Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade |  | From: Microsoft Software
List Price: $219.99
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Seller: XMAS ITEMS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY
Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Format: DVD-ROM
Platform: Windows 7
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: 131
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.2
MPN: GLC-00184
Model: GLC-00184
UPC: 882224885652
EAN: 0882224885652
ASIN: B002DHLV8S
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | (Includes 32 & 64-bit versions cd-rom) Combines remarkable ease-of-use with the entertainment features of Home Premium and the business capabilities of Professional--get it all with with Windows 7 Ultimate | | • | 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 | | • | Run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode; watch, pause, rewind, and record TV on your PC | | • | Easily create a home network and connect your PCs to a printer with HomeGroup; connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join | | • | Recover your data easily with automatic backup to your home and business network; help protect data on your PC and portable storage devices against loss or theft with BitLocker |
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Product Description
With Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System Software Ultimate, you'll be able to run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP mode* and recover your data easily with automatic back-ups to your home or business network. You'll be able to connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join. And with entertainment features like Windows Media Center, it's great for home as well as for business.
Amazon.com Product Description
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.  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. | Designed for people who want it all 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.
- Easy to network (with or without a server).
- Back up your complete system over a network.
- Help protect data on your PC or portable storage device against loss or theft with BitLocker.
Faster and more flexible
- Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
- Takes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory.
- Windows XP Mode gives you the business flexibility you need.
- Switch between any of 35 languages.
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 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. 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 Resume from sleep
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. 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, 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. - Get connected in three clicks wherever there's a wireless network connection.
- Keep documents on your PC and on network servers in sync automatically.
- Your PC will automatically use the printer you prefer for whatever network you're on.
- Simplify making presentations special settings that keep your PC from sleeping and turn off messages, notifications, and screen savers.
- 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. - Advanced Backup and Restore makes it easier to keep your work safely backed up to external or network drives and accessible if you need it.
- File encryption helps keep proprietary and confidential information on a PC secure if it is lost or stolen.
- Preserve your investment in programs designed for Windows XP with Windows XP Mode.
- 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.
- Easily add your PC to a secured, managed, network with domain join capabilities.
- Group policy controls help administrators more easily and effectively manage the security and configuration of multiple PCs.
Choose the Windows 7 Edition That Is Best For You
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 The Worst Upgrade Experience I Ever Had November 21, 2009
Jerome Hartzog (NYC)
I preordered the software on Amazon.com with the intention of upgrading from Windows Vista Ultimate. When the installation wizard requested the seriel numbers. I typed the numbers and it came up invalid. I called Amazon.com Customer service and told them that the activation numbers that were provided to me did not work, and it would have to work or I have to mail back the product. I wanted it to work. She said call this number and see if you can get it fixed. When I contacted Microsoft customer service I would spend more than 15 telephone hours over 3 days to reinstall the software, remote actuate my machine, give me false product keys, while treating me like an idiot from people who had no english skills and dialects as if they were reading phonics from a machine. As audacious as it may sound, around the fourth representitive actually asked me if I have an internet connection, after the first rep had me on the telephone for 5 hours supervising the first reinstall, when I purchased Microsofts Flagship Operating System. I was passed from one caller to another, who was not aware of the previous issue that I had. "You have to repeat it so I can make sure." I felt like I purchased an interrogation. What are we going to do today that we didn't do yesterday? 4 hours later after another install (Actually said she wanted to say on the line with me, "would you please call me back in a half hour" I asked) She had me reinstall and I gave her the numbers to authenticate by phone. Your copy is invalid was the message, your copy will only be good for 29 days. Where did you get it from, did you get it from the Middle East? (it says on the label made in Peurto Rico)I told the rep I ordered it from Amazon.com. They called me back and had me simply press windows>pausebreak give them a number and then they gave me a number and it worked. I gave Windows 7 Ultimate 5 stars because it is a good operating system, and I am using it.
 Thanks, but... no thanks! November 21, 2009
J. Barroso (Beijing PR of CHINA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The only reason for getting this, and it applies to ALL Win 7's versions, would be "Work in the language of your choice and switch between any of 35 languages." because I work with 3 or 4 languages regularly, and often need the OS in the native language or something will simply not work.
