A world above and beyond Windows XP

Product Information

The most complete edition of Windows Vista - with the power, security, and mobility features that you need for work, and all of the entertainment features that you want for fun

When you want to have it all, including the ability to shift smoothly between the worlds of play and productivity, there's Windows Vista Ultimate. You'll never have to worry about having the most advanced capabilities—they're all here. This edition of Windows Vista offers an advanced, business-focused infrastructure, mobile productivity, and a premium home digital entertainment experience, all in a single offering.

Specifically, Windows Vista Ultimate offers all of the features found in Windows Vista Home Premium, including Windows Media Center, Windows Movie Maker with high-definition support, and Windows DVD Maker. It also offers all of the features found in Windows Vista Business, including business networking, centralized management tools, and advanced system backup features. And Windows Vista Ultimate has all of the new security and data protection features that help take Windows Vista to a whole new level of dependability.

In addition, Windows Vista Ultimate includes support for all of the new mobility features in Windows Vista, including Windows Tablet and Touch Technology, Windows SideShow, Windows Mobility Center, and other new, advanced mobility features.

Product Highlights

Exclusive to Windows Vista are Windows Ultimate Extras. These cutting-edge programs, innovative services, and unique publications provide a richer computing experience for Windows Vista Ultimate users. Windows Ultimate Extras currently available include:

• Windows Hold’em, a poker game for players of all skill levels
• Language packs for Windows multi-language interface, where users can install and use multiple languages on a single PC. Great for multi-lingual households or if you are learning a new language.
• Secure Online Key Backup, where Ultimate users can store their BitLocker recovery password and Encrypting File System certificate on Windows Marketplace’s Digital Locker website for access to the key anytime, anyplace, and from any computer that has an Internet connection
• BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool, an automated tool which removes the complexity of setting up your PC to use this exclusive data security feature.

Everything you need to work more easily and effectively

Windows Aero offers an elegant, more visually compelling desktop experience, giving you a greater ability to visualize and work with your information and a smoother, more stable desktop experience.

Instant Search helps you find whatever you need quickly and easily, whether it's on your PC, on your network, or on the Internet—or even within your e-mail.

With Complete PC Backup and Complete PC Restore, you can not only back up your personal documents and files, you can also back up all of your operating system files and programs - everything on your hard disk drive. In the event of a catastrophic hardware failure, you can use Complete PC Backup and Complete PC Restore to get your entire PC back to normal in one easy step.

Windows Vista Ultimate also enables you to easily recover previous versions of files and documents that have been accidentally changed.  Shadow copy  automatically archives previous versions of your files - should you accidentally save a change to a document, or should a document become corrupted, you can easily recover by restoring any previous version of that file.

With new self-healing technologies, Windows Vista Ultimate can automatically identify and fix problems as they occur - helping keep disruptions to a minimum.

Windows Vista Ultimate is available in 35 languages - simultaneously. If you have a multilingual household or are learning a new language, you can install as many languages as you want and even switch between them as easily as logging off and back on again. In addition, if your family shares a single PC, each family member can use his or her preferred language to interact with the PC.

Enhanced Windows Fax and Scan provides flexible, integrated faxing and scanning capabilities in one convenient location on your PC that make it easier to send and receive faxes, scan documents and images, and share those resources with other people. Windows Fax and Scan also helps you get more from your multifunction printing devices.

Windows SuperFetch helps improve PC responsiveness and helps make system performance more consistent. Windows SuperFetch tracks which applications you use most often and when you use them - and then it preloads those applications into memory to ensure quick access.

For smaller home and business networks, use Network Center to visually check the connection status of PCs and devices, and to troubleshoot connection problems from a single interface and without additional IT support.

Product Features

• Most secure Windows ever with Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
• Quickly find what you need with Instant Search and Windows Internet Explorer 7
• Elegant Windows Aero desktop experience with glass-like menu bars, Windows Flip 3D, and Live Thumbnails
• Best choice for laptops with Windows Mobility Center and Tablet PC support
• Collaborate and share documents with Windows Meeting Space
• Experience photos and entertainment in your living room with Windows Media Center
• Enjoy Windows Media Center throughout your home with Media Center Extenders
• Protect against hardware failure with Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore
• Use Scheduled Backup to automatically backup your files
• Easier business networking connectivity with Networking Center and Remote Desktop
• Better protect your data against loss with Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption
• Easily make DVDs with Windows DVD Maker
• Have more fun on your PC with three new premium games: Chess Titans, Mahjong Titans, and Inkball
• Create high definition movies with Windows Movie Maker in High Definition

Update Eligibility: You can upgrade from your current edition of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 (including Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Media Center, Windows XP Tablet PC, Windows XP Professional x64, Windows 2000) to a corresponding or better edition of Windows Vista by purchasing and installing this upgrade copy of Windows Vista. Depending on which edition of Windows you are running and the edition of Windows Vista you would like to install, you have two options for the installation process: You can upgrade in-place, which means you can install Windows Vista and retain your applications, files, and settings as they were in your previous edition of Windows or you can do a clean install. If you are currently using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional x64, you are eligible for an upgrade copy to a corresponding or better edition of Windows Vista, but a clean install is required. For versions of Windows earlier than Windows 2000, upgrade copies are not available. These earlier versions of Windows require you to install a full copy of Windows Vista.


System Requirements

• 1 GHz processor
• 1GB of system memory
• 40GB hard drive with at least 15GB of available space
• DVD Drive
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
  • WDDM Driver
  • 128MB of graphics memory (minimum)
  • Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
  • 32 bits per pixel

NOTE: This title is non-returnable once the package has been opened.