While Windows Vista contains many new features, a number of capabilities and certain programs that were a part of previous Windows versions up to Windows XP were removed or changed – some of which were later re-introduced in Windows 7 and later versions.
The following is a list of features that were present in Windows XP and earlier versions but were removed in Windows Vista.
.AVI
and .WAV
files (Shmedia.dll) has been removed.Sharing=0
parameter which could prevent a particular folder from being shared is not supported.[7]SHIFT
key while clicking an item to retain the Start menu is not possible in the Vista Start menu.Ctrl+Alt+Del
at the Welcome screen twice. This makes it impossible to logon to a hidden user account while the Welcome screen is enabled (when Classic Logon is not enforced through Group Policy).SHIFT
key before logon. The IgnoreShiftOverride registry value is ignored. (This problem may be unique to USB keyboards; see KB977534, KB2526967)shutdown
command-line tool limits the delay option (-t
) to 600 seconds (10 minutes).[100].GIF
files has been removed in Windows Photo Gallery which replaced the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Only the first frame of the GIF animation is shown in Windows Photo Gallery. Animated GIF files still display properly in Internet Explorer. Support for WMF and EMF formats has also been removed from Windows Photo Gallery..HLP
(WinHelp) help format has been removed[129] to discourage software developers from using the obsolete format and encourage use of newer 32-bit help formats such as Compiled HTML Help. When starting an application which uses the 32-bit .HLP
format, Windows will display a warning saying that the format is no longer supported. The viewer for viewing .HLP
files is available from the Microsoft Download Center, but some features present in previous versions are disabled.[130][131] Support for the 16-bit .HLP
format remains.-t
option under Vista.
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