Honestly,
I did not have many issues setting up Vista.
With my new hardware I bought a Builders License of Ultimate and was done with setup and installation in a surprising 1/2 hour.
Out of surprise I installed another drive and ran an Action Pack install of Windows Media Center 2005.
It took an hour and a half because of all the additional updates that have passed by.

With Vista,
Installing my other software however and figuring out where everything was moved to did take awhile.
Many programs that connect to the web for installation may require right clicking on the executables in the Program Files folder
(Program Files (x86) folder for 32 bit apps installed in Vista 64 bit.
Yes two separate Program Files folders on 64 bit and I actually thought that was another great idea to help users manage their software over the long term.)
When you right click on the executable select properties, you may have to set it to run compatibility mode as Win XP SP2 by clicking a checkbox.
Also you may have to click another checkbox to Run this Program as Administrator.
All of these are on the Properties under the Compatibility tab of any exe file.
Get used to it, you may have to use it often until Software vendors actually understand how to write for Vista.

Make sure you are not pressed for time.
Enjoy getting to know the interface it is attractive and does have some fairly well placed items.
Yes it will take awhile to get used to but you may actually enjoy something new if you let yourself.

I have had issues, and a few disappointments but I am still using it at home.
I am just not prepared to contend with troubleshooting the OS along with the already volatile software platforms currently in use.
When Vista present itself with an easy system to manage services and startup items only when the program itself requiring them is started.
Then I'll consider it beneficial and actually making progress toward making my life easier as well as hardware conscious.


"clintonG" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:%23$AvLGrMIHA.3516@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
I'm an experienced user about to get my first machine configured with Vista
Home Premium.

I'll have a lot of work to do uninstalling and installing software to set up
my new machine. Learning to cope with the security features that I've heard
gets in the way so much seems to be the first thing I would want to learn to
do eh?

Does anybody have any referrals to blogs about setting up Vista in this
context to make it more user friendly? Is there a known blog or guide yuo
can refer me to?