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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish languages

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General information:

We live in an age where nearly everything is digital - the documents you create, the photos you take, and the music and videos that you enjoy on your PC. Even your daily correspondence with others through e-mail, faxes, and voice mail is digital. Your life is connected to the digital files stored on your PC.

Windows Vista introduces breakthrough computing experiences that are both visually exciting and intuitively designed, and will positively change the ways in which you use your PC. With the new desktop experience, you can more efficiently organize and find your information. You can "see" your files and applications in a way that makes sense to you so you can confidently focus on what you want to accomplish. All of the elements of Windows Vista work together to create a new breakthrough computing experience.

Microsoft Windows Vista is designed to dramatically improve the computing experience of every kind of PC user - from people at home who use their PCs for simple web browsing, to business people who must organize and act on large volumes of data, to scientists who routinely perform complex mathematical analysis. To make sure that everyone has an offering tailored to meet their specific needs, Microsoft will deliver five different editions of Windows Vista. Each edition is focused on the needs of a specific type of person. The five different editions of Windows Vista are designed to fit the way you intend to use your PC:

• Windows Vista Business

Regardless of the size of your organization, Windows Vista Business will help you lower your PC management costs, improve your security, enhance your productivity, and help you stay better connected.

• Windows Vista Enterprise

Windows Vista Enterprise is designed to meet the needs of large global organizations with highly complex IT infrastructures. Windows Vista Enterprise can help you lower your IT costs while providing additional layers of protection for your sensitive data. Please note that Windows Vista Enterprise is only available through Software Assurance, enrolled in a volume licensing agreement.

• Windows Vista Home Premium

Whether you choose to use your PC to write e-mail and surf the Internet, for home entertainment, or to track your household expenses, Windows Vista Home Premium delivers a more complete and satisfying computing experience.

• Windows Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Home Basic is designed to deliver improved reliability, security, and usability to home PC users who just want to do the basics with their PCs.

• Windows Vista Ultimate

If you want all of the best business features, all of the best mobility features, and all of the best home entertainment features that Windows Vista has to offer, Windows Vista Ultimate is the solution for you. With Windows Vista Ultimate you don't have to compromise.

Offerings by customer segment

|For Consumers |For Small Businesses |For Medium and Large Businesses |

|Windows Vista Ultimate |Windows Vista Business |Windows Vista Enterprise |

|Windows Vista Home Premium |Windows Vista Ultimate |Windows Vista Business |

|Windows Vista Home Basic | | |

Benefits

• Windows Aero

Windows Vista introduces the breakthrough Windows Aero user interface. Taking full advantage of the hardware on your PC, Aero gives you the best performance, and the most efficient, finely-tuned, and elegant Windows Vista experience.

• Intuitive Design for a Streamlined Experience

Windows Vista will save you time, with simplified navigation that makes it dramatically easier to see the contents of your files.

• Improved Productivity

Windows Vista works the way you want it to work, making it a snap to instantly find any file, application, or e-mail on your PC. But Windows Vista goes further than simple desktop search—it also gives you personalized ways to view and organize your files. With Windows Vista, the operating system adapts to you, rather than the other way around.

Features

• User Experience

Windows Vista introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience. The visual sophistication of Windows Vista helps streamline your computing experience by refining common window elements so you can better focus on the content on the screen rather than on how to access it. The desktop experience is more informative, intuitive, and helpful. And new tools bring better clarity to the information on your computer, so you can see what your files contain without opening them, find applications and files instantly, navigate efficiently among open windows, and use wizards and dialog boxes more confidently.

• Security

Windows Vista is engineered to be the most secure version of Windows yet. The new features in Windows Vista help to give you the control and confidence you need to get the most out of your PC.

• Search and Organisation

Windows Vista gives you more flexibility when you search and organise your files. New controls, like the Instant Search box and Enhanced Column Headers, make it simple for you to manage large amounts of on-screen data in any way that you want.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Windows Vista enhances the Internet Explorer experience. The upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7 not only adds important new security and privacy features, but makes everyday tasks easier through features such as tabbed browsing, inline search, and shrink-to-fit printing.

