No Windows 7 upgrade option in the EU
Today Microsoft announced the pricing of Windows 7. As previously reported on Neowin, the EU will be getting a version that will not contain IE and because of this Microsoft will be offering no upgrade option in the EU.
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25.6.2009 Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program Confirmed
The Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program has been officially confirmed by Microsoft, although the only certain aspect of the initiative is the label, at this point in time.
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3.6.2009 Windows 7 Free Upgrade Option Program Website Live June 26
Although Microsoft has yet to officially confirm the launch date for its Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, fact is that the Redmond company is about to go live with the initiative.
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24.6.2009 Leaked Best Buy memo reveals Windows 7 Upgrade pricing?
Earlier this week Microsoft finally confirmed to the world that Windows 7 will hit general availability October 22nd, a date in which we've all been waiting for.
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6.6.2009 How to Pin Show Desktop Option to Windows 7 Taskbar
Windows 7 has got revamped taskbar also known as superbar. Windows 7 taskbar has number of excellent features like Jumplist, Thumbnail preview, Aero peak, etc.
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7.10.2009 Microsoft TechNet Plus Direct subscription is now available! Finally with download option
TechNet Plus Direct is now available. It allows an individual subscriber full access to TechNet Plus resources including evaluation software, technical content, tools, utilities and support resources. Content is available through the TechNet Subscription Benefits Portal- the subscriber-only site (this subscription does not include CD or DVD media shipments).
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9.8.2006 Windows 7 E Full Version at Upgrade Prices, but No Upgrade SKU
With a new edition of Windows 7 tailored especially for Europe, Microsoft revealed that with this release of its Windows client, it was doing things differentially.
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25.6.2009 Who Leaked Windows 7?
BitTorrent brought the Christmas present Santa didn't: Leaked build of Windows 7, whose official Beta 1 release is perhaps days away. Was this a craftily timed Microsoft marketing leak?
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2.1.2009 Possible Windows 7 release candidate leaked
The latest Windows 7 build, which may be the first release candidate of Microsoft's highly-anticipated operating system, has been leaked to several file-sharing websites.
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18.3.2009 Windows 7 build 7229 leaked
Another Windows 7 build has leaked. This time it's build 7229. Sources are indicating that unless there is a leak internally from Microsoft, this would be last build leaked before the RTM.
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11.6.2009 Windows Mobile Crossbow (WM6) Leaked
Testers of Windows Mobile Codenamed Crossbow (or Windows Mobile 6.0) have leaked at least 2 versions of the pre-release online, along with a good number of screenshots.
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16.1.2007 Windows Vista Product Keys Leaked
What is the first thing you should do after buying Windows Vista? Take high resolution pictures of the newly acquired product and post it on the Internet so that anyone could see. Right? Wrong!
Or at least if you are going to take pictures of the Windows Vista box and what it contains make sure that you choose a neutral side.
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9.2.2007 Windows Mobile 7 screenshots and details - leaked
In February 2008, during Mobile World Congress 2008 (a global event for professionals, not consumers), Microsoft will unveil publicly Windows Mobile 6.1 that is a minor upgrade to current Windows Mobile 6.
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6.1.2008 Windows 7 Server Leaked Screenshot – Between the Lines
Microsoft is hard at work building the next iterations of both the Windows client and server operating systems. But while the company has already opened up a tad about Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, it has managed to all but completely avoid the Windows 7 Server subject.
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28.7.2008 Windows 7 Build 7068 Dogfooded Leaked
Forget Build 7057, the Release Candidate branch of Windows 7 has evolved all the way to Build 7068.
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27.3.2009 Windows 7 Build 7140 Details Leaked
Windows 7 build 7140 is in the various seven forums buzz. A user of SevenForums posted the following changelog for the upcoming build.
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26.5.2009 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 Windows Vista TAP build 5259 leaked
Yesterday Windows Vista TAP build 5259 leaked to the internet, the Windows.Vista.Build.5259.x86.DVD-JCXP.
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1.12.2005 Windows XP Service Pack 3 Leaked Details!
Not only is Windows XP Service Pack 3 alive and kicking, but Microsoft also managed to leak details about what the refresh will contain. The Redmond Company's policy when it comes down to future releases of the Windows platform is to gag all details. Windows
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21.6.2007 Windows Vista SP1 Beta Leaked Screenshots
It's no longer a secret that the development of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is well under way. So much so that Microsoft made available a testing version of the first service pack for Vista to a select pool of testers.
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7.8.2007 Leaked Screenshots of Windows 7 M1 Ultimate Edition is here!
Well I guess it was only a matter of time. Microsoft has already shipped the first testing builds of Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, to key partners.
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24.1.2008 Microsoft Leaked Windows Vista SP1 RTM
Microsoft officially confirmed the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 downloads at the end of the past week. On February 21, 2008, the gold bits of Windows Vista SP1 were offered for download via Windows Update.
