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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade |  | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $119.99
Buy New: $89.99
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  411 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Format: DVD-ROM
Platform: Windows 7
ESRB: Everyone
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: windows_7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: GFC-00020
Model: GFC-00020
UPC: 882224883429
EAN: 0882224883429
ASIN: B002DHLUWK
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| • | Windows 7 Home Premium (includes 32-bit & 64-bit versions) makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music--you can even watch, pause, rewind, and record TV | | • | Make the things you do every day easier with improved desktop navigation | | • | Start programs faster and more easily, and quickly find the documents you use most often | | • | Make your web experience faster, easier and safer than ever with Internet Explorer 8 | | • | Easily create a home network and connect your PCs to a printer with HomeGroup |
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Product Description
If you're already running XP or Vista, you probably know some of the many benefits of being a Windows user. Now, with the Upgrade Version of the latest Windows edition, you can get current with all the best new and classic features of the world's most popular operating system, all without paying the full price for the new version.
Amazon.com Product Description
Upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium. Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. You can even watch, pause, rewind, and record TV (a broadcast TV tuner may be required). Get the best entertainment experience with Windows 7 Home Premium. Do you use your PC for work, run Windows XP programs, or require enhanced security? Consider Windows 7 Professional.  Windows 7 is designed to make your PC simpler--to be more reliable, more responsive and to make the things you do every day on your PC easier. Click to enlarge. | Upgrade to Windows 7 All editions of Windows XP and Windows Vista qualify you to buy an upgrade license. 1. Choose your edition of Windows 7
Explore key features and choose the edition that's best for you. Be sure to check the expanded list of extended features in Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 7 Ultimate. System requirements vary for each edition of Windows 7 because some features might require special hardware. 2. See if your PC has what it takes to run Windows 7
In general, if your PC can run Windows Vista it can run Windows 7. To make sure, download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to do a quick check. If you want certain features, such as HomeGroup or Windows Media Center, check to see if your PC has the hardware that's needed. 3. Check which operating system your PC is currently running
How you make the move to Windows 7 depends on your current operating system. - Windows Vista
The transition to Windows 7 should be pretty smooth, although you may need to update your system to the latest service pack first.
- Windows XP (or any other operating system)
Windows 7 is best experienced on a new PC with the latest hardware, but if your computer meets the minimum specifications, you can install Windows 7 on a PC running Windows XP. Windows 7 must be "custom" installed (also known as a "clean" installation) over Windows XP. Before beginning the installation, you'll need to copy your files and settings to an external drive. After Windows 7 has been installed you will need to re-install all of your programs using the original installation media and then copy over the files and settings you backed up to your external drive. Because Windows 7 requires a custom installation, we strongly recommend that you get help with this process from your local computer service provider.  More work, more play, and more of everything in between. Click to enlarge. |  Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows. Click to enlarge. |  With Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen. Click to enlarge. |  Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar and Start menu. | The best entertainment experience on your PC Easiest Windows to use ever
- Simplify your PC with new navigation features like Aero Shake, Jump Lists, and Snap.
- Customize Windows to look and feel the way you like by changing themes and taskbar programs.
- Setting up a home network and connecting to printers and devices is easier than ever.
- Windows 7 Home Premium supports the latest hardware and software.
It's faster
- Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
- Takes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory.
- Connecting to wireless networks is fast and easy.
Best PC entertainment experience
- Watch, pause, rewind, and record TV with Windows Media Center.
- Blu-ray read/write support for data files.
- Includes integrated video and Dolby audio codecs.
