Product Description

Windows Vista Home Premium is the preferred edition for delivering productivity and entertainment at home or on the go. It has a complete home entertainment system, with Windows Media Center, Photo Gallery, and Movie Maker. Connect and sync all your information, videos, photos and music from devices. Enjoy a stunning new visual experience with Windows Aero & Windows Flip 3-D. Find what you need quickly with Windows Instant Search, and use Windows Defender and Parental Controls to keep out unwanted or dangerous content. The new built-in Tablet PC technologies let you handwrite notes, sketch, or navigate on the run. Accomplishing more doesn't get much easier. Optimize PC performance and block pop-up ads with Windows Defender Instant searching -- find anything, anywhere on your computer, with a single click Windows Media Center - Share photos, music, TV and movies on devices across your home -- including your Xbox 360 Special safeguards help protect against hardware failure, user error and other causes of lost data Easier photo and video sharing with family & friends Updated Windows Defender, Parental Controls and self-diagnostics tools New Windows Aero user interface makes it easy to see & work with your information Integrated DVD burning and authoring allows users to seamlessly burn personal videos photos and files to video or data DVDs, and easily create professional-looking DVDs from home movies that can be shared with family and friends

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #898 in Software
• Brand: Microsoft
• Model: 66I-00002
• Released on: 2007-01-30
• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2000
• Format: DVD-ROM
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 2.00" w x 6.00" l, 3.00 pounds

Features

• User-friendly software combines the features of Windows Vista Home Basic with even more impressive and user-friendly capabilities
• Features Windows Aero, an efficient and visually stunning interface that makes it easier to accomplish multiple tasks at once by providing a three-dimensional, real-time, animated view of all of your open applications, and documents
• By integrating search throughout the operating system, helps you quickly find and organize large collections of documents, pictures, movies, videos, and music
• Includes Windows Tablet and Touch Technology that enables you to interact with your Tablet PC-compatible computer with a digital pen or your fingertip instead of having to use a keyboard
• Includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center; enjoy music, photos, and DVD movies

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Windows Vista Home Premium (DVD-ROM) makes finding information, staying connected, and interacting with your PC easier and more secure. Whether you use your PC for organizing and sharing photos, watching videos and TV programs, balancing your checkbook, doing homework, or listening to music, Windows Vista Home Premium makes it easy to enjoy your computing time. An ideal operating system for homes with advanced computer needs, Windows Vista Home Premium combines the features of Windows Vista Home Basic with even more impressive and user-friendly capabilities.

Windows Sidebar gives you quick access to gadgets like picture slide shows, Windows Media Player controls, or news headlines. You pick the gadgets you want to see in Windows Sidebar. View larger.

Use Flip 3D to navigate through open windows using the scroll wheel on your mouse. View larger.

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Windows Vista Aero provides spectacular visual effects such as glass-like interface elements that you can see through.

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It will help you use your laptop or desktop PC more effectively as well as enable you to take advantage of cutting-edge digital entertainment experiences--all with the benefit of added security and reliability.

Breakthrough Windows Vista Experience
Designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience, all editions of Windows Vista introduce a breakthrough user experience. The visual sophistication of Windows Vista helps streamline your computing experience by refining common window elements so you can better focus on the content on the screen rather than on how to access it. The desktop experience is more informative, intuitive, and helpful. And new tools bring better clarity to the information on your computer, so you can see what your files contain without opening them, find applications and files instantly, navigate efficiently among open windows, and use wizards and dialog boxes more confidently.

Innovative User Interface
Windows Vista Home Premium has a new user interface named Windows Aero, which is both efficient and visually stunning. This new interface makes it easier than ever before to find your way around the operating system; it even makes it a snap to accomplish multiple tasks at once by providing a three-dimensional, real-time, animated view of all of your open applications and documents. Additionally, Windows Vista Home Premium helps you quickly find and organize large collections of documents, pictures, movies, videos, and music. By integrating search throughout the operating system, this software helps you quickly find exactly what you are looking for.

