Windows 7

Windows 7 Family Pack Available in US

by certifiedbug on October 4, 2010

in Windows OS

Starting today, customers in the United States can purchase the Windows 7 Family Pack at participating retailers and online at the Microsoft Store. This is your chance to get up to three PCs running Windows 7 Home Premium for the low price of $149.99 ERP. But act fast—Family Pack is only available while supplies last.

For those of you living outside of the U.S., Family Pack will be available for purchase on or after Oct. 22.

Participating countries:
United States, Canada, UK, France, Germany, China, Russia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Romania, and Ukraine.

http://windowsteamblog.com/Windows/b/windowsexperience/

Microsoft Store: Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack

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Windows 7 Family Pack returns in October

by certifiedbug on September 5, 2010

in Windows OS

The return of the Family Pack is a good deal for consumers as it offers considerable savings over individual upgrades. Apparently it will only be available while supplies last so mark your calendars.

Purchasing the Windows 7 Family Pack gives you three upgrade licenses of Windows 7 Home Premium for the low price of $149.99. To take advantage of Family Pack, you’ll need a PC running a genuine copy of either Windows Vista or Windows XP that is capable of running Windows 7. The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor can tell you which features and editions of Windows 7 will run on your computer(s).

For those of you who don’t live in the U.S., Family Pack may be coming your way too. It goes on sale in Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia and many other markets on or after Oct. 22 (Windows 7’s 1 year anniversary!)

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2010/09/01/family-pack-returns-in-time-for-the-anniversary-of-windows-7.aspx

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Reminder: Expiration of Windows 7 RC is on the horizon

by certifiedbug on February 1, 2010

in Microsoft

Windows 7 Blog

On February 15th, people still running the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) will receive a notification reminding them that starting March 1st, 2010, their PC will begin experiencing bi-hourly shutdowns. These shutdowns will continue through June 1st, 2010.

On June 1st, 2010, a non-genuine experience is triggered where your wallpaper is removed and “This copy of Windows is not genuine” will be displayed in the lower right corner above the taskbar. This means your PC will no longer be able to obtain optional updates or downloads that require genuine Windows validation.

During these shutdowns, your work will not be saved! Brandon LeBlanc suggests in order to avoid any data loss users plan to move to a released version of Windows 7 before the automatic shutdowns start.

For more information on the expiration of the Windows 7 RC see this KB article

Windows Blog article here

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Microsoft Opens Windows 7 Theme Experience to advertisers

by certifiedbug on November 13, 2009

in Microsoft

Microsoft PressPass

Microsoft is enabling global marketers to utilize the desktop or Internet browsing experience exclusively for their brand, with Windows Theme Experience and Windows Personalization Gallery. The announcement was made at the Monaco Media Forum in Monte Carlo.

Both of these Windows 7 theme experiences are being tested by a handful of brands as part of a pilot program that runs until October 2010. The themes allow new consumer engagement opportunities across Microsoft’s unique product portfolio and let consumers connect with their favorite brands outside of traditional online advertising. The themes are opt in for consumers, who have the choice to download the branded themes they are most passionate about.

ZDNet article. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4538

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ITIC Survey: 50% of businesses to deploy Windows 7 in first year

October 20, 2009

Windows XP was released on October 25, 2001 making the operating system eight years old this week. Windows Vista became available to the general public on January 30, 2007. In two days the latest operating system from Microsoft will be in the stores, Windows 7. Nearly half of 1,200 companies surveyed by a veteran technology [...]

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Windows 7 October 22

October 18, 2009

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Developers, free Windows 7 Seminar

October 8, 2009

Join Windows 7 engineers including Mark Russinovich, Landy Wang, and Arun Kishan at the

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Installing Windows 7

September 7, 2009

Being fortunate to have an MSDN subscription provided by the MVP Program as part of the award, this week I upgraded my 32 bit machines to Windows 7. Here I was with a brand new operating system in my hands waiting to go. This geek couldn’t wait another day. Desktop computer running Vista: Upgrade. First [...]

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Windows 7 Language Packs- Enterprise

August 26, 2009

These language packs are available for download from Windows Update to enterprise customers running Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 7 Ultimate RTM versions only. Languages: * Arabic * Brazilian Portuguese * Bulgarian * Chinese – Simplified * Chinese – Traditional – Hong Kong * Croatian * Czech * Danish * Dutch * English * Estonian [...]

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Windows 7 in Europe-update

August 24, 2009

Windows 7 Blog, Brandon LeBlanc … starting with the launch of Windows 7 on October 22nd, customers will be able to buy a Family Pack in the US & Canada. This allows users to install Windows 7 Home Premium on up to 3 existing Windows PCs for a reduced price. It’s an easy and cost [...]

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