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List of "Windows XP" features removed in "Windows Vista"


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Posted by whizkidd
Just in case if you are interested to know here is the list of “Windows XP” OS features that are removed in “Windows Vista” OS:


1. User interface for advanced file type functionality (such as defining custom secondary actions or showing extensions only for specific file types) has been removed. Vista-compatible applications are expected to use new Default Programs API.
2. Windows Messenger is being removed entirely; no replacement for it is expected to be included, in favor of a link to Windows Live Messenger on the Welcome Center.
3. NetMeeting is also being removed entirely, in favor of Windows Meeting Space.
4. Internet Explorer is no longer integrated with Windows Explorer. This can also be seen in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
5. Windows XP's well-known Luna theme has been removed.
6. The Gopher protocol, an old protocol now considered obsolete, is no longer supported.
7. MS-CHAP v1 protocol is no longer supported for VPN authentication, in favor of MS-CHAP v2.
8. Several old and little-used technologies have been removed from Internet Explorer: DirectAnimation support, XBM images, CDF, telnet protocol handlers, and 40-bit SSL ciphers.
a. HTML source is more easily accessed through a browser than through the protocol.
b. Due to increasing advancements in computer technology and speed, ciphers that were secure years ago are now easily cracked by an individual PC, given the proper software tools. 40-bit SSL has been removed to force websites to migrate to more secure alternatives.
9. Links to the Backgammon, Hearts, Reversi, Spades and Checkers games on MSN Gaming Zone have been removed. Pinball has also been removed.
10. Motherboard support for ACPI is required for Windows Vista; as a result, older motherboards supporting only Advanced Power Management will no longer work. Other "legacy" hardware technologies no longer supported include: EISA buses, game ports, MPU-401, AMD K6/2+ Mobile Processors, Mobile Pentium II, and Mobile Pentium III SpeedStep; ISAPnP is disabled by default.
11. Startup Hardware Profiles have been removed.
12. Unlike Outlook Express, Windows Mail has no support for HTTP mail via the WebDAV protocol (used by older Hotmail accounts and Yahoo! Mail); the addition of Windows Live Mail Desktop is likely to be required for similar functionality and there is a link to this from the Welcome Center
13. IPX networks are no longer supported.
14. rexec, rsh, finger, and some other command-line tools primarily used to communicate with UNIX-based systems have been removed from the default installation. Services for Unix still provides them as an optional component.
15. Rarely used protocols such as Bandwidth Allocation Protocol and X.25 support for SLIP have also been removed. SLIP connections are automatically upgraded to use PPP.
16. Due to unpopularity, IP over 1394 (FireWire) support has been removed.
17. Windows Explorer's Web Publishing Wizard has been removed.
18. HyperTerminal has been removed. No replacement will be included with Vista.
19. Direct3D Retained Mode is no longer supported.
20. Services for Macintosh, which provided file and print sharing via the now deprecated AppleTalk protocol, has been removed.
21. SerialKeys, an accessibility feature for augmentative communicative devices is no longer supported.
22. FrontPage Server Extensions has been dropped and is being replaced with Windows SharePoint Services client support.
23. Support for enabling a folder for web sharing with Internet Information Services via the Windows Explorer interface has been removed.
24. NetDDE, a technology that allows applications using the DDE transport to transparently exchange data over a network, is no longer supported.
25. As with x64 editions of Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003, in x86-64 versions of Windows Vista, NTVDM, the subsystem for running (emulating) 16-bit applications is no longer present.
26. The ability to view and edit metadata stored in a file's secondary stream through the "Summary" tab of the file's "Property" dialog has been removed.

Hope this is useful...


Posted by *Jojo*
@whiz - Looks like MANY were removed . . . 26-features I know there are SOME more . . .


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