As for MS and their Win offers... it's always down the slope! MS should stop trying to control people's PCs. The choice, in EVERYTHING, should be left to the user!
One thing I learned from MS, and I am a sucker for technology, and support other people's PCs often, is, NEVDER buyanything from MS until 1 year after release date; NEVER upgrade anything (SPs or Service Packs OK sometimes... yet, not always...); NEVER get anything that has not received at least ONE Service Pack bag of fixes; PREFERABLY, buy a new OS with a new machine (that may mean every 5-7 years...) because companies will send you a machine with all the drivers, etc. installed for you...
And finally, NEVER EVER upgrade if you are happy, and being productive with your current OS!!! If it ain't broke, don't fix it!...
I am planning the next couple of years to move over to LINUX based solutions, although I will keep a Win machine around for those legacy programs that won't run on a LINUX --- yet, even that is becoming less and less of a problem, with emulation, etc.
I love it! November 21, 2009
Miron Chumash
I have upgraded to Windows 7 ultimate after using windows vista ulimate and it's previous O/S. I enjoy it as I have never did on any previous O/S. In other words, I love it. Microsoft has done a good job!
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit is the best OS ever released by Microsoft, period November 21, 2009
Hugo D. Hackenbush (Main Street, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I own a 3-year-old Dell XPS 410 with an Intel Core 2 6700 CPU @ 2.66GHz, equipped with a RAID 0 650 GB dual hard drive, 4 GB DDR2 RAM and an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB "Direct X 10"-compatible graphics card. Sadly, I have been displeased with the performance of my computer ever since I chose to upgrade from Windows XP Media Center Edition to Vista Ultimate 32-bit a mere few weeks after initially purchasing my computer.
After several years of using the miserably sluggish, sporadically buggy Vista Ultimate 32-bit OS, I have recently upgraded my computer to Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit. All I can say is... WHAT A DIFFERENCE.
The last time my computer ran this quickly was when I used it with Windows XP, with which it came pre-installed with. It retains all of the best features of Vista, while adding lots of performance and visual tweaks that really adds to the overall user's computing experience.
The new layout is smartly designed, attractive and intuitive. I especially appreciate the new taskbar setup with the "jump list" and "peek and shake" features, while the best holdover feature from Vista, "Windows Search" works better than ever. The new networking setup, Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player, the back up and restore feature, the redesigned defrag setup, the built-in security features... all have been subtlety but effectively improved over Vista. My computer really does feel like a new machine.
All of my software (including Adobe Master Collection CS4, Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2010, Roxio Creator Pro 2010, Microsoft MapPoint 2010, Microsoft Student 2009 and WinX DVD Ripper) works like a dream, and I have thus far experienced zero compatibility issues with any of my 32-bit software using Windows Ultimate 64-bit; even my two-year-old Dell printer works without a hitch. Not a single driver conflict has arisen so far; this is by far the most stable Microsoft OS I have ever used.
As a matter of fact, much of my software seems to actually run better now than it ever did when I was using Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit... and that's where I am most pleased with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit: its fine, smooth performance, right down to the quick start-up and shut down times. This is the OS that Microsoft promised, and failed, to deliver with Windows Vista, as it really does compare favorably with Mac OS X... an occurrence I never thought I'd live to experience, quite frankly.
In fact, this is the first time in years that I have not regretted being an early adopter (I'm cursed with poor impulse control); this is something I can't even claim with Windows XP (as I recall, I experienced far more driver compatibility issues with XP when it first debuted).
If I have one minor (and I do mean minor) caveat with Windows 7, it is with the removal of USB flash and external drives; it doesn't seem to power down the drives when I properly eject them, as is the case with Windows XP. This was also the case with Windows Vista when I installed the SP2 patch, and I am unclear as to whether this is a USB driver issue or the USB "safely remove hardware" feature has been altered in some way.
All caveats aside, I cannot recommend this OS enough. For PC users, this is as good as it currently gets.
Windows 7 was a good move November 19, 2009
R. Larry Poe
With all the reported troubles with Vista, I skipped it and ran Windows Xp since it came out. I was ready for a change and heard good reports on Windows 7. I took a chance and I'm glad I did. I love it and only wish it would have come out sooner.
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