I had a printer which I really like and it never gave me problems. I still have it—a Dell A960 but Dell told me that would not be compatible with the Vista system. Bummer as I really liked it a lot. I use it as a stand alone but if I need to print from the computer, I am out of luck now.
I have tried everything but to no avail.
Maybe you should try to return the computer, and get a second hand computer with XP instead of Vista. Seriously, I could easily have afforded a new computer, but I went to the stores and there was nothing available except with Vista. A friend had recently bought a new computer with Vista that was “downgradeable” to XP, only to discover she had to pay a substantial extra fee to Microsoft to do the “downgrade” — she paid, but wasn’t happy about it. So I went on eBay and got a refurbished HP Pavilion with all the original setup disks (which had been used to restore the computer to its original factory settings and content), from a seller with a 100% rating who answered all my specific questions in advance, for $175 including shipping. I’m a happy camper, and all my old software and peripherals work fine with my cheap second-hand XP machine. Vista simply sucks.