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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade [Old Version]

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Platform : Windows 7

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Offers a rich dynamic entertainment experience on your PCEasily create a home work and share all of your favorite photos videos and musicSpecify exactly what you want to share from each PC with all the PCs in the Home GroupWatch pause and rewind TV or record it to watch whenever and wherever you wantEasily change backgrounds window colors and sounds to reflect your personal style; can even turn your desktop into a slide show of your favorite photosGet impressive new features such as Web Slices which lets you track information such as auction items sports scores and weather reports without revisiting a siteRight-click the relevant program icon (such as Word) on your taskbar and Jump List will show your most recent frequently used and pinned Word documentsJust open Windows Media Player right-click on what you'd like to hear select Play To and you'll see a list of devices and PCs on which you can play your musicPlatform support: PCLicense type: Version UpgradeRequires 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processorRequires 16GB (32-bit) or 20GB (64-bit) hard driveRequires 1GB RAM (32-bit) or 2GB RAM (64-bit)Requires DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or later driverRequires DVD/CD drive

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Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
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ASIN: B002DHLUWK
Item model number: GFC-00020
Date first available at Amazon.com: June 25, 2009
Average Customer Review: 1,031 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,527 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
- #70 in Software > Operating Systems > Microsoft Windows

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Best if you Plan Ahead

ByTrenton BennettVINE VOICEon November 1, 2009

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Windows 7 Home Premium is the best version to choose for older machines and/or simpler networks. The "Backup" offered in 7 Pro can be done easily with free tools, and unless you need complex networking, 7 has what it takes to manage a home network. Last, the 'XP Mode' promised in 7 Pro and above will only work on hardware new enough to support "Virtualization Technology" (stop by Microsoft's website to learn more). This isn't the same as "XP Compatibility Mode", which you will still have for all versions of Windows 7 (there's a great video explanation of this on CNET's website in their Windows 7 Center at CNET TV).

Some very important things you need to know about upgrading:

1) There are two types of upgrade: "in-place" (where a Vista machine upgrades to 7 and you get to keep all your programs) and "clean" (where you lose all your old programs and settings).
2) Anyone going from XP to 7 will have to go "clean".
3) Anyone going from a different Vista to 7 (for example, Vista Home to 7 Pro, or Vista Ultimate to 7 Home) will also have to go "clean".

If you have to do 2) or 3), all is not lost--I'll explain in a moment.

Before you even buy 7 for your machine, stop by Microsoft's website for two things:

a) download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. Run it with every device connected to the machine that you'll ever want to use in 7. It'll thoroughly examine your machine for any roadblocks and give you good advice about upgrading.
b) Go to the Windows 7 Compatibility Center and double-check anything that came up negative in the Upgrade Advisor (or didn't show up at all). This site lists detailed compatibility info on a LOT of different devices.

Anything major, like a video card or sound card driver, I'd recommend double-checking with the manufacturer's website to be sure. This almost burned me on two of the machines that I upgraded.

Last, make a backup. There's a free tool called Macrium Reflect that can do this for you.

Do you have to do a "clean" install, but just want to carry over your user accounts and settings? Microsoft makes a program called Windows Easy Transfer that's already in Vista (and can be downloaded from Microsoft for XP) that will export your accounts and settings and let you import them back again. It's very easy to use and does a good job of putting your accounts back together again, even going from XP to 7.

Do you have to do the "clean" install, and you don't want to reinstall all your programs? Laplink has an offer for $19.95 that will let you use a special version of their program "PC Mover" to upgrade one machine one time. Read the documentation in detail.

The most important thing to doing a "clean" install is that in the Upgrade setup you choose "Custom". Windows will take all of your major files and place them in a folder called "Windows.old". PC Mover and the Easy Transfer program will use this folder to reconstruct your system from, so this is VERY important.

I wish I had more space to go into detail here...bottom line is, if you plan ahead a bit, upgrading to 7 will go very easily (and if it doesn't, you'll have something to fall back on).

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Good upgrade.

ByR. Leeon April 13, 2013

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I have a Windows Vista laptop - Dell XPS with 4 gbs ram and 2 ghz processor. I really had no issues with Vista that other people seem to have but wanted to upgrade my laptop to Win 7 since my other computer is Win 7. The current Vista edition is Vista Home Premium. I ran the Win 7 upgrade adviser program from Microsoft and it said everything was compatible. So I bought the upgrade software which, according to Microsoft, I could upgrade to the Win 7 Home Premium edition.

After I booted into Windows, I inserted the Win 7 Upgrade CD and followed the install process. First, it did some scans, and then asked if I wanted to check the internet for any new update files for the upgrade. I said yes, and the set up screen informed me that the computer will stay connected to the internet during the install.

It also did another compatibility check and gave me a soft soft. A soft stop is when they said doing the install would potentially make this item not usable but I can easily reinstall it. The soft stop for me was the Intel ProSet Wireless which is the software that finds networks you can connect to. Anyway, it recommended that I uninstall it before doing the upgrade. I didn't as I figure I can uninstall it later and clicked continue rather than cancel. I then got the option to do an upgrade (keeps all files, settings, data, software) or custom (clean install which means you had to back up all your information to reinstall later.) I chose upgrade (even though some people recommend doing a clean install is better).

Anyway, since my HD is 128 SSD, the entire process took about 2 hours to do. Since everyone's computer is different, and based on the amount of data you have, it probably will take longer. It does give you a percentage bar for each task so you know relatively where you are in the process. The setup did require a reboot to finish the process and during the loading of my desktop, i did get an error that the Microsoft Windows Framework 4 needed repair, and not to touch anything. Since I was already connected to the internet, it must have downloaded a fix cause after about 10 mins, it told me to reboot to complete the repair. After I rebooted, I had Win 7 and everything from the desktop to my programs worked the same. I had no issues!!! Even the soft stop warning about the Intel Proset Wireless wasn't an issue. I was able to connect wireless with no problems.

Since I had a SSD, I think my SSD works better with Win 7 than Vista cause my computer boots faster and shut down faster. Overall, I was happy I made the upgrade. It was cheaper than buying a new computer and even though I had worries about something not working, and when I got the error about the Framework, I was thinking, great, shouldn't have done it but it all worked out and I'm happy.

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Best OS. Can't get better than this.

ByDavid D.on December 17, 2015

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Best OS I have ever used. I do not need to be stressing over the completely conflicted and complicated UI of Windows 8/8.1, nor do I have to worry about the problems Windows 10 presented at the time of its release. Both of the most recent OSes are Microsoft's biggest flops, yet. But this one? This OS doesn't let me down.

I've been a strong Windows 7 user since the day I purchased it, which was around two years ago. Despite the bloody thing constantly trying to get me to install Windows 10 and Microsoft's useless web plugin, "Microsoft Silverlight," I am still able to play legacy games on the 64-bit version of Windows 7 (using DOSBox and other games that worked just fine on Windows 7), in comparison to Windows 10, which is horrible at trying to run games like Rome: Total War. (Being forced to play it at 1280x720 resolution or lower while having to be stuck with huge amount of stuttering and terrible framerates while my HP computer was packed with 8GB of RAM, a C2D @ 3.08GHz and an EVGA GTX 750 Ti SC, which could have been playing much better at a perfect 50 - 60 fps on Windows 7 is NOT cool, Microsoft!) Seriously, Microsoft, how did you mess that up?

Unfortunately, by the time I bought this, it was really close to the $180 price point, which should have been less expensive, one of the many quirks about Amazon's sellers. If I really wanted to, I could have gotten this cheaper elsewhere for around $100. It was worth it, even though I didn't like the fact that I had to pay *that much* for a good OS.