Product Description

- Marketing Information: Windows Vista Business is the first Windows operating system designed specifically to meet the needs of small businesses. It helps your entire business work more effectively, stay connected (both in and out of the office), and better protect key information. Product Information - Software Sub Type: Client - Software Name: Windows Vista Business - 32-bit - Upgrade - Features and Benefits: Built-in peace of mind: - Backup tools (including the ability to recover prior versions of documents) and a host of security features help protect your PCs and information from accidents and attacks Your workplace unplugged: - Taking your PC with you is much easier. You can automatically connect to wireless networks and quickly adjust mobile settings, such as power options, from one location Getting it done just got easier: - From Instant Search and simpler file sharing to integrated fax and scanning, using Windows Vista Business will help you save time every day Ready to grow when you are: - Windows Vista Business includes features, such as simpler troubleshooting and support for domains, which can reduce your costs while increasing your long-term IT growth potential - Language Support: English License Information - License Type: Product Upgrade - License Pricing: Standard - License Quantity: 1 PC

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #770 in Software
• Color: 1-user
• Brand: Microsoft
• Model: 66J-00003
• Released on: 2007-01-30
• Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium
• Format: DVD-ROM
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 2.00" w x 6.00" l, 3.00 pounds

Features

• User-friendly software offers powerful new ways to organize, find, and share information
• Keeps your network running smoothly and securely without excessive reliance on dedicated IT support; ideal for organizations of all sizes
• Sophisticated data protection and auditing capabilities help simplify IT management and can help lower costs for regulatory compliance
• Warns you of impending hardware failures early on, so you don't have to worry about the devastating loss of any important business data
• 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)

Amazon.com
The Microsoft Windows Vista Business Upgrade (DVD-ROM) helps your business run more efficiently than ever before. Designed to keep your network running smoothly and securely without excessive reliance on dedicated IT support, Windows Vista Business is the primary edition of Windows Vista for business desktop and mobile PCs.

Windows Sidebar gives you quick access to gadgets like picture slide shows, Windows Media Player controls, or news headlines. You pick the gadgets you want to see in Windows Sidebar. View larger.

Use Instant Search to quickly find the information you need. View larger.

Use Flip 3D to navigate through open windows using the scroll wheel on your mouse. View larger.

Windows Vista Aero provides spectacular visual effects such as glass-like interface elements that you can see through.

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Security alerts enable you to quickly resolve potentially damaging issues that can harm your Windows Vista PC. View larger.

Use the new Sync Center to manage the synchronization of your data with other PCs or the devices you connect to your PC. View larger.

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Windows Vista Provides a single destination where you can access all of the related Backup and Restore features. View larger.

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Ideal for organizations of all sizes, this software provides dramatic new infrastructure improvements, enabling IT staff to spend more time adding strategic value to the business and less time troubleshooting glitches. Windows Vista Business also offers powerful new ways to organize, find, and share information, while helping people stay better connected in the office and on the road.

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.

Easier, Faster Access to Information
Windows Vista Business features Windows Aero, a new interface that delivers higher levels of efficiency for any business user. This easy-to-use interface makes it a snap to navigate through the operating system and from application to application. Most importantly, Windows Aero helps you juggle multiple tasks at once by providing a three-dimensional, real-time, animated view of all your open applications and documents.

In addition to these navigation improvements, Windows Vista Business makes it easier than ever to manage huge volumes of business documents. By integrating search throughout the operating system and providing new ways to organize files, this software helps you quickly find exactly what you are looking for.

Collaborate and Communicate More Effectively
Windows Vista Business helps your work teams collaborate and communicate more effectively, regardless of their location. By helping users find and use information quickly and easily, this software can dramatically improve how people in your organization access and apply essential knowledge and resources on PCs, in e-mail, from corporate servers, and on the Internet.

Improved Security and Compliance
Protecting your business information and complying with regulations places increased demands on your IT staff. Windows Vista Business' more sophisticated data protection and auditing capabilities help simplify IT management and can help lower costs for regulatory compliance. In addition, with features like the Encryption File system, Windows Vista helps organizations manage security risks by protecting information and services in a more controllable and secure environment.

Safe Operation
For businesses of any size, Windows Vista Business makes it possible for your IT department to configure users' systems so that they can log onto their PCs as standard users instead of as administrators. This helps minimize compatibility and usability issues that might have occurred in previous versions of Windows, while also making those issues easier to resolve. Moreover, this new capability significantly reduces the likelihood of a malicious attack causing damage to your organization's PCs.

