Software Help and Support
Support information for the preinstalled software on your system is located in this section. Sony software support is free of
charge for 90 days after the original date of purchase.
Your computer may not be supplied with all of the software discussed in this section, depending on the computer
purchased. To view information about the specific software preinstalled on your computer, see the software program's
online Help.
Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
Elements
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Using state-of-the-art image editing tools, you can unleash your artistic ability and create digital images for print, e-mail,
and posting to the Web. The versatile image capturing options enable you to start working with digital and traditional
photos immediately. Explore extensive creative possibilities for your personal images with Adobe Photoshop Elements
software. Upgrade possible to Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
software.
Adobe
®
Reader
®
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Adobe Reader software enables you to view, navigate, and print electronic documents in Adobe's Portable Document
Format (PDF), an open file format intended to preserve the fidelity of documents created on many major computer
platforms.
America Online
®
(Broadband or Dial-Up)
America Online, Inc.
America Online is a popular Internet Service Provider (ISP). Stay in touch with family and friends with easy-to-use e-mail.
Manage your personal finances, get the latest news and sports scores, and chat with thousands of others who share your
interests.
Click to DVD
Sony Electronics Inc.
At the touch of a button, Click to DVD software allows you to automatically burn DVDs from a digital video device. Create
DVDs by capturing video content straight from a digital video (DV) device or by importing video from stored files — and you
can also edit the video if desired. Create DVD photo albums and slide shows with picture files or by importing pictures from
a digital still camera. What's more, you can easily give a professional look to your DVDs by adding chapter menus,
backgrounds, and menu screens. You're only a few clicks away from your own DVDs!
CLIÉ Converter
Sony Electronics Inc.
CLIÉ Converter software is a plug-in software program that converts Giga Pocket
®
Video Capsules into Movie Player format
for playback on your Sony
®
CLIÉ handheld. After converting your Video Capsules, you can use CLIÉ Converter software to
transfer them to Memory Stick
®
media or to save them to your hard disk drive for transfer to your CLIÉ handheld during your
next HotSync
®
operation.
Drag'n Drop CD+DVD
DigiOn, Inc., and Easy Systems Ltd., Japan
Drag'n Drop CD+DVD software is designed to make CD and DVD creation simple. You can create you own audio or data CDs
and data DVDs. These discs can be read in most audio CD players or personal computers. With Drag'n Drop CD+DVD
software, you can also back up CDs.
DVgate
Plus
Sony Electronics Inc.
Connect a compatible digital video camera to your computer's i.LINK
®
port and capture video clips and still images. Edit clips
from your video, add new clips, and combine clips into new movie segments. Save your movies back to your digital video
camera or in a variety of popular file formats.
EverQuest
®
Everquest (Sony Online Entertainment Inc.)
.
This introductory edition of the EverQuest game, a constantly evolving fantasy world, takes users to new heights of online
role-playing gaming. Enter an enormous virtual environment — an entire world with its own diverse species, economic
systems, alliances, and politics. Make yourself a noble human knight, a vicious dark elf thief, a greedy dwarven merchant, or
whatever your heart desires as you meet new friends from around the world and face epic challenges. Rated TEEN by the
ESRB. (Content may be suitable for persons ages 13 and older. May contain violent content, mild or strong language,
and/or suggestive themes.)
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