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* Windows 7 improves the Tablet PC Input Panel to make faster corrections using new gestures, supports text prediction in the soft keyboard and introduces a new Math Input Panel for inputting math into programs that support [[MathML]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/e7/2009/04/23/ink-input-and-tablet-pc/|title=Ink Input and Tablet PC – Engineering Windows 7|last=Sinofsky|first=Steven|author-link=Steven Sinofsky|date=April 23, 2009|website=MSDN Blogs|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525005135/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/e7/2009/04/23/ink-input-and-tablet-pc/|url-status=live}}</ref> It recognizes handwritten math expressions and formulas. Additional language support for handwriting recognition can be gained by installing the respective MUI pack for that language (also called language pack).

* Windows 7 introduces a new ''Problem Steps Recorder'' tool that enables users to record their interaction with software for analysis and support. The feature can be used to replicate a problem to show support when and where a problem occurred.<ref name="PSR">{{cite web |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd320286.aspx |title=Problem Steps Recorder overview |author=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[Microsoft TechNet|TechNet]] |access-date=June 24, 2015 |archive-date=March 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310041755/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd320286.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

* As opposed to the mostly blank start-up screen in Windows Vista, Windows 7's start-up screen consists of an animation featuring four colored light balls (one red, one yellow, one green, and one blue). They twirl around for a few seconds and then merge to form a glowing Windows logo. This only occurs on displays with a vertical resolution of 768 pixels or higher, as the animation is 1024x768. Any screen with a resolution below this displays the same startup screen that Vista used, which couldcan also be forced to displaybe displayed by manually editing BCD settings.

* The Starter Edition of Windows 7 can run an unlimited number of applications, compared to only 3 in Windows Vista Starter. Microsoft had initially intended to ship Windows 7 Starter Edition with this limitation, but announced after the release of the Release Candidate that this restriction would not be imposed in the final release.<ref>{{cite web

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