Features
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Windows 7
Home Premium
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Windows 7
Professional
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Windows 7
Ultimate
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Make the things you do every day easier with improved desktop navigation.
Desktop Enhancements
Opening, closing, and sorting through windows is a lot easier. You can find what you want and get things done a lot faster. And, it's pretty.
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Start programs faster and more easily, and quickly find the documents you use most often.
Windows Search
Instantly locate and open any file on your PC, from documents to e-mail messages to songs, right from the Start menu just by typing a word or two.
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Make your web experience faster, easier and safer than ever with Internet Explorer 8.
Internet Explorer 8
Our fastest, easiest, safest browser ever. New features help you find and use things on the web a lot faster.
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Watch, pause, rewind, and record TV on your PC.
Windows Media Center
Record TV. Watch Internet TV. Watch DVDs. Enjoy online entertainment. Play your music and watch your videos and slideshows. It's all here. |
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Easily create a home network and connect your PCs to a printer with HomeGroup.
HomeGroup
Easily share the photos, music, and files on each of the PCs running Windows 7 on your home network. It's especially handy when you want to share a printer. |
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Run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode.
Windows XP Mode
Get all the benefits of Windows 7 and continue to leverage your investments in older business and productivity programs that require a PC running Windows XP. Note: Windows XP Mode requires a download. |
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Connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join.
Domain Join
If you use your PC at work, and your company uses a network, there's a good chance you'll need this feature to use the network. |
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In addition to full-system Backup and Restore found in all editions, you can back up to a home or business network. |
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Help protect data on your PC and portable storage devices against loss or theft with BitLocker.
BitLocker
If you've got information on your PC that you need to protect, you can help prevent theft or loss by using BitLocker data encryption to put a virtual lock on your files.
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Work in the language of your choice and switch between any of 35 languages.
With Windows 7, handwriting recognition is faster and more accurate, and in Windows 7 Ultimate, supports more languages—including breakthroughs for East Asian writing systems.
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