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In anticipation with the Thursday launch of Windows 7, Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled its Compatibility Center, an online database that supplies information on which merchandise from which manufacturers will be compatible with Windows 7.

Microsoft also took the beta tags off its Windows seven Upgrade Advisor.

The computer software large announced strategies for that Compatibility Middle before this month, and it's now accessible at www.windows.com/compatibility. The web site functions a drop-down menu from which you choose hardware or application. Enter the identify of a item, and search the company's database.

The internet site also allows customers to search by category like audio and MP3 and communication and Web in computer software or media gamers and Tv units in hardware. End users could also drill-down outcomes by brand name and compatibility,Genuine Office 2007, and the web site supplies links to drivers and computer software updates.

At this position, things that are outlined as incompatible seem mostly to get older versions of software program or hardware, which includes the 1st generation Apple iPod traditional, Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2005 Regular, Microsoft Home Publishing from 2000, and Microsoft Income 2007.

"We have thousands of products detailed and can keep on to add 1000's far more above the coming months," Mark Relph,Windows 7 Serial Key Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise Suite, vice president of Microsoft's Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE) Group, wrote in a blog post. "If you don't see a product or service outlined on the internet site, please suggest an addition."

Windows seven Upgrade Advisor, meanwhile, scans your computer to determine if your system will likely be able to run Windows seven without displaying the ever-popular blue screen of death. Microsoft released a beta version with the products in May and the final version is now available.

"It checks to see if your PC meets the system requirements, lets you know if your processor is capable of running 64-bit variations of Windows 7 and gives guidance on your upgrade options," Relph wrote.