คุณสมบัติ | Starter | Home Basic | Home Premium | Professional | Enterprise | Ultimate |
| ชนิดไลเซนส์ | OEM licensing | Retail and OEM licensing in Emerging markets | Retail and OEM licensing | Retail, OEM and Volume licensing | Volume licensing | Retail and OEM licensing |
| แรมสูงสุดที่รองรับ (64-bit mode) | ไม่มีรุ่น 64 บิท | 8 GB | 16 GB | 192 GB | 192 GB | 192 GB |
| รองรับระบบ 32 bit และ 64 bit | รองรับ 32 บิท เท่านั้น | ทั้ง 32 และ 64 บิท(64-bit disc not included) | ทั้ง 32 และ 64bit | ทั้ง 32 และ 64bit | ทั้ง 32 และ 64bit | ทั้ง 32 และ 64bit |
| จำนวน CPU สูงสุดที่รองรับ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Backup and Restore Center | Cannot back up to network | Cannot back up to network | Cannot back up to network | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Desktop (Client and Host) | Client only | Client only | Client only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Home Group (create and join) | Join only | Join only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ระบบหลายจอ (Multi Screen) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| การสลับ User (Switching User) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| การเปลี่ยน Desktop Wallpaper | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Desktop Window Manager | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Mobility Center | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Aero (ระบบอนิเมชั่นเพิ่มความสวยงาม) | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Touch | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Premium Games Included | No | No | Yes | Disabled by default | Disabled by default | Yes |
| Windows Media Center | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Media Player Remote Media Experience | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dynamic Disks | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Encrypting File System | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Location Aware Printing | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Network printing | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Internet connection sharing | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Presentation Mode | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Group Policy | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Offline Files and Folder redirection | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server domain joining | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows XP Mode | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Software Restriction Policies | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aero glass remoting | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Media Player multimedia redirection | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Audio recording over Terminal Services | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-display Terminal Services | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise Search Scopes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Federated Search | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| AppLocker | No | No | No | Create Policies, But Cannot Enforce | Create and Enforce Polices | Create and Enforce Polices |
| BitLocker Drive Encryption | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| BranchCache Distributed Cache | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| DirectAccess | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Subsystem for Unix-based Applications | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Multilingual User Interface Pack | No | No | No | Yes, ซื้อต่างหาก | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Enhancements | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Hard Disk Booting | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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