Windows 7 aimed to address issues with Vista such as high hardware requirements and driver problems. It had lower system requirements and improved performance over Vista. Windows 7 was released in 2009 in various editions for both home and business use. It included new and improved features for security, backup, remote access, and administration over previous versions of Windows.

1. WINDOWS 7 1

2. Failure of Vista
• High Requirement
• Require more powerful hardware
• Driver problems
• Vista is very slow speed
• Main reason is Windows Xp.
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3. Windows 7
• Win 7 is personal computer OS , it’s a version on
Windows NT.
• Development of 7 start with name of
‘Blackcomb’.
• It was released to manufactured in 22 july,2009
and available in Oct,22 .
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4. Hardware Requirement
For 32 bit :-
• 1 GHz IA-32 processor
• 1GB RAM
For 64 bit:-
• 1 GHz x86-64 processor
• 2GB RAM
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5. Editions
• Windows 7 Starter
• Windows 7 Home Basic
• Windows 7 Home premium
• Windows 7 Professional
• Windows 7 Enterprise
• Windows 7 Ultimate
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6. Windows 7 Starter
• In Starter edition in contains fewest features.
• It’s only available in 32-bit version and doesn’t include
the Windows Aero theme.
• This edition is available pre-installed on computers,
especially netbooks.
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7. Windows 7 Home Basic
• It’s available in “emerging markets” , in 141 different
countries.
• Some Windows Aero options are excluded along with
several new features.
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8. Windows 7 Home
Premium
• This edition contains features aimed at the home market
segment ,such as Windows Media Center ,Windows Aero
and multi-touch supports.
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9. Windows 7 Professional
• This edition is targeted towards enthusiasts and small-
business users.
• It includes all the features of Windows 7 Home Premium,
and adds the ability to participate in a Windows Server
Domain.
• Additional features include support for up to 192 GB
of Random-access memory.
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10. Windows 7 Enterprise
• Additional features include support for Multilingual User
Interface (MUI) packages, BitLocker Drive Encryption,
and UNIX application support.
• This edition targets the enterprise segment of the market.
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11. Windows 7 Ultimate
• Windows 7 Ultimate contains the same features as
Windows 7 Enterprise, but unlike the Enterprise edition,
it is available to home users on an individual license
basis.
• Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional
users are able to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate for a fee
using Windows Anytime Upgrade if they wish to do so.
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12. Hardware Requirement
For 32 bit :
• Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Home premium,
Home Basic , RAM is 4 GB
For 64 bit:
• Ultimate , Enterprise ,Professional .RAM is 192 GB
• And for Home Premium and Home Basic RAM is 16GB
and 8 GB
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13. Features
• BitLocker
• Shadow Copy
• Windows Defender and Firewall
• Action Centre
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14. BitLocker
• BitLocker Allows you us to use drive encryption to
protect files.
• This is available only with Windows 7 in the Enterprise
and Ultimate edition.
• For removable Drives, we can use it to help prevent
unauthorized access to the files.
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15. Shadow Copy
• This feature create copies that we can recover from
should a files be accidently deleted or overwritten.
• In Win7 , there is an interface to configure it.
• Continue..
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16. Shadow Copy 16

17. Windows Defender,
Firewall
• Windows Defender can identify spyware and is include
with all versions of Windoes7.
• Start  Control Panel  Windows Defender
• Windows Firewall is used to block access from the
network.
• In Win7 it’s divided into private network and public
network.
• Start  Control Panel  Windows Firewall
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18. Action Centre
• Security Centre is modified and in Win7 it’s known as
Action Centre.
• It includes security, such maintenance issues and backup
setting.
• Start  Control Panel  Action Centre
• Continue..
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19. Action Centre
• Automatically check for solutions (recommended).
• Automatically check for solutions and send additional
data, if needed.
• Each time a problem occurs, ask me before checking for
solutions.
• Never check for solutions (not recommended).
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20. Action Centre 20

21. Control Panel
Utilities
• HomeGroup
• RemoteApp and Desktop Connections
• Troubleshooting
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22. Home Group
• The purpose of HomeGroup is to simplify home
networking and the sharing of files and printers.
• Start  Control Panel  HomeGroup
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23. Remote App and Desktop
Connection
• It’s used to access remote computers and virtual machines
made available over the network through port 3389.
• Start  Control Panel  RemoteApp and Desktop
Connection.
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24. Troubleshooting
• Start  Control Panel  Troubleshooting
• As the name implies, to provide a simple interface to use
to solve the problems.
• Continue..
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25. Troubleshooting 25

26. Administrative
Tools
• Users and Groups
• Local Security Policy
• Account Policies
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27. Users and Groups
• We can use Computer Management to access Users and
Groups.
• We can also configure the users and groups on a system
in the Microsoft Management Console.
• Start  Run  type MMC.
• Then go to File  Add/Remove snap-in and select Local
Users and Groups.
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28. Local Security Policy
• Start  RUN type secpol.msc
• Allows to set the default settings for the system.
• This feature is available in Win7 Professional, Ultimate
and Win7 Enterprise.
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29. Account Policies
• Account Policies is divided into Password policy and
Account Lockout Policy.
• In Password Policy all settings are for Password.
• Enforce Password History, Maximum Password age,
Minimum Password Length etc.,
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30. Account Policies
• In Account Lockout Policy :
• Account Lockout Duration, Account Lockout Threshold,
Reset Account Lockout Counter .
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31. Installation of Win 7 31

32. Thank You 32