I recently upgraded one of my computers to Vista. I didn’t start out planning to do it. But somewhere in the process of reformatting my computer it seemed like a good idea. I think it was probably about the time that I realized I didn’t have the series of numbers and letters necessary to complete the reformatting process. Somehow they had skipped town and there was nothing printed on the computer case either.

So I was stuck without an operating system for awhile there. And then I decided to make lemonade out of lemons and bought the two hundred dollar Vista OS. And installed it.

And everything was fine until I read where Microsoft would upgrade my Vista from 32 bit to 64 bit if I sent them ten more clam shells.

Well that sounded like a pretty good deal so I did that and (wonders never cease) along in the mail awhile later came a slim cardboard container and my upgrade. And I installed it.

And everything was fine until I tried to run my printer and/or my Linksys wireless network. And neither of them worked! I had no internet in my inner sanctum. And that was a problem.

So I went to Best Buy and asked one of the Geek Squad about it and this is what he told me.

Nothing works with Vista 64-Bit OS. Every computer they have sold with it has been returned. There are no drivers that coordinate all the things you normally hook up with your computer.

Now you would have thought that maybe that bit of information would be out here somewhere so that we would all know about it and be able to make informed decisions.

Hey Microsoft! It’s the information age! How about sharing some of it with all of us.

And if anyone has found drivers that will help please let me know. This wasn't a science project and my data may not be accurate. So feed me as they say in Little Shop of Horrors. I still have trouble believing they could have done this.