If you know how to get into the files, then you can do everything in Vista that you can do in XP, or ME, or 98, etc.

I prefer Vista over XP, I must admit... even if the network connections thing is as helpful as a stone parachute. The skin is brilliant, and I can no longer function without my sidebar.

As for your problem, GLG, has long has it been happening? Since you installed it or since an update?