• Sidebar and Gadgets

As you use your computer to access more information, perform more tasks, and interact with more software applications, you increasingly face information overload. You open a web browser just to check the weather, open an application to view your calendar, and open a calculator program to simply add numbers. You need simple, specialized, and lightweight mini-applications that put information and tasks at your fingertips - no matter what you're doing. Windows Sidebar boosts your personal productivity by providing instant access to gadgets - a wide variety of engaging, easy-to-use, and customizable mini-applications that offer information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools

• Performance

Windows Vista is designed to help make you more productive as you work with your PC throughout the day with new features like Sleep, Windows SuperFetch, Windows ReadyBoost, and Windows ReadyDrive. Windows SuperFetch helps manage memory to get the most out of available RAM while Windows ReadyBoost helps make PCs more responsive by using flash memory devices (like USB thumb drives) to boost performance. Windows ReadyDrive takes advantage of new hybrid hard disks - hard disks with integrated flash memory - to help improve battery life, performance, and reliability. With Windows Vista, your system is ready when you are.

• Windows Backup

Windows Vista provides valuable new innovations to help ensure you never lose information that is important to you. Windows Vista offers multiple layers of backup and restore protection from hardware failure, user error, or other issues. These innovations include system restore enhancements, a new feature called Windows Backup, and a related feature: Previous Versions, based on the Volume Shadow Copy technology which was first introduced with the Windows Server product family. These features are presented in a single, unified Windows Backup and Restore Center.

• Networking

Windows Vista includes new networking features that make your network easier to set up, easier to use, and more secure and reliable. Connect wirelessly to your company's network, share an Internet connection and printers, copy files between computers, or enjoy your favorite entertainment around your home. Whether at home, a small business, or a large enterprise, Windows Vista makes connectivity easier so you can focus on what matters to you.

• Windows SideShow

If you use a laptop computer, you know that starting up your laptop just to check a message or find an address or phone number isn't always practical. Windows Vista SideShow technology enables laptop manufacturers to include a secondary or auxiliary display in future laptop designs. This display can be used to easily view the critical information you need, whether the laptop is on, off, or in sleep mode.

• Speech Recognition

Speech Recognition in Windows Vista empowers you to interact with your computer by voice. It allows you to significantly limit your use of mouse and keyboard while maintaining or increasing productivity. You can dictate documents and e-mail messages in mainstream applications, fill out forms on the web using voice commands, and seamlessly manage Windows Vista and applications by saying what you see.

• Help and Feedback

With a number of features to streamline problem resolution, Windows Vista is designed to provide better self-help and improve centralized tools for support professionals. With Remote Assistance, you can get help from a support professional or other trusted user, even if that person is in a remote location. With your permission, Remote Assistance allows a trusted helper to share control of your computer and help you resolve issues.

• Windows Update

Windows Update helps to keep your computer up to date and more secure by providing Microsoft Windows Vista software updates. You can configure Windows Update to automatically download and install updates for you. You can essentially “set it and forget it.” In Windows Vista, the capabilities of Windows Update are extended beyond the features available in Windows XP and make updating easier and less disruptive

Feature Differentiation at a Glance

|Differentiated Feature |Home Basic |Home Premium |Business |Enterprise |Ultimate |

|Security & Performance Enhancements |( |( |( |( |( |

|Search & Organize |( |( |( |( |( |

|Collaboration (Windows Shared View) |Join Only |( |( |( |( |

|Parental Controls |( |( | | |( |

|Windows Media Center (incl. extender) | |( | | |( |

|HD MovieMaker & DVD authoring | |( | | |( |

|Scheduled & Networked Backup | |( |( |( |( |

|Aero UI with animations and visuals | |( |( |( |( |

|Network Projection | |( |( |( |( |

|PC to PC Sync | |( |( |( |( |

|Mobility (Tablet, Aux Display) | |( |( |( |( |

|Encrypted File System | |Read |( |( |( |

|Remote Desktop | | |( |( |( |

|Web Server | | |( |( |( |

|Fax & scanning utility | | |( |( |( |

|Domain Join | | |( |( |( |

|Offline folders | | |( |( |( |

|Group Policy | | |( |( |( |

|SUA (Unix Subsystem) | | | |( |( |

|Full Volume Encryption | | | |( |( |

|4 x Virtual Instances | | | |(* |(* |

|MUI -All Languages | | | |(* |(* |

|Windows Ultimate Extras | | | | |(* |

*Available separately for free for these product offerings only

Windows Vista Home Premium Features

Windows Vista Home Premium is the operating system for homes with advanced computer needs. It will help you use your laptop or desktop PC more effectively as well as enable you to enjoy new, exciting digital entertainment experiences - all with the benefit of added security and reliability.

