توانايي‌هاي جديد و تغيير يافته در Windows 7:
. توانايي‌هاي زير به ويندوز 7 اضافه شده يا توسعه يافته‌اند:

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Windows 7 new added features:
* Multi Touch
* Speech and Handwriting Recognition
* Support for virtual hard disks
* Improved performance on multi-core processors
* Improved boot performance
* Kernel improvements
* support for systems using multiple heterogeneous graphics cards from different vendors
* new version of Windows Media Center
* Gadgets being integrated into Windows Explorer
* Gadget for Windows Media Center
* The ability to visually pin and unpin items from the Start Menu and Taskbar
Improved media features
* The XPS Essentials Pack being integrated
* Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
* Redesigned Calculator with multiline capabilities including Programmer and Statistics modes along with unit conversion
* DirectAccess for network* AppLocker

Control Panel - new items added:
* ClearType Text Tuner
* Display Color Calibration Wizard
* Gadgets
* Recovery
* Troubleshooting
* Workspaces Center
* Location and Other Sensors
* Credential Manager
* Biometric Devices
* System Icons
* Action Center
* Display
* Windows Security Center has been renamed to Windows Action Center (Windows Health Center and Windows Solution Center in earlier builds) which encompasses both security and maintenance of the computer.o

Taskbar:
. توضيح كامل Taskbar جديد ويندوز در همين پست و در قسمت "محيط ويندوز 7 به روايت تصوير"
Taskbar visual and features changed to Superbar
Pin and Unpin Icons
Peeking

For Programmers:
API changed to Extended Linguistic Services API




. توانايي‌هاي كه در ويندوز ويستا موجود بوده‌اند و در ويندوز 7 حذف يا تغيير يافته‌اند:

Windows 7 Removed or Changed features:
* Several Start menu and taskbar features including:
.......> Floating Deskbands (was deprecated in Windows Vista, now deskband .................can be only pinned to taskbar)
.......> Windows Media Player Toolbar (replaced with the new Jump list feature)
.......> Pinning default Internet Browser and E-mail client software programs on .................Start menu by default (programs can be manually pinned)
* Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker, and Windows Mail (in favor of downloading the free respective Windows Live counterparts, which lack some features)
* Software Explorer feature of Windows Defender
* Removable Storage Manager (RSM) (applications dependent on it, such as NTBackup or the NTBackup Restore Tool, cannot run)
* Windows Meeting Space[citation needed]
* InkBall, a game
* The numeric keypad from On-Screen Keyboard
* Microsoft Agent 2.0 Technology
* Windows Sidebar (Gadgets remain, sitting freely on the Desktop)
* Windows Ultimate Extras
* Windows Calendar