Windows 7 Family Pack Leaked Details
Microsoft is gearing up to introduce the evolution of the Windows Vista Family Pack, but this time around with Windows 7 as la piece de resistance.
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2.7.2009 Microsoft confirms Windows 7 Family Pack rumours
Microsoft confirmed the existence of a Windows 7 family pack today in a company blog post.
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21.7.2009 Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leak
Microsoft blogger, Ed Bott, has uncovered the prices for both the Windows 7 Family Pack and Anytime Upgrade options.
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8.7.2009 Windows 7 in Europe: full, upgrade and family pack editions
Microsoft has confirmed that upgrade editions of Windows 7 will be available in Europe when the new operating system launches on October 22. The company had previously said that only full version would be on offer.
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24.8.2009 Windows 7 Family Pack Available for Pre-order Early Online
A special Windows 7 upgrade package for households with more than one PC is now available for pre-order online ahead of schedule and at a discount from Microsoft's previously announced price.
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31.8.2009 Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade (WAU) and Family Pack Price Details Leak
Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU), which first introduced for Windows Vista is a sales program from Microsoft to allow customers with cheaper, lower-end and lesser-features editions of Windows 7 to upgrade to more premium edition of Windows 7.
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9.7.2009 Microsoft Office family 2007 Service Pack 1 download NOW
Service Pack 1 provides the latest updates to the 2007 Microsoft Office suite.
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13.12.2007 Microsoft to offer Vista Family Pack discount for Ultimate users
Even though the retail launch of Windows Vista just a couple of weeks away, Microsoft is still continuing to fine-tune its licensing and pricing details.
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16.1.2007 Surprises in the Windows 7 EULA
Over the weekend, I had a chance to spend some quality time with the leaked Windows 7 build thats zipping around the Internet.
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30.12.2008 Do you understand MS EULA?
Windows Live OneCare Family Safety Beta
After recently announcing that the Windows Live OneCare Beta, Microsoft's all-in-one PC security & maintenance software package, would soon be extended to non-US countries, Microsoft has just announced that a new Beta is about to begin.
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25.8.2006 Windows Anytime Upgrade & Family Discount Announced
Nick White, Product Manager at Microsoft working on the Windows Vista launch team and Featured Communities leader has posted up the pricing for the Anytime Upgrade option available from within Windows when you buy a version of Vista lesser than "Ultimate".
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19.1.2007 Windows 7 powered Family Guy special to air November 8
Microsoft has signed a deal with Fox to sponsor a variety show produced by "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane.
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14.10.2009 OneCare Family Safety, a review
I don't have children yet but let's imagine I have a 20 years-old son and a little 13 years-old daughter. OFS helps me monitor and protect both of them despite different needs and interaction with Internet they have.
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3.10.2006 AMD Phenom X3 processor family performance
For the most part of last year, there were scarce good news to report from AMD. It wasn't until the end of the year that new Radeon graphics cards were out, and the eagerly awaited Phenom processors were launched.
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6.5.2008 DOWNLOAD Windows XP Unofficial Pack - Formally SP3 Preview Pack
The Hotfix today announces the release of our Windows XP Unofficial TheHotfix.net Pack, a collection of hotfixes that may or may not go into the upcoming Service Pack 3 for Windows XP. This collection is of hotfixes not officially released to the public from Microsoft. The package, formally known at the Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack, contains hundreds of fixes that you would normally need to call Microsoft Support to obtain.
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Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 Evaluation
The Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 is not a stand alone product; it requires the developer to have Windows Embedded Studio tool suite installed.
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31.10.2006 MS: Valid Vista Family Discount Keys Coming
Microsoft said Friday afternoon that it was in the process of issuing new keys to those who may have received invalid ones through the Vista Family Discount program.
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4.2.2007 Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 CTP 2 Released
Improved overall test coverage and quality of the feature pack while incorporating bug fixes and enhancements based on feedback from the first CTP participants.
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11.10.2006 Windows XP Service pack 1
Windows XP Service Pack 1: XP SP1 (now called SP1a)
Microsoft continually works to improve its software. As part of this effort, we develop updates and fixes to recognized issues and release them for customers. On a regular basis, we combine many of these fixes into a single package and make the package available for you to install on your computers. These packages are called Service Packs.
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Windows XP Service pack 2
About once a year, Microsoft releases an update to Windows XP. These updates contain all the fixes and enhancements which have been made available in the previous year. The updates (called Service Packs) provide convenient, all-in-one access to the most up-to-date drivers, tools, security updates, patches, and customer-requested product changes.
