To many to ask
When virtually everything is different where do you start. I know XP Pro almost inside out and blind folded having used it for getting on for 8 years.
Almost everything I want to do requires time to find it and it really isn't as intuitive as everyone makes out, certainly not for me. Not to mention this is on a netbook with limited resources and uses the win7 starter edition, so that will no doubt be different again from the Premium and Ultimate editions, etc.
I find that you're opinion of Win7 the same as mine.
I'm getting used to it, and still like it better than XP (only because I'm quite sick of it) but I totally agree that some certain "easily accessible settings" are a heck of a lot harder to get to than it's win 2k and XP cousins.
Still, it's no different. Things have different names and different homes, but they're all the same as they were before in my opinion. Just give it some time.
The hardest part is being the only tech at your work and having to remember what things are called or where things are in the different OSes in order to troubleshoot problems over the phone. Especially when you have clients that can barely find the "start button". Network properties in XP is called Manage Network adapters in vista, and manage network connections in 7 (as far as I can remember, I'm probably wrong so don't yell at me). Same $hit, different stink.