Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade From Starter Retail Box

If you want more features than you currently have in your existing edition of Windows 7, you can upgrade to another edition using Windows Anytime Upgrade. Upgrades from Windows 7 Starter edition to Windows 7 Home Premium.

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.
• 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.

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.
  
  
• 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:

• 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.

• 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.

This product is retail box. Retail box software is sold at retail stores. It comes in a factory sealed retail box with the CD or DVD, plus the software license key and manuals where provided by the software manufacturer. Retail box software comes with full installation support from the manufacturer.

System Requirements:

• Processor: 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
• RAM: 1 GB (32-bit) / 2 GB (64-bit)
• Hard Drive Space: 16 GB (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
• Graphics: Video Card, DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or later driver
• Other
  • HomeGroup requires a network and PCs with Windows 7
  • DVD/CD authoring requires a compatible optical drive
  • Music and sound require audio output
  • Depending on resolution, video playback may require additional memory and advanced graphics hardware
  • Internet access required to use certain features (fees may apply)

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require advanced or additional hardware.

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.