UITS recommends that Windows 7 Home Premium users upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate.įor information about upgrading from an earlier version of Windows, see Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. Windows 7 Home Premium does not have all the features of the Ultimate or Enterprise versions specifically, it cannot join IU's Activeĭirectory domain. If you're not sure what you need, contact your campus Support Center.

The 64-bit version will not run on a 32-bit computer.

Your upgrade path must be consistent with your system type you cannot upgrade from Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit to Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, or from a 64-bit to a 32-bit operating system.

For all other versions of Windows, migrating to Windows 7 will require a clean install.

If you have Vista Enterprise for personal use, you cannot upgrade that to Windows 7 Enterprise, but you can do a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate, which will format your hard drive and remove your previous version of Windows.

Departments that use Vista Enterprise can upgrade to Windows 7 Enterprise.

For example, if you purchase a new computer from an outside retailer, it might be shipped with Windows 7 Home Premium you can upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate if you wish.

If you are using any version of Windows 7 or Vista except Enterprise, you can upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate.

IU students, faculty, and staff can install and use Windows 7 Ultimate IU departments use Windows 7 Enterprise.

40 GB of hard drive capacity with 16 GB free space (32-bit) or 20 GB free space (64-bit)įor more, see Microsoft's Windows 7 system requirements.

UITS recommends: 256 MB graphics memory non-integrated video card

A graphics processor that is DirectX 9-capable with Hardware Pixel Shader v2.0 and WDDM Driver support.

1 GB of system memory (32-bit) or 2 GB of system memory (64-bit).

UITS recommends: A dual-core (Core 2) processor The minimum hardware requirements for Windows 7 as specified by Microsoft, as well as further recommendations from UITS, are listed as follows: The interface introduced uses 3D graphics and other high-end visual effects. Windows 7 is a different operating system from its predecessor, Vista, providing greater functionality in communication, multimedia, and security, including improved, streamlined User Account Control (UAC) performance with fewer prompts.

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