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- Minimum hard disk space: 20000 MB
- Minimum RAM: 2048 MB
- Minimum processor: 1.0 GHz
- Minimum system requirements: Direct X 9.0 +
- Mac compatibility: N
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
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 Home Premium edition to Windows 7 Ultimate edition.
For more information on installing Windows 7, browsing the internet with Windows 7 and more, take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions or join Microsoft Helps on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MicrosoftHelps.
Is Windows 7 Ultimate right for you? Be sure with our Windows 7 comparison chart.
Windows Anytime Upgrade
In Windows 7, the software you need comes preinstalled. All you have to do is purchase an upgrade key from Microsoft or another authorized retailer to unlock those shiny new features.For more information on installing Windows 7, browsing the internet with Windows 7 and more, take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions or join Microsoft Helps on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MicrosoftHelps.
Is Windows 7 Ultimate right for you? Be sure with our Windows 7 comparison chart.
 More work, more play, and more of everything in between. Click to enlarge. |
 Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows. Click to enlarge. |
 With Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen. Click to enlarge. |
 Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar. |
Everything you need for work and home
Easiest Windows to use ever
- Simplify your PC with new navigation features like Aero Shake, Jump Lists and Snap
- Customise Windows to look and feel the way you like by changing themes and taskbar programs
- Easy to network (with or without a server)
- Back up your complete system over a network
Faster and more flexible
- Windows XP Mode gives you the business flexibility you need
- Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker
- Takes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory
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.
 Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop. Click to enlarge. |
 Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC right from the Start menu with Windows Search. Click to enlarge. |
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
 Setting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks. Click to enlarge. |
 Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use. Click to enlarge. |
 Turn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center, and enjoy your favorite videos and music with Windows Media Player. Click to enlarge. |
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 shared 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.
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.
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 and 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.
Product Description
Microsoft Windows Anytime Upgrade WAU Windows Home Premium to Ultimate7 English UPG 39C00003 Software Operating Systems
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
I somehow managed to miss the advertising that this upgrade path existed, so when I saw the "Licence Only" product offered on Amazon I wasn't sure what it was or whether I could use it. However, I completed the upgrade from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate using this method on my Dell XPS laptop and it is working perfectly. Here's what I think it would be helpful for you to know if, like me, you are feeling unsure.
It seems that many versions of Windows 7 (and mine was pre-installed by Dell on my laptop in the factory) come with all of the versions of Windows already loaded. These can be "activated" by paying the right fee and entering the right code. To find out whether you can use this upgrade path you simply:
1. Click on the Windows "Start" menu
2. Type "Windows Anytime Upgrade" in the "Search programs & files" box
3. Select "Windows Anytime Upgrade" if you have it
I believe that if you are not able to upgrade using this path (which could also be because you are already using the highest version of Windows 7) then it will not appear in the search. One thing I also discovered is that the same "licence key only" upgrade path exists for MS Office too (search for "Office Anytime Upgrade.")
Once you select Windows Anytime Upgrade from the search results it will explain to you what it is, what your particular upgrade path is, what are the benefits and, if you are feeling flush, you can click right through to buying the upgrade licence through the MS on-line shop. Of course, I found that it was a lot cheaper to do this (nearly half the price) via the Amazon website.
I ordered the upgrade key from Amazon and it arrived in a similar container to the usual MS software, but instead of a disc there was a cardboard inset that contained the product key for my upgrade. Instrucitons come in the box that explain how to upgrade - here they are:
1. Back up your files and programs
2. Click the Windows START button
3. In the search box, type "Windows Anytime Upgrade" and choose the result (which should say "Windows Anytime Upgrade"
4. Click on the box that says "Enter upgrade key"
5. Enter the product key that came in the box when prompted
6. Follow the instructions that the upgrade program ask you to complete
It took about six minutes to complete the upgrade and, although I did back-up my files, after it re-booted and the Windows 7 Ultimate splashscreen appeared, everything was exactly it had been before (desktop, passwords, favouites, programs etc) but I was now running on a full feature Windows 7 Ultimate platform. I honestly could not have been easier.
It seems that many versions of Windows 7 (and mine was pre-installed by Dell on my laptop in the factory) come with all of the versions of Windows already loaded. These can be "activated" by paying the right fee and entering the right code. To find out whether you can use this upgrade path you simply:
1. Click on the Windows "Start" menu
2. Type "Windows Anytime Upgrade" in the "Search programs & files" box
3. Select "Windows Anytime Upgrade" if you have it
I believe that if you are not able to upgrade using this path (which could also be because you are already using the highest version of Windows 7) then it will not appear in the search. One thing I also discovered is that the same "licence key only" upgrade path exists for MS Office too (search for "Office Anytime Upgrade.")
