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Win 7 Home Prem to Professional

Model number: MSBD4822
Move up from Windows® 7 Home Premium to Professional now—and get everything you need for work and play with this powerfully versatile operating system.

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Switching gears from work to home is easier than ever with the Windows® 7 Home Premium to Professional upgrade. Run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode, and easily shift between business and home networks. Quickly locate anything on your system—from documents and songs, to emails and more—with Windows Search, and enjoy new heights in peace of mind with file encryption and automatic backups that safeguard all your important information. And with intuitive desktop navigation features like Snap, Peek and Shake, you can do it all with speed and efficiency.

Makes new things possible

  • Watch, pause, rewind and record TV with Windows Media Center.
  • Includes integrated video and Dolby audio codecs.

Simplifies everyday tasks

  • Improved desktop navigation features like Snap, Peek and Shake, make it easier to manage all of your open windows.
  • 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.

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.
  • Windows XP Mode gives you the business flexibility you need.

Requires either OEM pre-installation or post-purchase download of Windows XP Mode (which runs on Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate) and a virtualization technology such as Windows Virtual PC. Customers can download Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC free-of-charge from http://www.windows.com/business/downloads/ when available.

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Windows® 7 System Requirements

  • 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit)
  • 16GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
  • DirectX® 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Additional Requirements to use Certain Features

  • Internet access (fees may apply)
  • Depending on resolution video playback may require additional memory and advanced graphics hardware
  • 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
  • DVD/CD authoring requires a compatible optical drive
  • Music and sound require audio output
  • Windows XP Mode requires; Additional 1GB of RAM, Additional 15GB of available disk space, Processor capable of hardware virtualization, with Intel-VT or AMD-V turned on

If you are upgrading from Windows XP, you will need to back up your files and settings, perform a clean install and then re-install your existing files, settings and programs. Visit windows.microsoft.com/upgrade for more information.

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

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