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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 could also be forced to display 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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* [[AVCHD]] camera support and Universal Video Class 1.1
* Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PBDA) for [[TV tuner]] cards, first implemented in Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 for Windows Vista.
* Multi-function devices and Device Containers: Prior to Windows 7, every device attached to the system was treated as a single functional end-point, known as a ''devnode'', that has a set of capabilities and a "status". While this is appropriate for single-function devices (such as a keyboard or scanner), it does not accurately represent multi-function devices such as a combined printer, fax machine, and scanner, or web-cams with a built-in microphone. In Windows 7, the drivers and status information for multi-function device can be grouped together as a single "Device Container", which is presented to the user in the new "Devices and Printers" Control Panel as a single unit. This capability is provided by a new [[Plug and Play]] property, <code>ContainerID</code>, which is a [[Universally unique identifier|Globally Unique Identifier]] that is different for every instance of a physical device. The Container ID can be embedded within the device by the manufacturer, or created by Windows and associated with each devnode when it is first connected to the computer. In order to ensure the uniqueness of the generated Container ID, Windows will attempt to use information unique to the device, such as a [[MAC address]] or USB serial number. Devices connected to the computer via [[USB]], [[IEEE 1394]] (FireWire), [[eSATA]], [[PCI Express]], [[Bluetooth]], and [[Windows Rally]]'s PnP-X support can make use of Device Containers.<ref>{{cite web
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* Windows 7 will also contain a new [[IEEE 1394|FireWire (IEEE 1394)]] stack that fully supports IEEE 1394b with S800, S1600 and S3200 data rates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1394ta.org/developers/Seminars/2008_MS1394b.pdf|title=Microsoft's 1394 Strategy and Roadmap|publisher=1394 Trade Association|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606231859/http://www.1394ta.org/developers/Seminars/2008_MS1394b.pdf|archive-date=2011-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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▲* The ability to join a [[Windows Server ___domain|___domain]] offline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd392267(WS.10).aspx|title=Offline Domain Join (Djoin.exe) Step-by-Step Guide|date=24 August 2009|access-date=30 October 2009|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|archive-date=1 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901202154/http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd392267(WS.10).aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Service Control Manager in conjunction with the Windows [[Windows Task Scheduler|Task Scheduler]] supports trigger-start [[Windows service|services]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/philpenn/Trigger-Started-Services/ |title=Trigger Started Services: Channel9 Video |access-date=2010-08-09 |archive-date=2012-07-07 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707201840/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/philpenn/Trigger-Started-Services/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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