The thing that behaves strangely for my copy of Windows Vista is the "Command prompt here" trick always brings me to C:\windows\system32 instead of the directory I am working at. I am not too sure how Windows got lobotomized, but I ended up taking the good old Registry-hacking route in order to get my beloved and ugly Command prompt window.
I cannot believe this is not a simple default for Windows Vista, that I must paste this note here so I can remember to conduct this configuration for all the future installations I have to carry out in the (another 6?) years to come.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Administrator Command Prompt here"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"pushd %L && title Command Prompt\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas]
@="Administrator Command Prompt here"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"pushd %L && title Command Prompt\""