- GDI+ graphics subsystem
- Start Menu and Taskbar improvements
- A number of new features in Windows Explorer
- Faster start-up, logon and logoff and hibernation sequences.
- The ability to discard a newer device driver in favor of the previous one (known as driver rollback), should a driver upgrade not produce desirable results.
- A new, arguably more user-friendly interface, including the framework for developing themes for the desktop environment
- Fast user switching, which allows a user to save the current state and open applications of their desktop and allow another user to log on without losing that information
- The ClearType font rendering mechanism, which is designed to improve text readability on liquid crystal display (LCD) and similar monitors
- Remote Desktop functionality, which allows users to connect to a computer running Windows XP Pro from across a network or the Internet and access their applications, files, printers, and devices.
- Support for most DSL modems and IEEE 802.11 connections, as well as networking over FireWire, and Bluetooth.
- Improved application compatibility compared to Windows 2000
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