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Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate are the easiest, fastest, and most engaging versions of Windows yet. Better ways to find and manage files, like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews, help you speed through everyday tasks. Faster and more reliable performance means your PC just works the way you want it to. And great features like HomeGroup and Windows Touch make new things possible. Get to know Windows 7, and see how it can simplify just about everything you do with your PC.

Before you install an E edition of Windows 7, please visit windows.microsoft.com/install-windows-E for important information. When you install the E edition of Windows 7, you'll need to do a custom (clean) installation. That means you'll need to back up all of your files and settings, install the operating system, then re-install your files, settings, and programs.

 

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Product Features
Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favourite photos, videos and music. You can even watch, pause, rewind and record TV. Get the best entertainment experience with Windows 7 Home Premium.

32-bit or 64-bit? For your convenience, every copy of Windows 7 Home Premium includes both 32-bit and 64-bit discs.

Important--changes to EU release of Microsoft Windows 7

Please note that Microsoft have recently made a number of changes to the European release of Microsoft Windows 7. Please be aware that while this is subject to change, the latest information that Amazon has is:
  • This version of Windows 7 ships as a full edition, suitable for both new Windows users and Windows Vista users looking to upgrade. Although a ‘clean install’ is not essential for existing Windows Vista users, this is recommended by Microsoft UK.
  • All editions of Windows 7 will now include the Internet Explorer 8 web browser as standard.

More work, more play and more of everything in between.

Manage lots of open programs, documents and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows.

With Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen. 

Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar.


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
  • Customise 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
  • Offers large screen support

Simplifies Everyday Tasks

Simple to use

Preview
Manage lots of open programs, documents and browser windows easily with thumbnail 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.

Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC right from the Start menu with Windows Search.

Jump Lists
Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar.

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.

Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use.

Turn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center, and enjoy your favorite videos and music with Windows Media Player. 

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 shared 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.

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 favourite 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.

Works The Way You Want

Faster and More Reliable

Resume from sleep
Windows 7 is designed to help PCs sleep and resume more quickly by improving the way Windows 7 manages drivers, programs and power.

Faster and more reliable
We reduced the amount of memory your PC needs for open windows and to execute commands to help it be more responsive to commands.

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 and 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.
 

What Is One Of Those?

What is a Router?
A router is a device that is an intermediary between a computer and the Internet, which determines where data is sent.  A number of computers can be configured to share a router and hardware firewalls are often incorporated as standard.  Routers can also be known as gateways.

What is VoIP?

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
This is a new technology that enables broadband users to send voice calls via the Internet.  There are now a number of these services in operation and calls can be made free of charge.

What is a Firewall?

Firewall
A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both. Firewalls are used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks connected to the Internet.