Simplifies Everyday Tasks Simple to use Preview
Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail previews and full-screen previews of open windows. Pin
Open files and get around your PC faster with the improved taskbar. You can easily pin programs you use often to the taskbar and launch them in just one click.  Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop. Click to enlarge. |  Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC right from the Start menu with Windows Search. Click to enlarge. |  Turn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center, and enjoy your favorite videos and music with Windows Media Player. Click to enlarge. | Jump Lists
Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar previews and Start menu. Snap
Windows 7 has simple new ways to manage open windows. For example, with Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen. Peek and Shake
Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop. Windows Search
Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC, from documents to emails to songs, right from the Start menu, with Windows Search. Easy to connect  Setting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks. Click to enlarge. |  Enjoy the photos, music, and videos on your home PC when you're away from home with remote media streaming. Click to enlarge. |  Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use. Click to enlarge. |  Manage Backup and Restore and other features through Action Center. Click to enlarge. |  Search, organize, and edit files across a network in the same way you would a single folder.Click to enlarge. | Wireless setup
With Windows 7, setting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks, whether those networks are based on Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, dial-up, or corporate VPN. HomeGroup
Connect Windows 7 PCs on a home network in just four clicks and easily get to the photos, music, and files on each one--even share printers--with HomeGroup. Easy to browse the web Internet Explorer 8
Visual search helps you quickly find the information you want by adding visual cues and previews to search results from top search providers including Live Search, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Amazon, and others. Internet Explorer 8
Use Web slices to conveniently keep up with changes on frequently updated websites, like eBay auctions or traffic sites, directly from the IE8 toolbar. Easy to communicate and share Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live Photo Gallery makes share your photos to your favorite photo site easy. Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail makes managing multiple email accounts easy. Windows Live Family Safety
Keep your child safe by managing what sites they can visit and who they can send/receive emails and im communications from. Note: Windows Live components need to be downloaded separately. Works The Way You Want Faster and More Reliable Windows 7 will help your PC sleep and resume more quickly. It is designed to respond to commands more quickly and will help your PC to be more reliable. Fewer clicks and less interruptions
Makes New Things Possible Media on your terms Windows Media Center
Turn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center. Windows Media Center
Watch shows for free when and where you want with Internet TV. DirectX 11
DirectX 11 technology delivers breathtaking game graphics so real, it's unreal. New ways to engage Windows Touch
Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use. Media on your terms Windows Media Player
More and more consumer electronics, from TVs to digital photo frames, can be connected to home networks. With Play To in Windows 7, you'll be able to easily send music, photos, videos from your PC to a networked device throughout your home. You can enjoy the photos, music, and videos on your home PC when you're away from home with remote media streaming. Work anywhere Location Aware Printing
Windows 7 will automatically pick the right printer for you when you move from home to work networks. Work anywhere with less effort. - Instantly locate virtually any file, email, or document on your PC just by typing a word or two.
- Get around your PC faster with the improved taskbar.
- Open programs you use regularly in one click and files you use regularly in just two.
- Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows.
- Manage multiple email accounts, including Hotmail, Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo! Mail Plus, all in one place with one simple program.
- Get to the files, photos, and music on any PC with Windows 7 in the house from any other.
- Print to any printer in the house from any PC with Windows 7 in the house.
Safeguard your hard work. - Windows Internet Explorer 8 helps keep your PC safer from malware and you safer from fraudulent websites designed to fool you into divulging private information.
Choose the Windows 7 Edition That Is Best For You
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 Best of Windows July 25, 2010
blademan
I have used various Operating Systems from Microsoft Windows, beginning with DOS through all the operating systems since.
I use this Microsoft Win 7 Home Premium every day and found it very easy to switch over from Vista. I was able to retain all of my documents & Programs I was running on Vista. This is the best OS that Microsoft has put out. I would recommend it to the beginner because it is so easy to use. I also purchased the books for Win 7. They are a great help.
 Windows 7 upgrade July 24, 2010
C. A. Howson
Update instructions were clear and accurate for the most part. However, it's requirement that Vista be updated to the most current version before upgrade would proceed made the process take the better part of two days ... results were as advertised and the computer is must more stable and responsive.
Surprisingly stable for a 1st release, many features added and removed July 23, 2010
keviny01
After using it heavily for two months, I feel Windows 7 is certainly the most stable first-release of a Windows version ever. I normally would stay away from any unpatched Microsoft product, but Windows 7 at launch is surprisingly smooth, robust, and has very few (that I can see) of the kind of crippling bugs that plagued the first release of Vista. I'm an IT manager and am certainly confident to deploy this new OS in my work environment.
The most visible and much improved change from past Windows versions is the taskbar at the bottom. The quick launch icons now double as taskbar icons indicating running applications. Programs (and also documents) can be easily pinned to and unpinned from the taskbar as quick launch icons. Right-clicking on a taskbar icon brings up links to recently opened documents for that application. If there are multiple instances of an application running, the taskbar icon has a "stacked" appearance - to unstack them (and make them look like traditional taskbar icons), you need to change taskbar properties. Mouse-overing a taskbar icon shows thumbnail snapshots of all instances of that application, but this only works if Aero is running (more on that below). All these features are much improved over past taskbar incarnations. One caveat is that dragging a document to a taskbar icon does not open the application - you have to press Shift while dragging it to do that.
Windows 7 has a new desktop look (or theme) called Aero, which is improved from Vista and all new to XP users. Aero features that are carried over from Vista include the elegant glassy translucent look for window borders, the ability to flip through windows in 3D view ("Flip 3D"), and various animation effects while maximizing or minimizing windows. Aero features new to Vista include desktop wallpaper acting as a slideshow, the ability to snap windows to the edge of the screen (as shown in one of the TV ads), and the aforementioned ability to view snapshots of windows by mouse-overing taskbar icons.
