A site called Tweakguides has now released a article called the above. The author has gone to great lengths to provide solutions to many of those nagging vista pains...
Give it a once over, if you have problems that refused to be solved: TweakGuides.com - Vista Annoyances Resolved
An excellent article! Also consider checking the Tweakguide to vista found at this site...
The tweakguides tweaking companion has now been updated. A new version for both vista and xp are now available with a version for 7 coming soon. 7 users for the moment should use the vista guide as both os's are pretty similar.
TGTC for Vista 2.3:
All pages - Fixed any dead or inaccurate hyperlinks.
All pages - Fixed some typographical/grammatical errors.
pp.13 - Added Windows 7 note.
pp.45 - Revised Cooling section.
pp.56-57 - Expanded 32-bit vs. 64-bit details.
pp.84 - Added AHCI reference.
pp.85 - Added Auzentech audio driver link.
pp.85 - Added Realtek Soundback link.
pp.109-111 - Updated AVG Free Edition 8.5 advice.
pp.112 - Updated Ad-Aware advice.
pp.128 - Added AHCI Mode details.
pp.185-186 - Added JV16 PowerTools section, replacing RegSupreme.
pp.197-210 - Revised Internet Explorer chapter for IE8.
pp.223-224 - Updated and expanded Codecs section.
pp.234 - Added Dips64 utility.
pp.242-249 - Revised Overclocking chapter with updated information.
pp.267 - Added FurMark benchmark.