Once you select Windows Anytime Upgrade from the search results it will explain to you what it is, what your particular upgrade path is, what are the benefits and, if you are feeling flush, you can click right through to buying the upgrade licence through the MS on-line shop. Of course, I found that it was a lot cheaper to do this (nearly half the price) via the Amazon website.
I ordered the upgrade key from Amazon and it arrived in a similar container to the usual MS software, but instead of a disc there was a cardboard inset that contained the product key for my upgrade. Instrucitons come in the box that explain how to upgrade - here they are:
1. Back up your files and programs
2. Click the Windows START button
3. In the search box, type "Windows Anytime Upgrade" and choose the result (which should say "Windows Anytime Upgrade"
4. Click on the box that says "Enter upgrade key"
5. Enter the product key that came in the box when prompted
6. Follow the instructions that the upgrade program ask you to complete
It took about six minutes to complete the upgrade and, although I did back-up my files, after it re-booted and the Windows 7 Ultimate splashscreen appeared, everything was exactly it had been before (desktop, passwords, favouites, programs etc) but I was now running on a full feature Windows 7 Ultimate platform. I honestly could not have been easier.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Worked as stated, which implies that the information was already on the system in a latent form. Provides the extra features that I require and am therefore happy with my purchase. Price was very competive compared with PC supplier's. If you need this product then this is a very good source.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I tried buying an upgrade through Amazon Marketplace and received a license by email. There is a freeware program available that allows you to check to see if the license key is valid, and more importantly its "License Channel."
What many of the scammers (including the one I purchased from) on here are doing is selling MSDN (Micosoft Developer Network) keys. These are valid keys that are given to software development companies for installing many copies of Windows for testing and development.
It is however illegal to sell these on, or to use them for day-to-day use. If the scammer sells the same key to different people, eventually a threshold is met and Microsoft blacklists the key invalidating all the copies. This may happen months or years, or not at all if a scammer is really only selling one key to one purchaser.
However as you risk being left with nothing I'd recommend buying directly from Amazon or Microsoft.
What many of the scammers (including the one I purchased from) on here are doing is selling MSDN (Micosoft Developer Network) keys. These are valid keys that are given to software development companies for installing many copies of Windows for testing and development.
It is however illegal to sell these on, or to use them for day-to-day use. If the scammer sells the same key to different people, eventually a threshold is met and Microsoft blacklists the key invalidating all the copies. This may happen months or years, or not at all if a scammer is really only selling one key to one purchaser.
However as you risk being left with nothing I'd recommend buying directly from Amazon or Microsoft.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Home Premium Upgrade to Ultimate - installation problem
I seem to have had similar installation problems to some other reviewers. Installation seemed fine until the message "Installation failed" with a recommendation to try again. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. T. A. Collins
Upgrade
This was delivered the next day and was very easy to use. All you get is a new code number which you enter on your computer. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Neil
Amazon dispatched duff copy
Received what must have been a US copy, judging by the US contact details and spelling on the package. Licence key was invalid on a UK supplied PC, so a big fat waste of time. Read more
Published 5 months ago by stamourp
Microsoft Windows 7 Anytime upgrade licence only
Having followed the very simple instructions I find this upgrade "wasn't successful" - not being a computer techie that has just left me with a useless product - not very helpful
Published 6 months ago by Gjkcak
Appalling Amazon Service
The product is exactly what I required... BUT...
The delivery "service" from Amazon was appalling. Read more
The delivery "service" from Amazon was appalling. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Violet
Not always as smooth as it claims
As far as providing the additional Windows Features, this does exactly as advertised. I've managed to get my computer working with Bitlocker and the Language Packs with no issues. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Adam Millerchip
Doesn't work!
I have just bought a new Alienware M17X laptop from Dell with Home Premium installed - decided about a day later that I actually wish I'd upgraded to Ultimate so I bought this... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sui
Upgrading - sorting out problem with upgrade key
I encountered a problem using Windows Anytime Upgrade.
Upgrade error message said that the product key entered was for an edition of Windows that does not work with the... Read more
Upgrade error message said that the product key entered was for an edition of Windows that does not work with the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Chris B
Easy to use and quite simply brilliant!!
Delivered in time, opened the pack to get the product key, followed the Anytime Upgrade steps and voilà - I had the "Ultimate" Windows OS!!! Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kumoyo Mukunyandela
not genuine
This worked grand for months. Then all of a sudden i started getting windows pop ups saying 'it is not a genuine license'
Published 13 months ago by pkor
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