Vista Built in Driver support

kevinali

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Quick question

Does Vista RTM (downloaded from MSDN) have less built in drivers then Vista Retail

It is my understanding that MS froze Vista Code when Vista went to RTM status. Did they only freeze the feature set and added drivers after to the retail copy or is the RTM the retail copy as well

The reason i asked is that my HP laserjet printer 1012 was supported in all the RC releases (using Vista supplied drivers) and i cannot find the Vista drivers for the 1012 in the RTM version i downloaded (legally of course)

Should i purchase the OEM version of Vista to get the printer to work???

Kevin
 

bsobel

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If MS has drivers for the unit, then Windows update would have them even if the disk didn't (and the driver set should be the same OEM vs MSDN)