat hopeful with your post. Where did you get the button drivers
for your 4020 and the button utility? I think I tried installing a ACPI
driver and got the blue screen of death crash....dont want to have to do that
again.

Anyway, glad to see someone has made some progress. I just installed the
latest Intel 915 driver so thats made an improvement. Would love to get my
screen to auto-rotate, it wont right now.

Best wishes,
Andrew

"Bill" wrote:

> I spent about two weeks getting Vista 32-bit working on my Fujistu Lifebook
> 4020. Mine was difficult because Fujitsu does not support Vista on that PC.
> Larned a few things that may be useful to you ...
>
> The 4020 has the Intel 915 chipset. Downloaded Vista drivers from Intel. If
> your PC usess the 945 chipset, you're in luck. Intel has new drivers for
> them, and it supports Aero.
>
> Fujitsu-Siemens and Fujitsu Singapore have both posted Vista drivers for
> several laptops. The standard Fujitsu support site also has drivers. You
> will need the ACPI driver, the Fujitsu Button drivers, and the Button Utility
> -- all Vista versions. Once you install those, you'll screen auto-rotation
> should work again.
>
> "egtan" wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I just spent the whole weekend installing (4 times) Windows Vista Home
> > Premium on my Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110.
> >
> > Straight out of the installation, the native video drivers had this problem:
> > - Playback of any video MPG or WMV was choppy and jerky on WMP11 but Audio
> > was smooth.
> > - Screen cannot Rotate.
> >
> > I tried installing the latest Win XP Graphic Card Drivers and most
> > everything work. The only problem I had was:
> >
> > - Now WMP11 cannot play any video (get a blank video screen) but the audio
> > continues in the background. Tried MPG, AVI, WMV... all can't. When I tried
> > using VLC player, there was no problem and playback was smooth with audio. I
> > suspect this might be a problem with the video driver.
> >
> > It won't playback either on Windows Media Centre.
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix the video playback problem in
> > WMP11?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >