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Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate - Upgrade GLC-00184 122
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Upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate. Windows 7 Ultimate is the most versatile and powerful edition of Windows 7. It combines remarkable ease-of-use with the entertainment features of Home Premium and the business capabilities of Professional, including the ability to run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode. For added security, you can encrypt your data with BitLocker and BitLocker To Go. And for extra flexibility, you can work in any of 35 languages. Get it all with Windows 7 Ultimate. p/p table align="right" cellpadding="30" width="400" tbody tr td align="center"img border="0" height="225" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHLUWK-1-th.jpg" style="border: 0;" width="300" / psmallstrongemWindows 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./em/strong/small/p /td /tr /tbody /table h2Upgrade to Windows 7/h2 All editions of Windows XP and Windows Vista qualify you to buy an upgrade license. pstrong1. Choose your edition of Windows 7/strongbr / 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./p pstrong2. See if your PC has what it takes to run Windows 7/strongbr / 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./p pstrong3. Check which operating system your PC is currently running/strongbr / How you make the move to Windows 7 depends on your current operating system./p ul listrongWindows Vista/strongbr / The transition to Windows 7 should be pretty smooth, although you may need to update your system to the latest service pack first. br /br / /li listrongWindows XP (or any other operating system)/strongbr / 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. /li /ul table align="left" cellpadding="30" width="400" tbody tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-1-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemMore work, more play, and more of everything in between. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr /tbody /table table align="right" cellpadding="10" width="300" tbody tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-2-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemManage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-3-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemWith Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-5.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemOpen files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar. /em/strong/small/p /td /tr /tbody /table h2Designed for people who want it all/h2 pstrongEasiest Windows to use ever/strongbr //p ul liSimplify your PC with new navigation features like Aero Shake, Jump Lists, and Snap. /li liCustomize Windows to look and feel the way you like by changing themes and taskbar programs. /li liEasy to network (with or without a server). /li liBack up your complete system over a network. /li liHelp protect data on your PC or portable storage device against loss or theft with BitLocker. /li /ul pstrongFaster and more flexible/strongbr //p ul liDesigned to make your PC sleep and resume quicker. /li liTakes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory. /li liWindows XP Mode gives you the business flexibility you need. /li liSwitch between any of 35 languages. /li /ul pstrongBest PC entertainment experience/strongbr //p ul liWatch, pause, rewind, and record TV with Windows Media Center. /li liBlu-ray read/write support for data files. /li liIncludes integrated video and Dolby audio codecs. /li /ul h2Simplifies Everyday Tasks/h2 h3Simple to use/h3 pstrongPreview/strongbr / Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows./p pstrongPin/strongbr / 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. table align="left" cellpadding="30" width="400" tbody tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-4-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemWindows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-6-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemInstantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC right from the Start menu with Windows Search. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-9-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemTurn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center, and enjoy your favorite videos and music with Windows Media Player. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr /tbody /table /p pstrongJump Lists/strongbr / Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar./p pstrongSnap/strongbr / 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./p pstrongPeek and Shake/strongbr / Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop./p pstrongWindows Search/strongbr / Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC, from documents to emails to songs, right from the Start menu, with Windows Search./p h3Easy to connect/h3 table align="right" cellpadding="10" width="300" tbody tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-7-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemSetting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-8-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemEnjoy the photos, music, and videos on your home PC when you're away from home with remote media streaming. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002DHGMK0-10-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemWindows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002MV2MG0-2-th.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemManage Backup and Restore and other features through Action Center. Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr tr td align="center"img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002MV2MG0-3.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" / psmallstrongemSearch, organize, and edit files across a network in the same way you would a single folder.Click to enlarge./em/strong/small/p /td /tr /tbody /table pstrongWireless setup/strongbr / 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./p pstrongHomeGroup/strongbr / 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./p h3Easy to browse the web/h3 pstrongInternet Explorer 8/strongbr / 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./p pstrongInternet Explorer 8/strongbr / Use Web slices to conveniently keep up with changes on frequently updated websites, like eBay auctions or traffic sites, directly from the IE8 toolbar./p h3Easy to communicate and share/h3 pstrongWindows Live Photo Gallery/strongbr / Windows Live Photo Gallery makes share your photos to your favorite photo site easy./p pstrongWindows Live Mail/strongbr / Windows Live Mail makes managing multiple email accounts easy./p pstrongWindows Live Family Safety/strongbr / Keep your child safe by managing what sites they can visit and who they can send/receive emails and im communications