If Toshiba doesn't have XP drivers, downgrading will be a challenge.
So the answer is yes, that is going to be a problem.

Tell your friend to be sure to have Vista recovery DVDs before he
commences to be resourceful and determined to downgrade to XP.

"Hedley" <Hedley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A92B1527-7FBF-4403-B965-39C9EBDD5437@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>A friend of mine bought a Toshiba laptop with Vista pre-installed. So now his
> HP printer will never work with Vista and after other problems, I've come to
> the conclusion that downgrading to XP might be the best option. However I
> don't think Toshiba have XP drivers for that particular model of laptop - is
> this going to be a problem?
>
> He has a non-OEM version of XP and an OEM version of XP for a slightly older
> Toshiba laptop
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> thanks[/color]