• New user interface

Windows Vista Home Premium has a new user interface named Windows Aero™, which is both efficient and beautiful. This new interface makes it easier than ever before to find your way around the operating system. It even makes it easier to accomplish multiple tasks at once by providing a three-dimensional, real-time, animated view of all of your open applications and documents. Additionally, Windows Vista Home Premium helps you quickly find and organize large collections of documents, pictures, movies, videos, and music. By integrating search throughout the operating system, Windows Vista Home Premium helps you quickly find exactly what you are looking for.

• Improved mobility

Windows Vista Home Premium makes it easy to take your home computing experience with you wherever you go. For example, Windows Vista Home Premium includes Windows Tablet and Touch Technology that enables you to interact with your Tablet PC-compatible computer with a digital pen or with your fingertip instead of having to use a keyboard. Computers that include Windows Vista Home Premium and an auxiliary Windows SideShow™ display will also allow you to access key data even when your computer is off. It is also easier than ever to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect to your favorite WiFi hotspot.

• More entertaining

Windows Vista Home Premium will improve every aspect of your digital entertainment experiences including viewing and sharing photos, video, TV, movies, music, games, and more. For example, Windows Vista Home Premium enables you to create your own DVDs and edit your own high-definition movies. Most significantly, Windows Vista Home Premium includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center. Windows Media Center in Windows Vista provides new ways for you to enjoy your music, photos, and DVD movies. You can also use Windows Media Center to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV) and to access new kinds of online entertainment content. You will also be able to connect Windows Vista Home Premium to your Microsoft Xbox 360 to extend your Media Center experience to multiple rooms in your home.

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Contents

• Qty 1 DVD5

• Manual Windows Vista Home Premium

• Card for fulfilment of CD-ROM / 64-bit

• Electronic License

Requirements

PCs that meet the minimum supported system requirements will be able to run the core features of Windows Vista with the basic user experience.

• 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1

• 512 MB of system memory

• SVGA (800x600) Graphics Processing Unit

• 20 GB hard drive capacity

• 15 GB free hard disk space

• Optical Drive CD-ROM drive2

1/ Processor speed is specified as the nominal operational processor frequency for the device. Some processors have power management which allows the processor to run at a lower rate to save power.

2/ The CD-ROM may be external (not integral, not built into the system).

All editions of Windows Vista will deliver core experiences such as innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability. All Windows Vista Capable PCs will run these core experiences at a minimum. Some features available in the premium editions of Windows Vista - like the new Windows Aero user experience - may require advanced or additional hardware.

A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least:

• A modern processor (at least 800MHz1)

• 512 MB of system memory

• A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable

• Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs

To get an even better Windows Vista experience, including the Windows Aero user experience, ask for a Windows Vista Capable PC that is designated Premium Ready, or choose a PC that meets or exceeds the Premium Ready requirements described below. Features available in specific premium editions of Windows Vista, such as the ability to watch and record live TV, may require additional hardware.

A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC includes at least:

• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor3

• 1 GB of system memory

• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)4, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel

• 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space

• DVD-ROM Drive5

• Audio output capability

• Internet access capability

3/ Processor speed is specified as the nominal operational processor frequency for the device. Some processors have power management which allows the processor to run at lower rate to save power.

4/ If the Graphics Processing Unit uses shared memory, then no additional graphics memory is required beyond the 1 GB system memory requirement; If the Graphics Processing Unit uses dedicated memory then 128MB is required.

5/ A DVD-ROM may be external (not integral, not built into the system).

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