 Sebastian further notes that the complete overhaul from Windows XP to Windows Vista exacerbated the driver problems.Unlike the transitions from earlier popular versions of Windows that shared the same kernels as each other, that drivers often needed to be completely re-written for Vista, and hardware and OEM manufacturers simply weren't prepared, and didn't heed the warnings as such.The increasingly sour reputation of Vista caused said hardware developers and OEMs to stall on developing capable drivers, which even further soured Vista's reputation.