Some of the bundled applications have lost features, some have been improved, and some require separate downloads.
Calculator, which has been virtually unchanged since Windows 3.1, now has multi-line display, programmer and statistics modes, unit conversion, and date calculation. These are welcomed additions as I use Calculator a lot.
The popular, made-for-tablet game Inkball that came with Vista Ultimate is not included. The workaround for me is copy the game's executable to Windows 7 and run it in compatibility mode for Vista. On the other hand, Windows 7 brings back Internet Spades, Internet Backgammon and Internet Checkers that were missing in Vista.
Windows Mail and Windows Movie Maker are not included. To get them, you have to download the Windows Live Essentials package from Microsoft's website. To XP users: Outlook Express has been discontinued and replaced by Windows Mail.
Windows Mail's (now called Windows Live Mail) biggest difference from Outlook Express is all messages are stored in separate files, as opposed to being stored in one big database file that is easily corruptible.
Windows Movie Maker (now called Windows Live Movie Maker) is worse than past versions. There is NO TIMELINE VIEW now. And a lot of transitions and effects are gone. For XP users, one good thing is it now supports h.264 video clips.
Windows Explorer also have some features removed. XP users will notice there is no "File Types" tab in Folder Options where you can view/customize file extensions. Instead, as in Vista, you go to Control Panel -> Default Programs -> Associate a file type, which only lets you associate default programs, but not add custom command lines for a file type.
Another feature gone in Windows Explorer is the option to "Remember each folder's view settings." But my experimentation shows that each folder does remember its sort setting. It just doesn't remember its icons/list/details view setting.
I'm reviewing the upgrade retail edition of Windows 7 Home Premium. Being an upgrade edition, it requires that you have a qualified past Windows version ALREADY INSTALLED ON YOUR PC before you can use the upgrade. You have the options to (a) upgrade and retain program settings, (b) install a fresh Windows copy and rename the old Windows folder to "windows.old", (c) install a fresh Windows copy after formatting the hard disk.
After installation, Windows will be fully functional for 30 days, after which you are required to activate it, or you may request another 30-day trial period with an undocumented but Microsoft-approved workaround: open a command prompt and type "slmgr -rearm" (no quotes). You may use this workaround up to three times, meaning you may use Windows 7 for a total of 120 days without activation.
You can only activate your copy of Windows on one PC at a time. For the retail edition, you are legally allowed to transfer your license to another PC, meaning uninstall Windows from the current PC and install & re-activate it on another PC. You can see the license terms here:
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The license terms for Windows Home Premium Retail clearly state:
"17a. [...] You may transfer the software and install it on another computer for your use. That computer becomes the licensed computer. You may not do so to share this license between computers."
This is not true for certain editions, such as the OEM editions of Windows 7, which DO NOT allow transfer of license to another PC. So be sure to buy the right edition.
After you transfer your license to another PC and try to re-activate that second PC, you may have to telephone Microsoft to re-activate.
Downloading Windows Upgrade Advisor from Microsoft and running it before deciding whether to upgrade or not is strongly recommended.
 Don't bother upgrading just buy a new PC with windows 7 July 22, 2010
Martin (Tucson, AZ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Boy what a huge mistake I made. I upgraded my pc from Vista to 7 and consider it one of the biggest computer mistakes I have ever made. Where do I start? Do I start on the fact that my internet connection goes out after 10 minutes? On the dot, every ten minutes my internet connection goes out and I have to restart the PC to reconnect. Or should I start with the fact that the aero effect went out on my login and the windows desktop manager does not work? Or should I start with the fact that every once in a while my PC does not recognize any operating system, or the fact that windows 7 didn't perform that much faster than vista.
Yes, upgrading is a nightmare. I decided to do an upgrade rather than a clean install and it had disasterous consequences. Yes Vista was slow and clunky but at least it did not completely screw everything up. My desire for a pretty OS and hope for faster start ups and shut downs resulted in a PC stricken with what appears to be a virus. My suggestion is that you not upgrade rather do a clean install or simply buy a new PC with windows 7. Sad to say but not worth the effort to upgrade. I do give it two stars for the OS itself. When working properly its great as I have it at work but I am reviewing the upgrading experience which is not a pleasant one.
If you don't have windows 7 yet - upgrade now July 22, 2010
Robin Mickler (Waukesha, WI, US)
Windows 7 is a huge improvement over other products - if you can upgrade its worth it.
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