Agree with all of the above! Last year I got a new PC - and yes it was on Vista. So then I needed new printer drivers and a new driver for scanner & fax.

So I searched by company name (HP, epson ettc), then support or vista drivers, then I was able to find new drivers for my stuff. It's a pain to do, but necessary.

One bit of advice when you get a new Vista computer - I would turn OFF the "automatic update" feature for Vista. When it wants to update something - I'd do web searches on the subject and check to see if the update will do more harm than good... (Like the "update" that so famously ruined my Word 2007)

good luck!

Jean

It pays to be cautious with Vista, as it is a new platform and not all programs run well on it, even though they may claim to be Vista compliant.
my all new PC on Vista Home Premium was lightning fast for 18 months, or about 2 weeks ago. It would say"not responding" to every program, then would hang there. Any new action took about 5 minutes. Wouldn't shut down etc.
When turned off and restarted, wouldn't start properly-again just hung there. Used the DVD to reboot, but no better.
Took it to a computer shop who had it for a week and said that after they cleaned out a few files it was OK.
And it was-back as new.
Within a few days though it had the same problems. Took me a full day to get it to start properly.
Did a Google search on the problem and found that it was happening identically to others-but none had found a solution.
My thoughts were that there was probably some software that was in conflict, so while it was going I uninstalled quite a few of minor software progs-various things that were supposed to check for problems etc and fix them.
So far so good.
Even the sound card that came with this PC was not compatible, even though it was on Vista only.
So I would suggest great caution in downloading any of the multitude of software programs that claim to be vital to your PC's health. They may be lethal!

my biggest problem when igo to a clients office or a home to fix and repair computers. it is usually malware and spyware infested on peoples systems.

i cant stress enough to people to update windows constantly...

update all drivers constantly. sound cards, modems, video cards etc. it best to do from the manufacturers website. usually under support...then drivers

good luck


roger