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}}</ref> [[Internet Information Services]] (IIS) 7.5,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.iis.net/bills/iis-7-5-launched-with-windows-7-and-windows-2008-r2|title=IIS 7.5 Launched with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2|date=October 22, 2009|website=BillS IIS Blog|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325211421/http://blogs.iis.net/bills/iis-7-5-launched-with-windows-7-and-windows-2008-r2|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Windows Installer]] 5.0 and a standalone [[XPS Viewer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/xpsview_win7.mspx|title=XPS Viewer for Windows 7|date=August 20, 2009|work=Windows Hardware Developer Central website|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908160011/http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/xpsview_win7.mspx|archive-date=September 8, 2009|access-date=January 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/xps|title=Windows 7 Features: XPS|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128215639/http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/xps|archive-date=January 28, 2010|access-date=January 8, 2010}}</ref> [[PaintMicrosoft (Software)Paint|Paint]], [[Calculator (Windows) Calculator|Calculator]], [[Resource Monitor]], [[virtual keyboard|on-screen keyboard]], and [[WordPad]] have also been updated.

Paint and WordPad feature a [[Ribbon (computing)|Ribbon]] interface similar to the one introduced in [[Microsoft Office 2007|Office 2007]], with both sporting several new features. WordPad supports [[Office Open XML]] and [[OpenDocument|ODF]] [[file format]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://notes2self.net/archive/2008/10/29/openxml-and-odf-in-windows-7-wordpad.aspx |title=OpenXML and ODF in Windows 7 Wordpad |work=Notes2Self.net |publisher=[[WP:SPS|Self-published]] |first=Stephen |last=McGibbon |date=29 October 2008 |access-date=2014-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218084939/http://notes2self.net/archive/2008/10/29/openxml-and-odf-in-windows-7-wordpad.aspx |archive-date=18 February 2012 }}</ref>

Calculator has been rewritten, with multiline capabilities including ''Programmer'' and ''Statistics'' modes, unit conversion, and date calculations. Calculator was also given a graphical facelift, the first since Windows 95 in 1995 and Windows NT 4.0 in 1996.

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Sticky Notes of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2002 and the similar Sticky Notes Gadget introduced in Windows Vista have been replaced with a new Sticky Notes application that supports new Windows 7 taskbar features — a thumbnail preview of a stack representing all minimized notes, and Jump Lists on the taskbar and Start menu to create a New Note — and full-text-based search in the Windows Shell through an [[IFilter]] and protocol handler for all notes. Real-time stylus (both pen and touch input) is also supported.<ref name="Windows7Applets">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/01/28/showcasing-windows-7-platform-with-applets-and-gadgets.aspx |title=Showcasing Windows 7 Platform with Applets |last=Pishori |first=Riyaz |editor-last=Sinofsky |editor-first=Steven |date=January 28, 2009 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[Microsoft Developer Network|MSDN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601170459/http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/01/28/showcasing-windows-7-platform-with-applets-and-gadgets.aspx |archive-date=June 1, 2009 |access-date=December 7, 2022}}</ref>

Resource Monitor includes an improved RAM usage display and supports display of [[Internet protocol suite|TCP/IP]] [[computer portPort (softwarecomputer networking)|ports]] being listened to, filtering processes using [[computer network|networking]], filtering processes with disk activity and listing and searching process handles (e.g. files used by a process) and loaded modules (files required by an executable file, e.g. [[Dynamic-link library|DLL]] files).

Microsoft Magnifier, an accessibility utility for low vision users has been dramatically improved. Magnifier now supports the full screen zoom feature, whereas previous Windows versions had the Magnifier attached to the top of the screen in a dock layout. The new full screen feature is enabled by default, however, it requires Windows Aero for the advantage of the full screen zoom feature. If Windows is set to the Windows 7 Basic, Windows Classic, or High Contrast themes, Magnifier will still function like it did in Windows Vista and earlier.