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Windows XP Service pack 3
This is Windows XP SP3 - Service Pack 3 Unofficial Preview.
Mr. Ballmer made some interesting remarks: Microsoft might indeed ship SP3 for Windows XP before Longhorn comes out. Also, upcoming version 7 of Internet Explorer should have anti-phishing technology built-in.
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Windows Server2003 Service Pack 1
On this page you'll find information for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Windows Server 2003 SP1 provides enhanced security, increased reliability, and simplified administration to help enterprise customers across all industries.
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Windows DreamScene Content Pack
Even though DreamScene is still technically a preview release, Microsoft has just posted a little Content Pack featuring 4 new animated backgrounds.
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14.3.2007 Windows PK Finder PACK
CodeCrapper released on his
KezNews blog Windows PK Finder PACK. It's a key finder, it will find the currently installed Product key.
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19.5.2007 Windows 7 Transformation Pack 1.0 Download
Seven Transformation Pack will convert your XP based system to look like Windows 7 and some of its features emulated. You don't have to purchase Windows 7 or any 3rd-party applications to get Windows 7 UI experiences. This transformation pack will simply make it done for you for free!
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29.4.2009 Windows 7 RTM Icons Pack
Here is a complete set of Windows 7 Icons extracted from Windows 7 RTM (Build 7600.16385).
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27.7.2009 Windows XP Service pack 3 Download
This is Windows XP SP3 - Service Pack 3 Unofficial Preview Download page.
Sownload the WindowsXP SP3 Preview Hotfix Pack containing over 100 fixes going into XP SP3.
More info about Windows XP SP3
Please post this on other forums and sumbit this to other news sites to help us. It will increase the traffic to the page dramatically!
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Codec Pack for Windows XP & Vista
Thanks to marct for the great idea, to have all Codec Pack for XP & Vista on one place.
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1.4.2007 It Lives! Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Thanks to PureForever for reporting of this article. It Lives! Windows Vista Service Pack 1 - First Download Available.
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9.6.2007Microsoft confirms Windows 7 Family Pack rumours
Microsoft confirmed the existence of a Windows 7 family pack today in a company blog post. Rumours of a Family Pack deal were originally reported by
Neowin earlier this month. The Windows 7 family pack will offer a licence for people to install Windows Home Premium on up to 3 PCs. Brandon LeBlanc
confirmed "I know there have been some rumors going around about a "family pack" for Windows 7. We have heard a lot of feedback from beta testers
and enthusiasts over the last 3 years that we need a better solution for homes with multiple PCs.
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22.07.2009Windows 7 EULA: watch this space
You have to hand it to those lawyers, always trying so hard to protect their mumbo jumbos. The placeholder page for the
Windows 7 End User License Agreement is now live (and has been for
at least 2 weeks).
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06.08.2008Update on Windows 7 in Europe
Brandon LeBlanc: I want to provide a couple of updates for my friends in Europe today in regards to Windows 7.
I want to start
off with an update to our plans for the Windows 7 Family Pack.
As I mentioned last
month, 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. Its an easy and cost effective way to get customers entire
household on Windows 7.
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24.08.2009Blogger gets $200 check from HP for declining Vista's EULA
Blogger
uncle_benji went over to Best Buy and purchased an HP dv6815nr for $599.99
plus tax. When he saw the Windows Vista EULA and the HP EULA, he decided he wanted to move to Linux. He wasn't happy that there wasn't an option to
decline the EULA, but didn't take his revenge on Microsoft by just grabbing one of the many Linux distro install discs. Nope, first things first:
this user decided to call HP and demand a refund for Microsoft's latest operating system. After all, Microsoft's EULA does say to contact the
manufacturer if the user does not agree with it. This user simply took it a step further and made sure that he was not paying for something he wasn't
going to use.
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22.07.2008Beware the gotchas in Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade, family pack pricing
Mary Jo Foley: On July 31, Microsoft went public with two key pieces of Windows 7 pricing information it had been holding back:
The cost of its Family Pack
and Anytime Upgrade licenses.
My blogging colleague
Ed Bott has all the gory
details on both, so I won’t try to repeat all the specifics here. (The Cliff Notes version: Family Pack is $150 for three PCs. Anytime
Upgrades are roughly the same price as they were with Vista with the notable exception of the upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate.) What I will repeat,
however, are a couple of gotchas that are part of Bott’s post.
