If a USB printer could not be connected, and used, under Vista you would
hear a general howling - and it would be on every news station and on every
web site. You don't hear or see this this, do you?

You have done something wrong as an IT professional of 20+ years. As said IT
professional of 20+ years, you should know to uninstall the printer
software, disconnect the printer, reboot - and start again - reading the
help file this time.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)


"Tom Bonavia" <Tom [email]Bonavia@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
news:BC443482-5736-4B81-8B59-192A15C1F986@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:32:10 +0200, "MS" <maria.steyn@wanadoo.nl>
>> wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Does Vista Home Premium NOT accept a USB printer as its only/first
>> > printer?[/color]
>>
>>
>>
>> Certainly it *does*.
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>> > My Lexmark Z23-33 is recognized by the USB function but
>> > not visible nor addressable under Printers.[/color]
>>
>>
>>
>> Then you haven't installed it correctly. Exactly how did you do the
>> software part of the installation?
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Do I really need an old 'local' printer with the big connector as a
>> > first printer?[/color]
>>
>>
>> No.
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Is there a workaround?[/color]
>>
>>
>> No workaround is needed. Many thousand or millions of people have done
>> this successfully.
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Curious,
>> > Maria[/color]
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>[/color]
>
> Ken,
> I'm an IT Professional of 20 years and have done everything right by the
> manual but can't get Vista to recognize my printer, so I would venture to
> say
> that thousands or millions of people are also experiencing problems.
> Remember
> the little bug that killed USBs when upgrading from XP to XP professional?
> I'm only glad that Microsoft acknowledges it's bugs more esily than you
> do![/color]