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I haven't taken a hard look at Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system yet, but everything I've heard from others so far is making me glad I've kept my distance and my Windows XP.

I've heard from one former colleague that for some reason he was able to send e-mail (Microsoft Outlook/Exchange environment) to recipients outside their organization, but couldn't send to anyone within their organization, even though he could select their addresses from their Global Address List (GAL).  He would eventually get a Non-Delivery Receipt stating the addressee was unknown.

I just recently discovered that some of my users are having difficulty using Outlook Web Access (OWA) to create or reply to messages from their home PCs if they're using Windows Vista.  When I researched the problem, I found this to be a known issue and that security changes within Vista no longer allow the use of the ActiveX control required for editing tasks within OWA.

The article recommends a hotfix be applied to the OWA and back-end Microsoft Exchange servers, but like most system administrators, I'm somewhat reluctant to fiddle with the messaging environment that our users are so dependant upon.  While we don't officially support Windows Vista in my organization, it makes me wonder what else is going to crap, I mean crop, up.

One former employer wouldn't even begin testing a software product until it was equivalent to service pack 1, to ensure it was relatively bug free.  I always thought this a bit paranoid, but can better appreciate their stance now.

Are you currently using Windows Vista at home or in the workplace?  If so, do you have any good or bad stories you wish to share?