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01.08.2009Win 7 Anytime Upgrade prices announced, EU & UK ripped off
Microsoft today unveiled pricing for Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) and the Windows 7 Family Pack. Windows Anytime Uprade WAU allows users who
purchase machines with Home Premium or Starter to move up to a higher edition of Windows 7. After Windows 7 is released to market on October 22nd,
you will be able to buy a retail package that contains an upgrade key from retail outlets.
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31.07.2009Microsoft pushes Windows Updates tomorrow
Just two weeks after the previously released set of updates. Tomorrow, on January 27, 2009, Microsoft will be pushing a couple of updates and patches
for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP and Windows Vista. The patches include an update for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. The
Service Pack 1 for the .NET Framework 3.5 is a cumulative update for previous versions of the .NET Framework, including 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5. The .NET
Framework 3.5 Family Update provides important compatibility updates in applications. The Family Update has been marked as High Priority, and an
update will also be available for the Family Update Language Pack.
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27.01.2009Windows 7 in Europe: full, upgrade and family pack editions
Microsoft has confirmed that upgrade editions of Windows 7 will be available in Europe when the new operating system launches on October 22. The
company had previously said that only full version would be on offer. The initial limitation of a full, clean-install only edition was part of the
plans for Windows 7 E, a version of Windows that did not come with Internet Explorer and would be the only version available in the EU. Because
previous versions of Windows all contain Internet Explorer, Microsoft argued that there could not be upgraded to a version without the browser.
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24.08.2009Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leak
Ed Bott: History has a way of repeating itself. Back in August 2006,
Amazon Canada inadvertently
published the price list for Windows Vista before it had been officially announced. In a distribution channel the size of Microsoft’s, leaks
are bound to happen.
Now, thanks to some similarly careless online retailers, I’ve found details confirming both the
availability and price of the Windows 7 Family Pack and three Anytime Upgrade products for Windows 7. As
I reported last week, Microsoft is apparently planning to release a Family Pack that will include
three Windows 7 Home Premium licenses for a discounted price...
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08.07.2009Surprises in the Windows 7 license agreement
Over the weekend, many Windows 7 lovers have been busy looking into the wild and Ed Bott, ZDNet blogger, was not an exception. Bott has found some
interesting information in the Windows 7 license agreement(EULA). Bott reports that the EULA ends with an revision ID -
EULAID:Win7_B.1_PRO_NRL_en-US which confirms that this leaked build is indeed beta 1. But no one from Microsoft is ready to confirm whether this build
is indeed the beta 1 which is going to be released at CES.
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30.12.2008Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium
Ed Bott: Thanks to a tip from
Kristan Kenney, I took a close look at the agreements embedded in the License folder of the latest leaked builds of Windows 7.
This is no longer a beta license agreement and is presumably very close to the final agreement that customers will accept. The agreements for retail
copies of Windows 7 Home Premium contain this eye-opening clause...
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02.07.2009Windows Home Server: Power Pack 2 now available for download
The Windows Home Server Team has announced the availability of Power Pack 2 update for Windows Home Server. The English version of Power Pack 2 will
be available on March 24 and will automatically install as part of Windows Update if Automatic Updates is enabled on the Home Server. Power Pack for
Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish will be available before the end of April. Power Pack 2 will also include support for Italian language.
Power Pack 2 includes enhancements for remote access configuration and computers running Windows Media Center, along with content streaming support
for Windows Media Center Extenders.
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24.03.2009Microsoft to offer Vista ?Family Pack? discount
Even though the retail launch
of Windows Vista just a couple
of weeks away, Microsoft is
still continuing to fine-tune
its licensing and pricing
details.
Sources said that Microsoft
will announce some time over
the next few days that the
company will allow Vista
Ultimate customers to purchase
two additional copies of Vista
Home Premium for somewhere
between $50 to $99 a piece.
In order
to qualify for the so-called
"Family Pack" promotion,
customers will first need to
purchase at retail a copy of
Vista Ultimate, which carries
an estimated retail price of
$399 U.S. The deal will not be
offered to those who purchase
Ultimate preloaded on a new
PC, sources said; it will be
for customers buying and/or
upgrading via retail channels
only.
