Vista printed
Turns out I simply needed to download the drivers from HP and add the printer addressing it via IP.
Add a network, wireless, yadda yadda printer.
Try “The printer I want is not listed.” Even though it like is.
Add a printer using TCP/IP
Enter the IP of the printer. For our environment I could only figure it out by walking up to the printer and tapping on the menu button in a frenzy until I found the screen that told me what the IP was. Figuring this out for your printer is up to you. Good Luck.
a few more screens… then
Test page printed fine.
IM Software
Trillian Arista– Alpha IM client I was using that started acting weird in Vista.Trillian 3.1 ProIM client I LOVE that does appears not to work in Vista.- Live Messenger – Crappy MS advertisement laden garbage of an IM client that I will use until I can figure out what is up with Trillian.