I installed Vista 32 bit about 7 months ago - a clean install, not an
upgrade. I have been using it with my HP printer without incident.

Because of the fuss here, I borrowed my neighbors Canon i860. I turned off
the computer and disconnected the HP. I then connected the Canon. Upon
booting the computer the printer was identified and resident drivers were
installed. A test page was successfully printed.

I #####DON"T##### have 20 years experience in IT.

"Tom Bonavia" wrote:
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> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
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> > 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]