I know I will be laughed at or sent away after I say this, but I have been testing Vista at work, and, well, I have not had these issues after I configured it correctly, also, I heard, just heard that the high end Vista was created for benefit of programmers, so they can develop better games etc.  I actually am beginning to like Vista and let's face it, it will not go away.  XP had the same hesitant issues and I like my XP machine.

Sharen