Transition From Windows XP to Windows Vista Premium

Alright, I normally do well with new challenges. They usually bring life and excitement to an otherwise boring life. I switched from Windows XP to Windows Vista Premium this last week. Excited? I was. Frustrated? I am :) What was wrong with "Add / Remove Programs" in the Windows Vista control panel? Simple, to-the-point and made perfect sense calling this feature "Add / Remove Programs". Someone thought it made our lives easier to change the name to "Programs And Features". No more "Outlook Express either". Our mail is now called "Windows Mail". Not complaining here, the name fits but it only took me forever and a day to find the program and set it up :) Oh, the Quick Launch from XP. I am a neat-freak and like to have all my icons neatly arranged. In Windows XP, I was able to easily drag my Quick Launch Toolbar to the top of my screen then auto-hide it. After spending way too much time trying to figure this one out on my own, I decided to Google for help. Luckily I ran across this wonderful post written by Deb Shinder: 10 things you'll miss when you upgrade to Vista (and how to get some of them back). Written in 2007. No procrastination on accepting the "NEW", my XP worked perfectly fine and I saw no need to upgrade until my puter died from a horrid virus attack. Overall, Vista has some great new features and has made many security improvements as well. Two years from now, I will have completely learned all the tweaks, work-arounds and fine-tuning. Windows 7 will have worked all their future glitches out. Service packs, security updates, hardware compatibility issues,... we all know the routine. Then it will be time for me to accept the NEW...excited, then frustrated...Deja Vu!