Cats are nice, but dogs are man’s best friend for a reason. Some cats will defend you, but most dogs are ride or die. And they can read you emotionality, just like we can read them.
Years ago I had the opposite issue. The printer driver would rarely work. When I switched to ubuntu for unrelated reasons the printer worked everytime. I suspect that this is very unusual and 99.999% of the time your scenario is more likely. Just wanted to share =).