babaloo

These are good suggestions.
It might be even simpler if Microsoft just allowed you to specify where the
system restore files are saved so they are not seen by XP. I presume one can
manually do this, or write a simple batch file that will do it on closing.
That one would have to resort to any of this tells you all you need to know
about programming decisions at Microsoft. If security was really a concern
in the creation of Vista this idiot bug could not have been overlooked.
What self-serving weanies.
Booting to the XP desktop from Vista is not a solution for the millions of
us for whom Vista simply does not work adequately for performing real,
everyday tasks as opposed to endless twiddling with a defective operating
system.