I HATE WINDOWS VISTA TOO!!!!
Anyway, Grudgebringer, try checking out the dominions chat on iRC. It'll help a lot
It's on gamesurge.net, channel #dominions. I'm new too, but lovely people there have helped me quite a bit
Quoting Gandalf Parker's post:
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
There is also a Dominions chat room on GameSurge.net
Server: irc.gamesurge.net
channel: #dominions
port: 6667