Windows XP Features removed from Windows Vista

April 28th, 2010 > Computer

While Windows Vista contains many new features, a number of capabilities and certain programs that were a part of Windows XP are no longer present or changed, resulting in the removal of certain functionality. The following is a list of features which were present in Windows XP but which have been removed in Windows Vista.

1 Windows Shell
2 Windows Explorer
3 Internet Explorer
4 User account rights and logon
5 Win32 console
6 Networking
7 Multimedia
8 File system, drivers and memory
9 Boot, shutdown, power management
10 Windows applications and features
11 Legacy applications and features
12 Graphics, DirectX and video
13 Installation and servicing
14 Other minor changes
15 See also
16 Notes and references
17 External links