Product Description
Designed for people who want it all. Windows 7 Ultimate gives you everything Home Premium and Professional offers — plus added security features and the flexibility to work in multiple languages. Create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos and music. You can even watch TV programs for free, whenever and wherever you want.
This product includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
Reasons to Buy
Help prevent theft or loss of data: Use BitLocker and BitLocker To Go to better protect your valuable files — even on removable drives such as USB devices.
Automatically back up your files: Protect your data from user error, hardware failure, and other problems. You can back up your files to an external hard drive, secondary hard drive, writable CD or DVD, or to a network location.
Find virtually anything on your PC — from documents to photos to e-mail: Just click on the Start button, and enter a word or few letters in the name or file you want into the search box, and you'll get an organized list of results.
Save time and money resolving IT issues: Take advantage of the powerful diagnostics and troubleshooters built into Action Center to resolve many computer problems on your own.
Get remote services with DirectAccess: Access corporate resources seamlessly when you're on the Internet, without having to initiate a VPN connection.1
Share files across the various PCs in your home: Use HomeGroup to connect your PCs running Windows 7 to a single printer. Specify exactly what you want to share from each PC with all the PCs in the HomeGroup.
Connect multiple PCs, with or without a server: Use Domain Join to connect PCs quickly and more securely to your wired or wireless domain network.
Work in the language of your choice: Switch between any of 35 languages as easily as logging off and back on again.
Save time and money resolving IT issues: Take advantage of the powerful diagnostics and troubleshooters built into Action Center to resolve many computer problems on your own.
Get remote services with DirectAccess: Access corporate resources seamlessly when you're on the Internet, without having to initiate a VPN connection.1
Share files across the various PCs in your home: Use HomeGroup to connect your PCs running Windows 7 to a single printer. Specify exactly what you want to share from each PC with all the PCs in the HomeGroup.
Connect multiple PCs, with or without a server: Use Domain Join to connect PCs quickly and more securely to your wired or wireless domain network.
Work in the language of your choice: Switch between any of 35 languages as easily as logging off and back on again.
Before you Buy
Make sure your PC is compatible with Windows 7. Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.
Running Windows Vista?
If you have Windows Vista, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. You can do a clean install (back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications) or an in -place upgrade (Windows 7 installs over Windows Vista).
If you have Windows Vista, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. You can do a clean install (back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications) or an in -place upgrade (Windows 7 installs over Windows Vista).
Running Earlier Versions?
If you have Windows XP, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. But you must back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications. If you're running Windows 2000, you'll need to purchase the full product and do a clean install.
If you have Windows XP, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. But you must back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications. If you're running Windows 2000, you'll need to purchase the full product and do a clean install.
System Requirements
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Processor
1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
Video card
DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or later driver.
Other
1Requires DirectAccess client computers and a DirectAccess server with Windows Server 2008 R2 on the edge of a corporate network. For some Windows Media Center functionality, a TV tuner and additional hardware may be required. Windows Touch and Windows Tablet require specific hardware. HomeGroup requires a network and PCs with Windows 7. BitLocker— requires TPM1.2; BitLocker To Go? requires a USB flash drive. Windows XP Mode requires an additional 1GB of RAM, an additional 15GB of available disk space, and a processor capable of hardware virtualization, with Intel-VT or AMD-V turned on. Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require advanced or additional hardware. DVD/CD authoring requires a compatible optical drive. Depending on resolution, video playback may require additional memory and advanced graphics hardware. Internet access required to use certain features (fees may apply). Music and sound require audio output. Some features in earlier Windows versions are not included in Windows 7. Get similar programs including Windows Live Mail?, Photo Gallery, Messenger and Movie Maker for free through Windows Live Essentials,
Memory
1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit)
Hard disk
16GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
1Requires DirectAccess client computers and a DirectAccess server with Windows Server 2008 R2 on the edge of a corporate network. For some Windows Media Center functionality, a TV tuner and additional hardware may be required. Windows Touch and Windows Tablet require specific hardware. HomeGroup requires a network and PCs with Windows 7. BitLocker— requires TPM1.2; BitLocker To Go? requires a USB flash drive. Windows XP Mode requires an additional 1GB of RAM, an additional 15GB of available disk space, and a processor capable of hardware virtualization, with Intel-VT or AMD-V turned on. Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require advanced or additional hardware. DVD/CD authoring requires a compatible optical drive. Depending on resolution, video playback may require additional memory and advanced graphics hardware. Internet access required to use certain features (fees may apply). Music and sound require audio output. Some features in earlier Windows versions are not included in Windows 7. Get similar programs including Windows Live Mail?, Photo Gallery, Messenger and Movie Maker for free through Windows Live Essentials,
Memory
1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit)
Hard disk
16GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
All of the products we offer in our catalog are full, retail versions that come with a genuine license key. You will be able register the license key online, as well as download updates. You can verify the authenticity of any key with the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool. In the rare instance that a key doesn't pass validation, we will immediately issue you a refund.