from./p pstrongNote: /strongWindows Live components need to be downloaded separately./p h2Works The Way You Want/h2 h3Faster and More Reliable/h3 pstrongResume from sleep/strongbr / We designed Windows 7 to help PCs sleep and resume from sleep more quickly by improving the way Windows 7 manages drivers, programs, and power./p pstrongFaster and more reliable/strongbr / We reduced the amount of memory your PC needs for open windows and to execute commands to help it be more responsive to commands./p pstrongFewer clicks and less interruptions/strongbr //p h2Makes New Things Possible/h2 h3Media on your terms/h3 pstrongWindows Media Center/strongbr / Turn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center./p pstrongWindows Media Center/strongbr / Watch shows for free when and where you want with Internet TV./p pstrongDirectX 11/strongbr / DirectX 11 technology delivers breathtaking game graphics so real, it's unreal./p h3New ways to engage/h3 pstrongWindows Touch/strongbr / Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use./p h3Media on your terms/h3 pstrongWindows Media Player/strongbr / 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./p pYou can enjoy the photos, music, and videos on your home PC when you're away from home with remote media streaming./p h3Work anywhere/h3 pstrongLocation Aware Printing/strongbr / Windows 7 will automatically pick the right printer for you when you move from home to work networks./p p/p h2Work anywhere with less effort./h2 ul liGet connected in three clicks wherever there's a wireless network connection. /li liKeep documents on your PC and on network servers in sync automatically. /li liYour PC will automatically use the printer you prefer for whatever network you're on. /li liSimplify making presentations special settings that keep your PC from sleeping and turn off messages, notifications, and screen savers. /li liInstantly locate virtually any file, email, or document on your PC just by typing a word or two. /li liGet around your PC faster with the improved taskbar. /li liOpen programs you use regularly in one click and files you use regularly in just two. /li liManage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows. /li liManage multiple email accounts, including Hotmail, Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo! Mail Plus, all in one place with one simple program. /li liGet to the files, photos, and music on any PC with Windows 7 in the house from any other. /li liPrint to any printer in the house from any PC with Windows 7 in the house. /li /ul p/p h2Safeguard your hard work./h2 ul liAdvanced Backup and Restore makes it easier to keep your work safely backed up to external or network drives and accessible if you need it. /li liFile encryption helps keep proprietary and confidential information on a PC secure if it is lost or stolen. /li liPreserve your investment in programs designed for Windows XP with Windows XP Mode. /li liWindows Internet Explorer 8 helps keep your PC safer from malware and you safer from fraudulent websites designed to fool you into divulging private information. /li liEasily add your PC to a secured, managed, network with domain join capabilities. /li liGroup policy controls help administrators more easily and effectively manage the security and configuration of multiple PCs. /li /ul h2Choose the Windows 7 Edition That Is Best For You/h2 p table border="1" cellpadding="10" style="border: 1px solid gray; border-collapse:collapse;" width="100%" tbody tr td valign="bottom" h3Features/h3 /td td div align="center" pimg height="86" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002MV2MG0-4.jpg" width="87" //p pWindows 7 Home Premium /p /div /td td align="center" pimg height="86" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002MV2MG0-5.jpg" width="87" //p pWindows 7 Professional /p /td td align="center" pimg height="86" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002MV2MG0-6.jpg" width="87" //p pWindows 7 Ultimate /p /td /tr tr td bgcolor="#eeeeee"Make the things you do every day easier with improved desktop navigation./td td bgcolor="#eeeeee" div align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-green.gif" width="18" //div /td td align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-blue.gif" width="18" //td td align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr tr tdStart programs faster and more easily, and quickly find the documents you use most often./td td div align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-green.gif" width="18" //div /td td align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-blue.gif" width="18" //td td align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr tr td bgcolor="#eeeeee"Make your web experience faster, easier and safer than ever with Internet Explorer 8./td td bgcolor="#eeeeee" div align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-green.gif" width="18" //div /td td align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-blue.gif" width="18" //td td align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr tr tdWatch, pause, rewind, and record TV on your PC./td td div align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-green.gif" width="18" //div /td td align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-blue.gif" width="18" //td td align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr tr td bgcolor="#eeeeee"Easily create a home network and connect your PCs to a printer with HomeGroup./td td bgcolor="#eeeeee" div align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-green.gif" width="18" //div /td td align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-blue.gif" width="18" //td td align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr tr tdRun many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode./td td /td td align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-blue.gif" width="18" //td td align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr tr td bgcolor="#eeeeee"Connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join./td td bgcolor="#eeeeee" /td td align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-blue.gif" width="18" //td td align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr tr tdIn addition to full-system Backup and Restore found in all editions, you can back up to a home or business network./td td /td td align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-blue.gif" width="18" //td td align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr tr td bgcolor="#eeeeee"Help protect data on your PC and portable storage devices against loss or theft with BitLocker./td td bgcolor="#eeeeee" /td td bgcolor="#eeeeee" /td td align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr tr tdWork in the language of your choice and switch between any of 35 languages./td td /td td /td td align="center"img height="18" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/w7-check-black.gif" width="18" //td /tr /tbody /table /p