husky86 wrote:[color=blue]
> If a particular driver for a particular piece of hardware is still not
> available for Windows Vista, who ultimately is responsible for the production
> and distribution of that driver? Is it Microsoft or is it the hardware
> manufacturer?
>[/color]


Hardware manufacturer.

[color=blue]
> I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate on a desktop system. Well over a year
> after Vista's release, I still have at least three outstanding and major
> driver issues. Each of the manufacturers, e.g. motherboard, network card,
> etc., tell me that Microsoft is responsible for producing/updating the
> drivers.
>
> Is this true?[/color]


No, it's not true.

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