Without knowing what "other problems" there might be, it seems like
addressing the printer issue may be easier/better than doing a downgrade to
XP. What model printer is it and what sorts of problems is he having?
Depending on his needs, a new printer may be cheaper than 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]