Keep Your Network Running Smoothly
For small businesses, Windows Vista Business includes new technology and tools to ensure your PCs are always up-to-date, more secure, and running smoothly. For instance, this software helps make your PCs safer with built-in protection against malicious software, or malware. And because Windows Vista Business warns you of impending hardware failures early on, you don't have to worry about the devastating loss of any important business data. No matter what potential problems arise, an array of sophisticated new backup technologies helps protect your information even in the event of a catastrophic hardware failure. When it comes to management, features like Domain Join and Group Policy support improve the efficiency of your workgroups.

Small Business Resources
And for those who are not full-time IT professionals but have roles that require them to support their organizations' PCs, Windows Vista Business includes Small Business Resources. This built-in how-to guide leads you through everyday tasks and troubleshooting in easy-to-follow, non-technical language. By giving you the ability to solve problems as they arise, you can help keep your business efficient. Windows Vista Business also provides business specific features like fax and scan that increase productivity.

Image-Based Installation
For larger organizations, Windows Vista Business has been designed from the ground up to improve the deployment and management of the central operating system. For instance, image-based installation is now the default method for installing the Windows Vista operating system, and the images are no longer hardware-dependent. These two key design principles enable your organization to dramatically reduce the number of images you are required to manage and streamline the process of deploying new PCs and updating existing PCs. The end result is faster, easier operation than ever before, which helps improve the overall productivity of your business.

More Mobile and Better Connected
Today, more businesses rely on an ever-expanding mobile workforce as a way to enhance their scope of service and reduce enterprise costs associated with supporting a large on-site staff. Windows Vista Business gives mobile professionals easier and more secure access to corporate resources so they can readily collaborate with colleagues-- both on and off the network. Employees and colleagues will also find it easier to make wireless connections and synchronize mobile devices. The success of any business depends on communication, and Windows Vista Business helps you easily and quickly connect with your organization, your customers, and your partners, whether you are in the office or on the road. This software package includes all of the essential infrastructure required to more securely connect you to your business information whether you are sitting at your desk, working at home, connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot, or even if you are using your cell phone to connect to the Internet.

To help you be more productive when you're away from your desk, Windows Vista Business includes Windows Tablet and Touch Technology, so you can interact with your Tablet PC by using a digital pen, your fingertip, or a keyboard. Improved handwriting recognition and easier ways to browse documents and programs without using a keyboard give you added flexibility and convenience.

Easy Accessibility
Computers that include Windows Vista Business and an auxiliary Windows SideShow display will also allow you to access critical business information even when your computer is turned off. You can also share documents and collaborate with colleagues, partners, and customers--even if a network is not available. Additionally, Windows Vista Business helps you get the most out of your portable PC by making it quick and easy to manage key mobility settings.

Cost Effective
Meeting the increasingly complex demands that are placed on your IT systems doesn't have to be expensive. Designed to be less expensive to deploy and support, Windows Vista Business offers you a better return on your IT investments. By empowering people to work more efficiently, this system helps keep both productivity and morale high.

From the Manufacturer
Windows Vista Business is the definitive choice for your business--today and tomorrow. A stunning and simple new user interface, easy-to-use search, powerful safety features, and mobile computing enhancements make it easier to stay connected with your business, in and out of the office.

Note: This is a Windows Vista Business Upgrade DVD-Rom.

Ready to Grow When You Are.
As your business grows, Windows Vista Business can grow with you, offering simple ways to connect to servers, trusted networks, and multiple PCs. And, when you add new PCs, Microsoft Windows Easy Transfer simplifies transferring information and settings from old PCs to new ones.

Manage Your Technology Yourself.
Windows Vista Business removes the intimidation factor from managing your company's hardware and networks with easy-to-use tools for configuring, controlling, and administering everything from users' browser settings to connecting network projectors.

Protect Your Business--and Your Peace of Mind.
Built-in security features automatically help protect your PCs from unwanted software, spyware, and other threats. Plus you have the ability to add password protection to files, which helps protect your PCs and data from unauthorized access.

Have the Most Current Information at Your Fingertips.
Whether your data is on a PDA, portable PC, or mobile phone, you can use the one-stop Windows Sync Center to synchronize key information efficiently.

