TL;DR; Guidance on installing and running Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista 6000 RTM, including beta availability and manual download instructions.

If you are trying to get windows mobile device center running on Vista 6000 RTM then you will need to install the beta as it is not actively released.
Update 2006-12-20
Although Daniel Moth made a comment about doing a windows update while the phone is connected, this did not work. As the “Windows Mobile Device Center” is not out of beta, you need to download it manually.
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