Drivers for HP 5187-7583?

[Frank]

On 5/10/2010 10:12 PM, XS11E wrote:
> Ken Blake<kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 09 May 2010 21:21:19 -0700, XS11E<xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ken Blake<kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
>>>> this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
>>>> work.
>>>
>>> So.... why is that?
>>
>> Because they are two different operating systems. In some cases Vista
>> drivers work on Windows 7, in other (probably most) cases they don't.
>>
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>
> That's about as sensible an answer as Frank's, I'm really disappointed
> in you.....
>
> I know they're two different OSs, the question is WHAT SPECIFIC
> DIFFERENCE is preventing the Vista driver from working?

Let me guess...because it was written specifically for Vista?
Got a better guess than that?

I'm hoping
> it'll turn out to be something as simple as 'decorating' a Win32 driver
> to make it work in Win64.

Hope is a great thing, but hardly ever works with computers.
Oops!