Capabilities of Microsoft Windows
Windows 7
Windows Touch - This amazing feature is only available in the Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate editions of Windows 7. It's fun to use and easy to get used to. All the programs are touch ready, the Start menu and taskbar now sport larger and icons are fingertip-friendly.
DirectX11
Language Packs
Remote Desktop Connection
Remote Media Streaming
Windows Trouble shooting
Startup Repair
System Restore
and many more..
Windows Vista
Communication - Windows Vista helps you stay connected to the people and information you need, offering improvements for networks, sync, web browsing and remote connections.
Entertainment-Vista helps your computer transform into a entertainment hub so you can enjoy games, videos, movies and many more some of the features it has are,
Games Explorer,
>Windows DVD Maker
Windows Media Center
Windows Media Player 11
Windows Movie Maker
Photo Gallery
Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
Windows Vista Ultimate Extras
DirectX 10
Performance
It has improved diagnostic, performance, and troubleshooting tools, intuitive search capabilities, faster sleep and resume, and many more.
Windows XP
This makes computers easier to use and it increase the visibility of icons on the computer screen.
DirectX 8.1
Start Menu and Taskbar Improvements
Windows media center
Side by side assemblies
Improvements to system administration tools such as Windows Installer, Windows Script Host, Disk Defragmenter, Windows Task Manager.
GDI+ graphics subsystem and many more.
Other versions
These are just the features of the main and newest windows versions; there are many more other features which earlier versions had which is being innovated now they are,
The text editor Notepad and the word processor Write
Paintbrush (substantially improved to paint.)
Program Manager and the list-based File Manager which simplified the launch of applications.
supported long filenames
backup program was revamped to support more backup devices (including SCSI).
Drag and drop functionality provided a new way to use the GUI
support for Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) was added.
Microsoft Mail
Image Acquisition
And many more..