I dont know if this is related to your specific problem, I also have been having significant driver issues with Vista and this is the closest thing I could find on it. Its not limited to USB devices New USB Devices not recognized in Vista - MSDN Forums
Thx, but that doesn't work.
Not long ago, i ran into a DVD-ROM issue: My MSI DVD-ROM is not recognized by vista, while works perfectly on my XP... After many trials, many questing and many... the problem is still there. All i had to do is to buy a new DVD-ROM which was priced nearly the same as my XP!!!