"JW" <JW@nospam.nspam> wrote in message
news:E1DC58A7-7B0D-44F6-A452-F71A118FE36F@microsoft.com...
> You won't get the full functionality that you got in XP with just a
> generic driver.
> Prior to Vista drivers were allowed to put part of their driver code into
> the Windows Kernel to improve performance. With Vista this ability was
> removed in order to increase the security of the system against driver
> bugs and Viruses. It is for this reason that most drivers had to be
> rewritten.

This is the exact reason we have voted not to deploy Vista.