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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack (3-User) |  | From: Microsoft Software
Buy New: $198.80
as of 11/23/2009 05:44 CST details
New (8) from $198.80
Seller: BK148
Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 33
Format: DVD-ROM
Platform: Windows 7
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Home
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: GFC-00236
Model: GFC-00236
UPC: 882224898249
EAN: 0882224898249
ASIN: B002MV2MG0
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Install Windows 7 Home Premium on up to three PCs in your household | | • | 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 | | • | 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 | | • | Easily create a home network and connect your PCs to a printer with HomeGroup |
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Product Description
WIN HOME PREM 7 ENGLISH VUP US ONLY DVD FAMILY PACK
Amazon.com Product Description
Get three Windows 7 Premium licenses in one convenient package. 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. Get Windows 7 for the whole family Introduce your family to a whole new way to stay productive, connected, and entertained. Windows 7 Home Premium makes the things you do every day on your PC faster and easier, and makes your PC work the way you want it. And with Windows 7 on all your PCs at home, your family can do more than you imagined possible.
 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. | The best entertainment experience on your PC Simplifies everyday tasks
- Creating a home network has never been easier. You can even share files and printers with all the PCs with Windows 7 on the network.
- Find virtually anything on your PC--from documents to songs to email--just by typing a word or two with Windows Search.
- Improved desktop navigation features like Snap, Peek and Shake, make it easier to manage all of your open windows.
Makes new things possible
- Watch, pause, rewind and record TV with Windows Media Center.
- Includes integrated video and Dolby audio codecs.
Works the way you want
- Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
- Takes full advantage of the power and multi-tasking capabilities of the latest 64-bit PCs.
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. With HomeGroup it is easy to share your printer with any other PC with Windows 7 in your home. 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. - 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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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 79
 Read the requirements first!!! November 23, 2009
Allen M. Benson (herndon, va usa)
There was nothing in the Amazon site about needing 1Gig available memory in your system. There were a number of other system requirements that were not obvious from the Amazon site. I would recommend going to the Microsoft site and running the Windows 7 checkout service. This will show all the incompatibility issues and validate other system programs and drivers. It would have been very useful for Amazon to provide this link. I now have a copy of Windows 7 I can't use until I complete upgrades. I would have delayed this purchase until I was ready if the Amazon site was more helpful but then I guess it was not to their advantage.
Al Benson
 Microsoft Windows 7 is a greatly inproved PC operating system November 22, 2009
Kevin (Greater Boston, MA)
The upgrade from Windows XP Professional to Windows 7 Home Premium was very fast and easy (make sure to back up ALL files needed for re-installation!). Re-installation of all programs is necessary when upgrading from Windows XP, however not from Vista. Consult Microsoft's recommendations and precautions before upgrading your OS.
It should be noted that not all programs will run on Windows 7. Be sure to check for compatibility of your programs with Windows 7 before installing the new OS! Also, run the free compatibility check offered by Microsoft to ensure your PC hardware will run Windows 7 properly.
I think the new features in Windows 7 offer a greatly enhanced experience to the user(s). Also, the Family Pack can save considerable money. I am very pleased with it.
The most significant observation I have made so far is that Windows 7 doesn't seem to be a 'resource hog' at all (like Vista Home Premium), so programs and documents open very quickly (at least on my PC).
I recommend the upgrade from Windows XP and Vista to Windows 7, if there are no compatibility issues.
Super November 22, 2009
J. Aday (Orange County, CA United States)
I installed it on a 3-year old Toshiba A135-S4666 laptop and a 5-year old Dell E510 desktop (with an ATI video card and Intel gigabit adapter.) I did both after backing up my files to my fileserver, then doing a clean install by booting to the disc, choosing custom and deleting my old partition, and then letting it do it's thing. I didn't have to insert my old media as proof or anything... it was pretty smart about that somehow (good because it would have taken me awhile to find it.)
I was suprised it came with two discs: one is the 32-bit version and one is the 64-bit. I wanted to install the 64-bit. Unfortunately, it alerted me that my Toshiba doesn't support 64-bit. So I put in the 32. The Dell took the 64 though. I imagine that would be more important for people who are trying to run old 32-bit software and don't want to or can't upgrade- you know who you are ;)
It's really fast and stable... good looking, etc. On my computers, the drivers were automatic (I guess Tosh and Dell pick good parts?) I also installed Windows Live and Microsoft Security Essentials (both free!!!!) So I've got the email, antivirus, antispyware all running. Only thing left is to reinstall Office, but I'll get around to that...
Random thoughts: Dual monitor support is much improved... you can move windows around to different screen fills by dragging around the top bar. The task bar is much more organized. The media center works great.. connects right up to my xbox... and my tv tuner card even works (had to download the updated software from hauppage.) Internet TV is cute.. I imagine this will grow in time. "Green" features work better... wake from standby works better, etc. This sounds lame, but I like the backgrounds, too.
Windows 7 Family Pack November 22, 2009
Phil E. Ramazzina
The price was right to upgrade 3 machines. I had to add memory to 2 machines of the 3. On one machine I had to replace the video card. (It had a Creative video and I did not want to bother finding a new driver). It installed but I could only get 800 x 600 resolution. I also had to upgrade one machine that had windows 2000 to XP so I could upgrade. I was an Outlook user, but apparently microsoft no longer supports the older Outlooks on Vista and Windows 7. I was using windows mail on my Vista Laptop, but that is also out of fashion with Microsoft. I switched to Thunderbird for all three machines. I just won't use a Microsfot mail program again becuase they keep switching support. If you are already using Outlook, you need to load Thunderbird under XP or 2000 and inport your files and address book becuase Thundbird requires Outlook to be running to export from it, the export the data in Thunderbird before intalling Windows 7.
 Finally a family 3 pack November 22, 2009
B. Renk (Pasadena, CA)
Finally a Windows Family Pack - but the rumor is that it is only available for a limited time. WHY?
I am a Windows user since Windows 3.11 and joned the Mac side 7 years ago. With Windows 7, Microsoft finally put out a product that makes sense. Of course, if you know both OS's you see who copies from who. The new Taskbar acts like the Dock in Mac OS X and cleans up all the clutter on your desktop. Some other new additions are great new features in W7. And yes, when you fresh install the Os it runs fast. But then I installed my programs, like Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Vegas etc. Those are all big programs, there you see the truth. I am running a Quadcore 2.4 GHz, 4 G RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTS250...I should be flying....I feel like I am not.
I do not see that on the Mac side.
I still don't get why Microsoft needs so many 'flavors' of the OS. Why not 'one fits all'. Mac can do it. $319 for a Full Version of Ultimate....ouch !!!!
The new Moviemaker is A JOKE!!! Please that is where you should copy Mac OS X, at least partially, since Microsoft's Movie Maker is free (kind of - remember the price tag?)!!!!!!
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