Windows 7 Professional SP1 32bit (OEM) System Builder DVD 1 Pack (New Packaging) ~ Microsoft Windows Top

Product Description

Use of this OEM System Builder Channel software is subject to the terms of the Microsoft OEM System Builder License. This software is intended for pre-installation on a new personal computer for resale. This OEM System Builder Channel software requires the assembler to provide end user support for the Windows software and cannot be transferred to another computer once it is installed. To acquire Windows software with support provided by Microsoft please see our full package "Retail" product offerings.
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Product Details

Brand: Microsoft
Model: FQC-08279
Released on: 2011-07-27
ESRB Rating: Everyone
Platform: Windows 7
Format: DVD-ROM
Original language: English
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: 7.00" h x 1.00" w x 8.00" l, .10 pounds

Features

Make the things you do every day easier with improved desktop navigation.
Easily create a home network and connect your PCs to a printer with HomeGroup.
Connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join.
This OEM Windows product IS NOT an upgrade product. This Windows product does not come with Microsoft support and requires a clean install, which is complicated and will not save anything currently on the computer.
System Builder OEM Windows is intended for Pre-Install on a new PC. This product ships in a white envelope. See below for more details.

Editorial Reviews

From the Manufacturer
With Windows 7 Professional, fewer walls stand between you and your success. You can run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode and recover data easily with automatic backups to your home or business network. You can also connect to company networks effortlessly and more securely with Domain Join. With all the exciting entertainment features of Windows Home Premium, it's a great choice for home and for business. Need to use multiple languages on your PC or help protect your data with enhanced BitLocker security? Get Windows 7 Ultimate.

Everything you need for work and home

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.

Makes new things possible

Watch, pause, rewind and record TV with Windows Media Center.
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.
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

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 share 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, Amzn, and others.
Internet Explorer 8
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.
Note: Windows Live components need to be downloaded separately.

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, 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.

Work anywhere with less effort.

Get connected in three clicks wherever there's a wireless network connection.
Keep documents on your PC and on network servers in sync automatically.
Your PC will automatically use the printer you prefer for whatever network you're on.
Simplify making presentations special settings that keep your PC from sleeping and turn off messages, notifications, and screen savers.
Instantly locate virtually any file, email, or document on your PC just by typing a word or two.
Get around your PC faster with the improved taskbar.
Open programs you use regularly in one click and files you use regularly in just two.
Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows.
Manage multiple email accounts, including Hotmail, Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo! Mail Plus, all in one place with one simple program.
Get to the files, photos, and music on any PC with Windows 7 in the house from any other.
Print to any printer in the house from any PC with Windows 7 in the house.

Safeguard your hard work.

Advanced Backup and Restore makes it easier to keep your work safely backed up to external or network drives and accessible if you need it.
File encryption helps keep proprietary and confidential information on a PC secure if it is lost or stolen.
Preserve your investment in programs designed for Windows XP with Windows XP Mode.
Windows Internet Explorer 8 helps keep your PC safer from malware and you safer from fraudulent websites designed to fool you into divulging private information.
Easily add your PC to a secured, managed, network with domain join capabilities.
Group policy controls help administrators more easily and effectively manage the security and configuration of multiple PCs.

Choose the Windows 7 Edition That Is Best For You

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Make the things you do every day easier with improved desktop navigation.
Start programs faster and more easily, and quickly find the documents you use most often.
Make your web experience faster, easier and safer than ever with Internet Explorer 8.
Watch, pause, rewind, and record TV on your PC.
Easily create a home network and connect your PCs to a printer with HomeGroup.
Run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode.
Connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join.
In addition to full-system Backup and Restore found in all editions, you can back up to a home or business network.
Help protect data on your PC and portable storage devices against loss or theft with BitLocker.
Work in the language of your choice and switch between any of 35 languages.

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful.

Installed and works just fine.
By JAGnut
I am not rating Windows 7 - Windows 7 is what it is. I am rating my experience with installing this System Builder OEM DVD.
I installed this on an older HP XP business machine (9 years old) that I had put a RAID-5 (3 drives redundant configuration) into and also has a video card upgrade (nothing really fancy). I was concerned that I could even install this at all. The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor said it would work, but I was concerned about the Highpoint RAID Card working (when I originally installed the RAID with the XP OS, I had to temporarily use a 3.5 inch floppy disk - which has since died - to install drivers for the Highpoint RAID card).
Well, this install of Windows 7 Professional went without a hitch. Early on the install asked for RAID drivers. I had found them on Highpoint's website for Windows 7 and loaded them onto a USB thumb drive. I browsed to the USB drive and the Windows 7 Install picked up the drivers and went right on an installed the OS successfully.
This old XP business machine is seeing new life with its shiny new Windows 7 OS. It seems to run faster over all than it used to. It definitely does not run slower. I am very pleased with how well this install worked. And, we can take advantage of the large RAID secured storage space on our home network as well as having an upgraded Windows 7 computer. Hopefully I can put off buying a Drobo secure storage device for another 9 years. Whatever, the cost of this OS has been worth it for the increased longevity.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful.

Forgot To Tell Me 1 Thing BUT ALL WORKED OUT OK EVENTUALLY
By mr electron
The product description told me (1) I could only install it on one 1 machine. That was ok. I'm ok with the license dying when the system dies. (2) It has to be a clean build. That's ok too. My systems got XP on it now. Win 7 NEVER upgrades from anything but Vista.

So I was all set right? Not quite. This product comes in a sealed envelope (you open it you bought it). The outside says you need OEM builder tools to install it even once on 1 machine.

You go to the website to get the tools. You have to get a Microsoft.com account before you can even look at the description of these tools.

So I got a account. I logon. I still couldn't even look at the tools until "my business" joins the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN)!
Who knows what else I'd need to do before I could actually install this product ONCE.
(Guess amzn forgot to mention this requirement in the product description).

All of this to upgrade my poor little XP system to Win7!

I know it would work. I've already done a test clean retail build using the retail install DVD I "borrowed" from another of my systems.. I just can't find a way to BUY another retail license so I can ACTIVATE it!

I never would have ordered this product if Amzn had told me EVERYTHING I would have to do to install it. I'm returning the envelope unopened to get my money back.

I couldn't find any other way to get a copy of Win 7 so I gave up and REORDERED the OEM product again. This time I IGNORED the info about OEM builder tools on the outside envelope, hoping everything that I needed would be inside. Turns out it was! I just booted the DVD which started up a setup program which worked pretty much like the retail version. I ended up with a "clean" build on a brand new (clean) hard drive. The activation key worked fine.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.

Upgrade from Windows XP Successful !
By Keith LaBorde
I have been running XP on a Dell XPS since 2009. I really didn't want to upgrade, but due to the last update from Microsoft this month and the fact Support for XP was dropping on April 2014, I figured it was time for me to make the move.
I was a little upset when I found out that you could not Upgrade XP with Windows 7 directly. It requires some careful planning and re-installation of your Programs. Happy to say, I accomplished this in about 3 hours, the Upgrade to Windows 7 was Successful. I have a few updated Windows 7 Drivers I need to install, but I am basically done. Use the Windows Easy Transfer Program to a USB Drive, this is a must... Good Luck with your Install !

Since the Review (Buyers Take Note...)
My Windows 7 Software after a week of flawless installation, asked for an Activation Key.
I did not have a Activation Key in the Package, or anywhere I could find.

I called Microsoft, and they built me a Activation Key based on the numbers that were printed on the CD for a charge of $40.00. I am passed the problem, but my advice is if you purchase this software be sure you have a Activation Key before you get started.