Win7 Overview of Key Features by SKU

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Key Features

Windows® 7 Starter

Windows® 7 Home Basic (EM only)

Windows® 7 Home Premium

Windows ® 7 Professional

Windows® 7 Enterprise/ Windows® 7 Ultimate

Windows® Taskbar & Jump Lists

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Windows® Search

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Join a HomeGroup

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Windows Media® Player

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Backup and Restore

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Enhanced Media Playback

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Action Center

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Device Stage™

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Home media streaming, including Play To

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Bluetooth Support

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Fax and Scan

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Basic games including Solitaire and Minesweeper

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Credentials Manager

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Personalization Support

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Live Taskbar Thumbnails

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Switch between users without having to log in and out

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Connect to other PCs in your vicinity without a network access device

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Use your PC’s internet connection to allow the other PCs in your home to connect without a router

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Location and Other Sensors

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Multi Monitor Support (screen extension)

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Windows Mobility Center (w/o presentation settings) *

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Aero® Glass & simpler window navigation

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Aero® Background

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Windows® Touch

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Create a HomeGroup

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Windows® Media Center

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Create and Play DVDs

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Remote Media Streaming**

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Premium games including Chess Titans and Internet Backgammon

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Snipping Tool, Sticky Notes, Windows® Journal

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Windows® Sideshow (Auxiliary Display)

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Windows XP Mode: Run many existing Windows XP programs seamlessly in Windows 7

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Location Aware Printing

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Join a Domain & Group Policy Controls

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Remote Desktop Host

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Advanced Backup and Restore (Network & Group Policy)

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Encrypting File System

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Windows® Mobility Center* (with Presentation Mode )

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Offline Folders

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BitLocker™ & BitLocker To Go™

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AppLocker™

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DirectAccess

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BranchCache™

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Multilingual User Interface Packs

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Enterprise Search Scopes

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Enhancements^

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Direct Boot from VHD

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 All subject to change w/o someone tell me about it...

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