Brian posted about how the updates for the ITMU have changed the name they are categorized under. I love some of the stuff that Microsoft is able to provide for us but it sure seems like they change names willy-nilly on us all the time. For instance, apparently My Documents will just be Documents in Vista. I like the idea of having a folder without a space in it but I wish they would just stick with My Documents. There are countless scripts that have been written that expect the folder to be named My Documents. Microsoft has a history of doing this time and time again. I suppose it's job security for me because companies will need scripts/programs updated to allow for this change but I'd rather be working on something new and creative than just making changes to something that already works because someone decided to change something on a whim.

I'm curious how the renamed Application Data and My Documents folders in Vista will work with the existing group policies. The folder redirection policies are hard-coded to create/use folders named Application Data/My Documents. Does this mean we will need to have a separate policy for Vista clients? Or will we have to run a script that will rename these folders on all of our file servers? Either way it will be a royal pain. Maybe they have something already figured out that will work just fine but it is still annoying.