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Based on my experience, you can manually configure your folder views and behaviors in Windows Vista. For detail information, please visit the following website.
Change folder views and behavior
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/3a3bfe59-5268-4fb3-81c5-7972c28939cd1033.mspx
Moreover, you can disable Folder Options through Group Policy Editor too.
How to Enable or Disable Folder Options in Vista
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/113709-folder-options-enable-disable.html
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By the way, if you are a domain user, you can use item-level targeting to change the scope of preference items that is used to applying in Windows XP.
Configure a Windows Vista Folder Options Item
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771379(WS.10).aspx
Hope this helps. Thanks.