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16.01.2007Microsoft drops support for Family Guy Windows 7 special
As you may remember, Microsoft recently announced that a Windows 7 branded episode of Family Guy would be airing in the U.S. on November 8. In a
surprise twist, Microsoft has now dropped support for the episode, meaning that it'll still be shown, but with a different sponsor. In a public
statement, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed, "we initially chose to participate in the Seth and Alex variety show based on the audience composition
and creative humor of Family Guy, but after reviewing an early version of the variety show, it became clear that the content was not a fit with the
Windows brand.
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27.10.2009Windows Server 2003 SP2 Administration Tools Pack
The Administration Tools Pack allows administrators to install the Windows Server 2003 SP2 management tools onto a computer running Windows XP
Professional or a Windows Server 2003 family operating system to perform remote server management functions. This is the final version of the
Administration Tools Pack; you must uninstall all previous versions before installing this version.
Please read
Knowledge Base article 304718 for more information on the release process for
this file and description of all known issues.
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15.01.2008Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 available November 24th
The Windows Home Server Team is pleased to announce that Power Pack 3 will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24th, 2009. Power Pack 3 will be made available to existing users via Windows Update. Users need to have
Windows Home Server with Power Pack 2 already installed on their home server. Power Pack 3 will automatically install as part of Windows Update if
Automatic Updates is enabled on the home server.
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19.11.2009Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2
In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released a new Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver with SQL Server 2005. The SQL
Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2 download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge, and provides access to SQL Server 2000 and SQL
Server 2005 from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet. This is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity
through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition).
This release of the
JDBC Driver is JDBC 3.0 compliant and runs on the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.4 and higher. It has been tested against all major application
servers including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, and Sun.
Note: In order to download the SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2,
you must agree to the End-User License Agreement (EULA). Start by clicking the Download button at the top of this page and the EULA will appear. Read
the EULA and click the Accept link to download the package. Please print a copy of the EULA for your records.
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11.10.2007Google Updates Chrome EULA
As we
mentioned earlier,
Google's Chrome browser, though much hailed for its speed, does have its fair share of rust stains, including a EULA which originally gave Google
complete control over all content submitted through the browser. In this case, slightly worrying would be an understatement.
Fortunately,
the search engine has been quick to rectify this issue, attributing the whole issue to accidental copy and paste. Under Section 11 of Google's
Universal Terms of Service, Google retains a license to transmit or display content through its services, as per US copyright law. However, the
section in Chrome was not updated. Mike Yang, Senior Product Counsel at Google,
writes: "
license is limited to
providing the service. In Gmail, for example, the terms specifically disclaim our ownership right to Gmail content. So for Google Chrome, only the
first sentence of Section 11 should have applied. We're sorry we overlooked this, but we've fixed it now... "
The updated EULA now reads: " You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold
in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. " And, yes, these terms are retroactive.
Thanks for the
tip, CaptainSlow!
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More clues: Why Microsoft backtracked on its Vista virtualization plans
Last week, Microsoft nixed at
the last minute planned
changes to its Windows Vista
end-user license agreement
(EULA) that would have
broadened virtualization
rights. Since then,
speculation has been mounting
as to why Microsoft did this.
Fear of Mac OS X and
Linux on the desktop? A desire
to thwart Parallels and
VMWare? DRM concerns?
Queries to Microsoft
regarding why company
officials nixed the planned
easing of Vistas virtualiztion
license were met with We have
nothing further to say.
Period.
I realized
over the weekend that none of
us press/bloggers who was
briefed by Microsoft on the
planned changes had run the
text of the EULA wording
Microsoft officials provided
to us. Maybe one of you out
there will see some clues the
rest of us missed as to why
Microsoft decided to continue
to ban users from running
legally Vista Home Basic or
Vista Home Premium in
virtualized environments...
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Microsoft confirms next XP
service pack
Microsoft has revealed
plans to release a third
service pack for its Windows
XP operating
system.
"
There will be a Service Pack 3
for Windows XP," Bernard
Ourghanlian, technical and
security director at Microsoft
France, confirmed, revealing
that Microsoft's OS is set
for another major
update.
Windows
XP's Service Pack 2, which
came out last September,
deeply modified the operating
system by updating its
security.
Windows
XP SP3 will be available
sometime next year--after the
launch of Windows Vista, which
"is the priority for the
development teams," according
to Microsoft
France.
Microsoft
has yet to reveal details
about the contents of the
service pack. Laurent
Delaporte of Microsoft France
said: "Historically, certain
functions of new versions of
Windows are integrated in the
service packs of previous
versions." ..
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