I've been running Vista since it was available on MSDN and overall I like it.  There are a few things that I don't like though, one of which is how log it takes to get to the "Network Connections" control panel.  In XP it was an expandable folder on my start menu so I could just right click on a connection and view its properties.  Not so easy in vista...Start->Network->Network and Sharing Center->Manage Network Connections. 

I visit that several times a day, so the extra steps are really annoying.  I finally did some googling and found a few different ways to create a shortcut to Network connections. 

I also figured out you can simply drag the network connections icon from the address bar right onto the desktop and Vista creates a shortcut for you.  Then you can copy it to your start menu, quickest, etc.

Now if I could just figure out how to make vista select the full file name (including the extension)... Or even better if I could find a copy of Windows Edition for Power and Professional Users I would be very happy.