Windows® 7

Windows® 7 makes the things you do faster and easier. Simplify everyday tasks with fewer clicks, faster searching, easier browsing, and simpler ways to connect. Work the way you want by safeguarding your privacy, improving security and making your computer more compatible with you. Make new things possible while discovering new ways to have fun and be productive. See how you can do this with Windows® 7.

Enhanced Navigation

• Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists.
• Get around and get things done faster with the improved taskbar.
• Instantly locate and open any file on your PC right from the Start menu with Windows Search.
• Manage open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows.

Networking Made Simple

• Connect to home networks in just four clicks and share printers and documents with HomeGroup.
• Libraries make it easy to browse and access photos, music, and documents on other PCs and devices on your home network.
• Automatically send documents to the right printer when you move back-and-forth between home and business networks.

Easy to Communicate and Share

• Manage email, chat with IM, and edit and share photos more efficiently with Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, and Windows Live Photo Gallery.

Improved Security

• User Account Controls reduce the likelihood of your PC being infected by malicious software by alerting you if an unknown program tries to run on your PC.
• The SmartScreen® filter in Internet Explorer 8 helps you stay safe by alerting you to potentially fraudulent websites that try to fool you into giving up private information.
• With Parental Controls, you can set specific times when your children can use the PC and determine which programs they can use and which games they can play.

Personalize

• Customize your PC with helpful gadgets and desktop themes, including an option to turn your desktop into a slideshow of your own photos.
• Receive fewer system messages, pop-ups, and notifications, so you can work with fewer interruptions

More Media in More Places

• Access photos, music, and videos on your home PC easily when you’re away from home with remote media streaming.
• With PlayTo, send music, photos, and videos from your PC to media devices connected to your home network, like many digital picture frames and Wi-Fi music systems.
• DirectX® 11 technology delivers breathtaking game graphics so real, it’s unreal.