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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. 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.
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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. 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.p/p 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/Win7_Desktop-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"/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 h2The best entertainment experience on your PC/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 liSetting up a home network and connecting to printers and devices is easier than ever. /li liWindows 7 Home Premium supports the latest hardware and software. /li /ul pstrongIt's faster/strongbr //p ul liDesigned to make your PC sleep and resume quicker. /li liTakes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory. /li liConnecting to wireless networks is fast and easy. /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 liOffers large screen support. /li /ul h2Simplifies Everyday Tasks/h2 h3Simple to use/h3 pstrongWindows/strong® strongTaskbar/strongbr / Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows./p pbr / 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 /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 pstrongAero/strong®strong Peek/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 /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 pstrongWindows/strong® strongInternet 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 pbr / 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 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 / 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/B002DHGMK0-9-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 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. 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/Win7_ActionCenter-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/Win7_Explorer_Libraries-th.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 /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/strong®strong 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 h2Product Comparison/h2 pimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/Product_Detail_Chart.jpg" //p p/p