
Windows 7 is an operating system that was released by Microsoft in October 2009. It is compatible with many applications and hardware which worked under Windows Vista, its predecessor.
Dealing with common issues
- How do I troubleshoot when I have no clue where to start?
- What is the proper way of debugging a slow Windows installation?
- Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
Popular questions
- Reducing desktop icon sizes
- Changing the wallpaper of Windows 7 Starter Edition
- No permissions to delete files after upgrading from Windows XP
- Changing the boot animation
- Deleting a user profile in a Windows 7 domain
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Minimum hardware requirements
Architecture 32-bit 64-bit Processor 1 GHz 32-bit processor 1 GHz 64-bit processor Memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB HDD free space 16 GB free space 20 GB free space Graphics card DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver model 1.0 Optical drive DVD drive (only to install from DVD media)