"There are just two kinds of languages: the ones everybody complains about and the ones nobody uses." (Bjarne Stroustrup)
Admittedly I am not a typical user. I run so much experimental code and generally tinker with my machines so much that every six months I have to rebuild my boxes at the reformat level.
I installed vista on my machines as soon as it went RTM. The first days were rough. Although, I imagine the defaults will make IT departments happy, I found vista paralyzing. The amount of confirmations and warnings on every configuration/installation/edit was just way, way, way too much.
So, I tried running as administrator. No change. I tried, "Elevate without prompting". No change. Finally, today, I found, "Turn Off User Account Control". Looks like this is doing the trick, I really hope so :)
Step 1.) Launch GPedit.msc with administrative rights.
Step 2.) Browse to Windows Settings | Local Policies | Security Options
Step 3.) Scroll down to User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode and double click
Step 4.) Change this value from Prompt for "Elevate without prompting"