Windows 7 Family Pack is Now Back for Sale

[Rosanjin]

I use my Win 7 RC CD to install a basic "license" over XP, and then upgrade from that. Turn the Date/Time BIOS settings to the proper dates, mind.

 

[bootleghooch]

[citation][nom]DaddyW123[/nom]I don't know if this trick still works, but it did on Vista... Just use your Windows 7 upgrade CD to install a fresh copy of windows (format HD) without entering the keycode and uncheck "auto-activate". Then install Windows 7 again over Windows 7 as an "Upgrade" this time with the keycode.[/citation]

This works.

 

[hellwig]

I'm not sure what everyone is talking about with the Win 7 Upgrade license. Is this for Win 7 Home only? I did that Win 7 pre-purchase where I got Win 7 home for like $40 and Win 7 pro for $80 or something like that. They were upgrade licenses, but I installed Win 7 Pro to a clean Harddrive. The install never asked for proof of previous Windows ownership.

 

[Blindsay]

In regards to the term upgrade in this case, it merely refers to that you own a previous version of windows, xp or vista. As far as the type of install you choose, you can do an upgrade or clean install with either type of disc. Comming from xp of course you have to do a clean install, but that can be done with either disc (including the family pack)

 

[jsc]

I'm glad to see the Family Pack is back. But I'd like to see some sort of extended deal: 3 for $150, 4 for $200, etc., without going for 6 for $300. A few of us have more than three computers at home.

 

[agnickolov]

I wish they offered fair upgrades for the higher SKUs... I guess I'll be stuck on Vista x64 Ultimate until I build my next computer.

 

[eddieroolz]

Silly to see China on the list and no Japan.

 

[decode]

New Zealand FTW!

 

[Compulsive1]

It's a good deal. I bought one Home Premium and one Pro on pre-order and later regretted not getting the family pack, which sold out pretty fast.
This time I bought the 3-pack as I have two XP machines at home that can use the upgrade- the third license will eventually find a home too.

 

[Thunderfox]

[citation][nom]Deadstick50[/nom]Yeah, but its the upgrade version, what about us XP users??....cant run an upgrade to 7 from XP![/citation]
If you currently have XP installed, just install 7 on the same drive. It will disable your XP install and place all the files in a directory you can access later to take what you need, and you'll have a clean 7 install to start with.

Upgrading an OS, even if it were possible, should never be done anyway. Too much to go wrong, and you may be starting off with problems leftover from before, compounded by the new OS and the upgrade process.

 

[Goro]

[citation][nom]agnickolov[/nom]I wish they offered fair upgrades for the higher SKUs... I guess I'll be stuck on Vista x64 Ultimate until I build my next computer.[/citation]
Yep, I just can't see putting anything less then Ultimate on my machine, it is just an overall better finished product everything else seems sort of watered down.

 

[dEAne]

Great buys.

 

[Tattysnuc]

At the risk of sounding like a moaner, great price for a great product, but Microsoft please take the confusion out of this and activate bulk licenses. Not everyone is upgrading from a Microsoft product, and not everyone wants just Home Premium. There's a fair few of us out there with Ultimate Edition.

Shame on you for not doing a cheaper upgrade from Vista Ultimate to 7 Pro/basic. That's not very customer orientated.

 

[ikhan209]

[citation][nom]Ehnus[/nom]The Family Upgrade Pack was $199 in Canada, not $149 (which is American).Yes it works on WinXP.The OS is Windows 7 Home Premium which is all anyone needs.But the "upgrade" installation is short-sighted, because sooner or later you will wish to reinstall the OS (maybe a coupla years from now) and then you will have problems.You can always increase your installed Win7 OS to any version, from within Win7.Regards[/citation]

Yes it still works! I do it all the time. I don't buy OEM because when you upgrade something they bother you. If anyone is going to bash me for not buying full, go ahead but at least I'm buying it righ?

 

[Dougie Fresh]

My problem right now is I have 4 PCs I want to run Windows 7 on. I have the family pack from the first time it came around. Do I spring for 3 more licenses "just in case?"

 

[Guest]

I work for a computer company and since Win 7's release date of Oct 22 last year I have personally done over 200 clean installs from the Win 7 upgrade dvd that each customer has purchased retail and we installed on either a clean formatted HDD or replacement hdd in the event that their old HDD was toast and they decided to make the move to the current OS. We have NEVER had a problem with activation of windows on a single machine.

 

[darthmauler666]

I work for a computer company and since Win 7's release date of Oct 22 last year I have personally done over 200 clean installs from the Win 7 upgrade dvd that each customer has purchased retail and we installed on either a clean formatted HDD or replacement hdd in the event that their old HDD was toast and they decided to make the move to the current OS. We have NEVER had a problem with activation of windows on a single machine.