Improved Mobility
Windows Vista Home Premium makes it easy to take your home computing experience with you wherever you go. For example, the system includes Windows Tablet and Touch Technology that enables you to interact with your Tablet PC-compatible computer with a digital pen or your fingertip instead of having to use a keyboard. Computers that include Windows Vista Home Premium and an auxiliary Windows SideShow display will also allow you to access key data even when your computer is off. You'll even be able to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect to your favorite Wi-Fi hotspot.

More Entertainment Options
Windows Vista Home Premium has the power to improve every aspect of your digital entertainment experiences, including viewing and sharing photos, video, TV, movies, music, games, and more. For example, you can create your own DVDs and edit your own high-definition movies. The most exciting news, however, is that Windows Vista Home Premium includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center so you can enjoy your music, photos, and DVD movies. You can also use Windows Media Center to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV) and to access new kinds of online entertainment content. You will also be able to connect Windows Vista Home Premium to your Microsoft Xbox 360 to extend your Media Center experience to multiple rooms in your home.

From the Manufacturer
Here it is: the preferred edition of Windows for home desktop and mobile PCs. Windows Vista Home Premium delivers more productivity and entertainment at home and on the go--making it easy to enjoy digital photos, music, TV, and movies with Windows Media Center, while providing a whole new level of security and reliability on home and mobile PCs. Windows Vista Home Premium will take your home computing to a whole new level of enjoyment.

Get Things Done More Easily and Intuitively
It starts with a breakthrough design that makes your PC easier to use every day. With Windows Aero you'll experience dynamic reflections, smooth gliding animations, transparent glass-like menu bars that let you see behind windows, and visual ways to switch between your open windows in a three-dimensional layout. And, with instant desktop search capabilities and powerful ways to organize and visualize your information, you can instantly find and use the e-mails, documents, photos, music, and other information you need.

Better Protection than with Any Previous Version of Windows
Windows Vista Home Premium also helps keep your personal information, your PC, and your family computing experience safer than in previous versions of Windows. With Windows Internet Explorer 7, Windows Vista Home Premium includes automated defenses against malicious software and fraudulent websites so you can use your PC online with greater confidence. Windows Vista Home Premium also provides automatic backup of your files, such as your priceless digital photos, music, movies, documents, and other files, so you can relax and focus on the things you care about most. And, by using the built-in parental controls, parents can help ensure their children's computer use is appropriate and safer.

Enjoy Home Entertainment in a Whole New Way
A major advance in Windows Vista Home Premium is the dramatically improved digital entertainment experience. Windows Media Center makes organizing and enjoying photos, music, DVDs, recorded TV, and home movies easier and more fun. Enjoy the entertainment on your PC or even on your TV in the living room with an Xbox 360 wirelessly networked to your PC. Windows Vista Home Premium also enables you to easily burn your photo slide shows and home movies to a professional-looking video DVD so you, your friends, and your family can watch them on a DVD player or PC whenever you like. Combined with unbeatable support for gaming and music, Windows Vista Home Premium takes your home entertainment to the next level.

Stay Productive and Entertained with Your Mobile PC
If you prefer to use a PC that keeps up with you while you're on the go, then you'll appreciate how Windows Vista Home Premium helps you get the most from your mobile PC. It provides simplified power management, easier wireless networking, and streamlined ways to sync with the devices that keep you connected. You can even draw and write by hand on a Tablet PC, and enjoy all of your entertainment through Windows Media Center when you're on the road, in a coffee shop, or relaxing on the couch. Mobile computing has never been like this before.

Simplified Setup and Maintenance
Finally, Windows Vista Home Premium makes it easier than ever to set up your new PC with features that easily transfer all of your data and settings from your old PC to your new one. What's more, you can have more peace of mind for years to come with technology that keeps your system running quickly and reliably over time.

