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Windows Vista Home Basic is the entry-level offering for consumers with basic computing needs. If you want to use your PC for tasks like surfing the Internet, keeping in contact with friends and family via e-mail and chat and creating and editing documents, Windows Vista Home Basic edition is for you. Windows Vista Home Basic edition is designed to help people stay better connected and to be compatible with a wide range of software, devices and services that people use and trust the most.Windows Vista Home Basic will deliver a safter, more reliable and more productive computing environment. In fact, it's the safest operating system that Microsoft has ever developed. Whether browsing the internet, connecting to wireless or reading an e-mail, Windows Vista Home Basic Edition protects you with security tools and technologies, parental control features and more. And with new tools to move your files and settings from your old PC, Windows Vista Home Basic makes using your computer a snap.

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UPGRADE REQUIREMENTS
You can upgrade from your current edition of Microsoft Windows XP Home only.