Apparently it’s possible.

(I had forgotten where I originally found the ICRTool link, but in the meantime found it at Raymond.cc.)

Not that it was extremely hard to figure out, but:

Vista’s Users (Folder) Replace XP’s Documents and Settings

Here are a few additional notes on environment variables.

Vista Environment Variables — I get the feeling I’ve posted this one before.

XP Environment Variables — and perhaps this one too.

Well, this first one is simply moronic…

http://groups.google.com/group/Finding-Solutions/browse_thread/thread/836f53fdaed196a9

I cannot recall if I saw this or not, so…

Using Windows Vista, there is no ‘Google Talk’ plug-in in Windows Media Player

If you’re using Windows Vista and can’t find the ‘Google Talk’ plug-in in Windows Media Player, please uninstall Google Talk and reinstall by running as administrator.

http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/answer.py?answer=57532

Here’s someone experiencing the same problem it appears, and of course similar moronic replies ensue.

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Talk/thread?tid=3935a17ab5c16f6a&hl=en

What is particularly disheartening is the fact the response has absolutely no value, no real information and is vague at best — yet “+2 other people say this answers the question.”

Pfft!

While not directly related to my scenario I thought I’d post this anyway.

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/32192642/idt–audio–idt-high-d.aspx

What does pertain to me is the fact that applications like Google Talk and Gizmo5 refuse to work in Vista.  Gizmo5 actually tells me that there is no “audio input or output device.”

Google Talk just hangs doing nothing.  Of course, both applications bugger the audio until I reboot.  I’ve NO CLUE what is going on and the numerous sites that I’ve visited on the subject have pretty much proven useless.

I often wonder why I don’t kill the Vista installation on this laptop and install XP Professional.

EDIT:  Throwing this one in to keep track of it as well.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R147073&SystemID=XPS_M2010&servicetag=68N60G1&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=8907&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=3&fileid=195627

Here is the fix for those having difficulty opening HLP files on Windows Vista.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607

Definitely a great Vista tip.  I felt like I blundered across a gold brick when I found this one.  This has plagued almost every single MSI I tried to install.  The latest of which is the Windows Mobile SDK.

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showtopic=19110

If you run across the problem that Vista calls every file you attempt to edit a read-only one, from a command prompt type, “takeown /?”.  The rest is yours to enjoy.

So apparently DHCP isn’t good enough for Vista.  To alleviate the majority of problems I’ve witnessed and experienced from “limited connectivity” or “unidentified network(s)” simply manually set your connection settings and disable IPv6 on your adapter.

Wired connections evidently suffer from “power saving” causing funky problems so disable that as well if problem persists.