What is Windows 7 Starter Edition? What are the limitations of Windows 7 Starter Edition? How to get the Windows 7 Starter Edition ISO? This post from MiniTool provides detailed information about Windows 7 Starter Edition for you.
Most people know that there are three major editions of Windows 7 – Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate. However, there is also a fourth major edition called Windows 7 Starter. Then, let’s talk about Windows 7 Starter Edition.
Windows 7 Starter Edition
Windows 7 Starter Editions are designed for entry-level PCs and are only available in select regions. You can’t get it on a standard PC. For the primary purpose of a netbook (which usually revolves around surfing the web, checking e-mail, etc.), it does the job pretty well.
However, this edition has limitations such as only 3 concurrent applications running on one PC at a time. The three app limit applies only to executable files, so system processes such as antivirus software running in the background of the operating system are not included.
The other limitations of Windows 7 Starter Edition are as follows. In other words, Windows 7 Starter Edition does not include:
- Aero Glass, that is to say, you can only use “Windows Basic” or other opaque themes. It also means you won’t get taskbar previews or Aero Peek.
- Personalization features for changing the desktop background, window colors or sound schemes.
- Windows Media Center for watching recorded TV or other media.
- Remote Media Streaming is used to stream your music, videos and recorded TV shows from your home computer.
- Provides domain support for commercial customers.
- XP Mode is for those who want to be able to run legacy Windows XP programs on Windows 7.
- Switch between users without logging out.
- Multi-monitor support.
- DVD playback.
Windows 7 Starter Edition ISO Download
The support for Windows 7 has ended on January 14, 2020, which means that Microsoft will not provide technical support for any issues, software updates, security updates, or fixes for users. As Windows 7 support had ended, Microsoft removed the Windows 7 ISO file download page from its official website.
How to get the Windows 7 Starter Edition? Windows 7 Starter ISO only supports 32-bit (x86). You can search for “Windows 7 Starter Edition ISO”, “Windows 7 Starter ISO”, or “Windows 7 Starter ISO download” in Google Chrome, you can find a download link from Internet Archive. Then, you can go to this website to download Windows 7 Starter Edition. After opening the link, click ISO IMAGE to download it.
Upgrade Windows 7 Starter Edition
If you need the operating system to do more things, you should upgrade to regular versions of Windows 7, 10, 11, or consider upgrading to a non-netbook laptop. To upgrade Windows 7 Starter to the lateset operating system, you can refer to this post – How to Directly Upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 11 for Free.
Whether you are using Windows 7 or Windows 10/11, it’s recommended to create a system backup for better protection. To do this task, you can use MiniTool ShadowMaker which supports different operating systems including Windows 11/10/8/7, Windows Server, etc.
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