Stop Searching. Find.
Instant Search helps you find information and resources on your PC--and even in e-mail--almost instantly. The Windows Aero interface helps you quickly navigate open files and programs. Plus you can fax and scan directly from your PC.

Features in Windows Vista Business

Getting it Done Just Got Easier

• Windows Vista Aero--Innovative navigational tools in Microsoft Windows Aero make it easier to find and access recently used documents and programs.
• Instant Search--The name says it all. Instantly search everything on your PC and your network, regardless of location or format, including applications, internet files, documents, media, contacts, calendar events and email messages.
• Windows Fax and Scan--Designed specifically for the small business, one-click faxing capabilities in Windows Vista Business makes it easy to send and receive faxes, scan documents and images and share those resources with others.
• Small Business Resources--Get a guided tour with practical, easy-to-use advice and instructions to help you spend less time learning how to manage your computers, and more time focusing on your business.

• Windows Easy Transfer--Get going on your new PC--and never miss a beat. Windows Easy Transfer helps you set up new computers by automatically transferring important information from the old computer to the new one, such as files and folders, e-mail messages, Windows and program settings, contacts, photos, music, and Internet Favorites.
• Compatibility--Windows Vista Business is compatible with thousands of software applications, hardware devices, and services.
• Windows Meeting Space--Helps make face-to-face meetings more productive by enabling collaboration among small groups of Windows Vista users even over an ad-hoc wireless network.

• Windows Backup and Restore--Better protect your information with scheduled backups and recovery tools that can backup entire hard drives and easily retrieve previous versions of a document.
• Windows Shadow Copy Back-up--Shadow Copy automatically creates point-in-time copies of files as you work, so you can quickly and easily retrieve versions of a document that you may have accidentally deleted or overwritten.
• Windows Defender--On guard at all times--Windows Defender helps protect your company's PCs by regularly scanning your computers, and offering to remove any spyware or other unwanted software that it finds.
• Group Policy--Lower your reliance on IT support. With Group Policy, administrators can save time and money--and reduce security risks--by configuring wireless network settings, removable storage devices, printers, Internet Explorer, and even power management settings.

• Domain Join--Easily join your trusted networks with enhanced security technologies, including simple ways to connect to Microsoft Windows Small Business Server or Microsoft Windows Server domains.
• Windows Mobility Center--In addition to giving you a convenient place for all of your mobile settings, Windows Mobility Center includes preset power plans to help maximize the battery life of your laptop or Tablet PC--giving you the most freedom and flexibility possible.
• Windows Meeting Space--Share files with other Windows Vista users with enhanced security using Windows Meeting Space to create one-time wireless networks.
• Remote Desktop--Manage your business from where and when it's convenient for you, by accessing your business computer remotely with enhanced security.

Customer Reviews

Vista Business upgrade
We purchased a compaq laptop with Vista Home on it for a great price. I'm MCP and A+ certified, so I felt an upgrade to Vista Business would not be a problem. This software did exactly what it was supposed to do. However, if you decide to perform an upgrade, be aware that some of the drivers may not be included in the upgrade. I spent a couple of hours with Compaq chat technicians to help me locate the drivers for the wireless network card, and about 4 other items that did not function after the upgrade. I expected this to occur, but felt it was worth getting the functionality for our network from Vista Business rather than staying with Vista Home. I briefly considered XP Pro, but having had experience trying to get a new OS platformed laptop to 'go backwards' to an old OS, I decided that staying in the Vista family was preferable. Another consideration when moving to Vista (especially from XP or W2K) are printer drivers. We had a terrific, newer HP all-in-one (copier, printer,fax) which lost its photo software after we moved from W2K to Vista. The copier/printer/fax operations worked, but I had no photo processing software and HP said they were sorry, but had no plans to provide a Vista version.

Did not work with my system
The product did not work with my system.
I don't know if I can return it.

Don't waste your money
As an upgrade, this version just does not work. It hogs all the CPU power your system can put out. I wasted alot of man-hours on this version and regret buying it. I recently bought a new Mac Pro with 2 quad core Xeon CPUs, and tried installing vista on the Mac with Boot-Camp, and to my suprise, vista finally works. However most people do not have a Mac Pro, so again, I would say "don't WASTE your money". Either stick with XP, or buy a Mac.