family pack

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews I've got a new spelling for "Scrooge." M-i-c-r-o-s-o-f-t. The company has ended the Windows 7 Family Pack promotion, which is a nice Ba Humbug to you and yours for the holidays. Sure, it could be good for Microsoft's bottom line and perhaps partners' PC sales. But for...

Hello! I have read the sticky notes and similar articles and have read forum posts, but none seem to address what I've encountered. I had a project to completely rebuild a PC that had been running 32 bit XP Pro. The PC is used mostly as a NAS. My intention was to put 64 bit Windows 7 on the...

I see that Microsoft has posted on their website that they no longer will offer the family pack deal. So how do I install Windows 7 on 2 computers now?

I have Win7 Family Pack Home Premium. This comes with licensing for 3 computers. C1 is 64 bit & has winxp x32 All is backed up from winxp I install w7 x32 but wait to activate the license. It works fine. I want to now try to install w7 x64. If that works will activate license. Does the...

I have Win7-Ultimate installed and now would like to upgrade 2 other laptops with Win7-Ultimate. Is the family pack only good for Home Premium? If so, what is the most economical way to install to two new machines? BTW, the two laptops are not eligible for the upgrade.

Hi, I purchased Windows 7Upgrade Family Pack. This entitles you to three computer installations. Two installs are complete. I also installed it on my own PC, but prior to activation I purchased an upgrade key to the Ultimate version, which was successful. I then activated my copy AFTER...

If you own Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade/Family Pack, is it possible to use the Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher by making the ISO image of the disk and opening it to install all version options as an upgrade? I found it on here, disregard please. Thanx

I live in Northern California and went into a Best Buy, they had the boxes of the 3 pack on the shelf, no pricing. Then I got frustrate and left because I couldn't find anyone to help me... then I went to Fry's and they had NO 3-pack boxes on the shelf at all. I asked where they were, he said...

Windows 7 outsells Vista by 234% in the US Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Friday, 06 November 2009 11:10 Initial sales show Vista the door While any user who's had "the pleasure" of running Vista knows this from...

I purchased the Family Pack upgrade a few days ago and have upgraded a deks top and two laptop computers. I am very pleased with Windows 7 and its' operation on all these coputers and have only encountered one problem. I have a laptop which was running XP. After upgrading in the 32 bit...

Ok Hi guys hope you cna assit. Senario: 3 Pcs two wiht XP Pro ( i have full copies with Install Disks and Keys) Year old PC with Vista Home or somethign liek that- Preinstalled by manufacturer- no recovery disk but recovery partition. Im looking to get the Windows 7 Famly upgrade pack...

I want to buy the family pack to put on 3 PC's. One has Vista 64 bit, one has Vista 32 bit, and the last has XP. Is there a difference in the packages or is the "upgrade" meant for anything? Can i use the upgrade for my PC's?

I have Windows Vista retail version installed on a desktop pc and two laptops that had Vista installed on them. I am buying Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack to install in my desktop and laptop. I plan on doing a clean install. Can anyone with the install ? My main concern is the the...

Does anyone know if the so called "Family Pack" will be available for purchase in Melbourne, Australia? If so, what will the pricing for it be? I already begin to feel ripped off with the pricing of Windows 7 in Australia. At least Micro$oft could make up for it by selling the Family Pack here...

I ordered a Windows 7 Home Premium Family pack about 2 months ago and it arrived last week. While I wasn't expecting it until October 22, I figured "why look a gift horse in the mouth". However, when I try to install it I hit a problem. I had Vista Ultimate installed and attempted an upgrade...

By Tim Conneally, Betanews Microsoft has placed a $149.99 price tag on the Windows 7 Family Pack, which lets as many as three PCs in a single household upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium edition. Users in Canada will pay $199.99. Microsoft's official blogger Brandon LeBlanc confirmed the...

All of you who scoffed at me so strongly when I suggested a few months ago that Microsoft could/might offer an OS 3-pack when Windows 7 goes GA, check out the link below. I don't know yet just how much discount is offered by buying 3 licenses with one DVD, but any discount is some. I am of the...

Back in May of this year, I posed the following question in this thread... When MS finally release Windows7 RTM... ....I would dearly love them to offer the OS for Home use to be licensed to 3 machines from one Disk; it would probably be the best way of encouraging the uptake to Win7, given...