Whether you're balancing your checkbook, studying for school on your mobile PC, watching a downloaded or recorded movie at home, or sharing your favorite photos with friends on a custom DVD, the experience is much better on a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium.

Features in Windows Vista Home Premium

Easier

• Windows Aero--features stunning visual effects, including helpful animations, transparent glass menu bars, and live thumbnail previews of open programs.
• Windows Flip 3D--enables you to dynamically flip through your open programs in a three-dimensional, stacked view.
• Instant Search--integrated throughout Windows Vista.
• Internet Explorer 7--includes web searching right from the browser and tabbed browsing.
• Windows Sidebar and gadgets--bring real-time information directly to your desktop.

• Windows Defender--helps safeguard your PC against pop-ups and security threats.
• Dynamic security protection--helps you browse the web more securely.
• Anti-phishing technology--helps protect you from fraudulent websites that attempt to steal your personal information.
• Internet Explorer protected mode--helps prevent unwanted malicious software downloads.
• Parental Controls--manage the rules for your children's computer use including web access and games.

• Windows Media Center--enjoy your entire digital entertainment library on your PC or television.
• Windows DVD Maker--burn your photo slide shows and home movies to DVD.
• Extend Windows Media Center--enjoy your digital entertainment on TVs throughout your home with an Xbox 360 or other media extender.
• Games for Windows--are available on your PC or online for every age and ability
• DirectX 10--enables Windows Vista to run the latest, most graphically advanced PC games in the market.
• Windows Games Explorer--helps you install, manage, and enjoy all of your games in one easy-to-access location.
• Three new premium games--includes Mahjong Titans, Chess Titans, and InkBall.
• Windows Movie Maker--helps you capture, edit, and publish your digital home movies in standard or high-definition format.
• Windows Media Player 11--new features are designed to help you manage your library of digital music, photos, and video and synch with a variety of portable players.

• Fast Sleep and Resume--Pause and resume your computer session in just seconds while conserving your battery life in sleep mode.
• Network and Sharing Center--helps you more easily and securely connect to wireless networks.
• Windows Mobility Center--saves time by giving you quick access to key mobile system settings.
• Windows Meeting Space--helps you wirelessly connect your mobile PC to a friend's PC for sharing files--even when you're not connected to the Internet.
• Sync Center--helps keep your portable devices synchronized with your PC.
• Touch screen technology--allows you to express yourself more naturally and more personally with a Tablet PC.

Customer Reviews

Window Vista Home Premuin Software
Seller shipped in a reasonable length of time. Packaging was as advertised, sealed as stated and was new Old Version. Unfortunately was not able to load on my pc because to many upgrades needed to be made for everything to work. Otherwise I have no problem, would buy from this seller again.

DON'T BUY VISTA!!!!
Unless you want to buy a whole knew bunch of peripherials don't buy Windows Vista. My wife recently needed to buy a new computer so we bought a new Dell with Windows Vista. The salesman said that Vista was the way to go.

I get the thing home and my printer does not work (a recent HP laserjet) and my digital camera is also NOT SUPPORTED!!!

If you are going to have anything to do with Windows Vista you should make sure that any devices you own (or may possibly will own) are supported...not likely. WINDOWS VISTA SUCKS!!!

Good and stable but not fully compatible
I got this with my dell. I love it. I have read alot of reviews about how it is a bloated programme and how so many others are better but i honestly love this OS. I need not go into how nice the interface looks for i am sure alot of persons have done that for me. With Service Pack 1 and my regular updates i have not noticed any problems stability-wise. I have even read reviews that show that with SP1 its performance is now comparable to the hugely successfull predecessor XP with SP2.

I was very disappointed with the fact that i could not use certain programmes with it...noteably ArcView 3.x and ArcGIS 9.0 . All other compatable issues i had were eventually solved by driver updates from the device or software manufacturers.

I love it.