If this is a new laptop and came preinstalled with Vista ... TAKE IT BACK
for repair or replacement. Demonstrate your problem when you return it.
This is not the way a new piece of hardware should act, and it certainly is
not the fault of Vista.
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"MicroCarl" <MicroCarl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Vista is crap. If I see another "the parameter is incorrect" when I plug
> a
> drive into my USB ports I'm gonna scream. What a joke this software is.
> Why
> should it be the manufacturer's problem to fix drivers on hardware that
> works
> under 2000 and XP?
>
> HP is no better. In India the guy tells me there's no DOWNgrade.
> Downgrade? XP is an UPgrade to Vista.
>
> Pissed off new Laptop buyer