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25.2.2008 Windows 7 M3 Build 6780 Leaked Videos
With Windows 7 Milestone 3 out of Redmond, it was only a matter of time before the latest release of the next iteration of the Windows client
would share the same fate as Milestone 1, dropped in December 2007.
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22.9.2008 Leaked Windows 7 Build 7068 Sold on eBay
The wide availability of Windows 7, be it from official Microsoft channels (the Beta Build 7000), or through various illegal third-parties (the pre-Release Candidate builds), has managed to encourage schemes to turn over a profit from the bits offered for free by the Redmond company.
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9.4.2009 Leaked Windows 7 RC torrents infected with trojan
Various torrents of the Windows 7 RC have been infected with a trojan that, if allowed to run successfully, could open a security hole in a user’s system.
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29.4.2009 Windows 7 Build 7268 x86 Download Leaked
After a long wait, Windows 7 Build 7268 x86 (32-bit) has finally been leaked onto Mininova and has been confirmed as real.
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20.6.2009 Windows Vista Retail Direct Link from Microsoft Leaked
2 days ago, there is Windows Vista retail download links posted on some forums. That seems pretty normal as there are people kept on uploading whenever Rapidshare removes them.
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13.4.2007 Windows 7 top feature request list leaked to the public
With Windows still managing to find its way to over 95 percent of the desktop computers sold each year, it's not surprising that one can find plenty of people interested in giving their feedback about what future versions of Windows should be able to do.
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18.11.2007 Windows 7 top feature request list leaked to the public
With Windows still managing to find its way to over 95 percent of the desktop computers sold each year, it's not surprising that one can find plenty of people interested in giving their feedback about what future versions of Windows should be able to do.
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27.1.2008 Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD and ISO Leaked and Available for Download
Windows 7 Build 6956 is the latest copy of Windows Vista's successor leaked and available for download via various third-party sources, including popular torrent websites.
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9.12.2008No Windows 7 upgrade option in the EU
Today Microsoft announced the pricing of Windows 7. As previously reported on Neowin, the EU will be getting a version that will not contain IE and
because of this Microsoft will be offering no upgrade option in the EU. This harsh line comes as somewhat as a surprise that all EU users that wish
to upgrade to Windows 7 must buy a full copy. There is a silver lining to this announcement and it's that the full price of Windows 7 will be at
the equaliviant price to the upgrade option.
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25.06.2009Leaked Best Buy memo reveals Windows 7 Upgrade pricing?
Earlier this week Microsoft finally confirmed to the world that Windows 7 will RTM October 22nd, a date in which we've all been waiting for. Now
that we know the date, our next question is what will Windows 7 cost consumers? Apparently Best Buy has the answer to that question, as Engadget is
reporting that a leaked memo has revealed the upgrade plans for Windows 7. According to the image above, Best Buy will offer customers to order a
Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $99.99.
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05.06.2009Microsoft announces 'Windows 7 Upgrade Option' for OEM PCs
Microsoft today has officially announced the start of the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program allowing consumers and small businesses to receive Windows
7 when they purchase a qualifying Windows Vista PCs starting June 26. Under the program, PCs preinstalled with "premium versions" of Windows Vista
will qualify for a license equivalent of Windows 7. "There is a lot of excitement for Windows 7 in the marketplace today. However, many consumers
need a new Windows PC for school, work or home before October 22.
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25.06.2009Windows 7 upgrade chart available
Microsoft has made available the official Windows 7 Upgrade chart, via allthingsd which indicates which previous versions of Windows are available for
an in-place upgrade to Windows 7, and to which version they can upgrade. You can view the chart below: As you can see from just a glance at the
chart, it's relatively confusing. Windows 7 offers no direct upgrade path from XP, which was announced very early on in the Windows 7 development
life cycle. Very specific upgrade paths from other versions of Windows Vista exist also. You can perform a "Custom Install" which is pretty much a
clean install, but you have the option to install Windows 7 to another disk without overwriting data.
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10.08.2009Windows 7 build 7229 leaked
Another Windows 7 build has leaked. This time it's build 7229. Sources are indicating that unless there is a leak internally from Microsoft, this
would be last build leaked before the RTM. The build string is 7229.0.090604-1901 meaning that it was compiled a week ago. Earlier this week, build
7227 leaked to the public. Initial reports indicate that you can not use your RC keys with this build, so if you want to activate properly you
should not upgrade to this build. Windows 7 is still on track for a July RTM, and it's possible that it may even RTM by the end of June.
Microsoft has announced that it will be available in stores October 22nd.
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12.06.2009Windows 7 upgrade details leak out
A document has leaked out that details the upgrade plans for users who purchase PC's with Vista this summer. According to the document obtained
by Tech Arp titled " The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program Rev 2.1" states that computers purchased after July 1st will be eligible to upgrade to
Windows 7 free of charge. The plan will follow in a similar path the Windows XP and Vista transition occurred. The idea behind the plan is to not
prohibit people from purchasing computers as they wait for Windows 7 to be launched.
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12.02.2009Microsoft: Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrade possible
Microsoft has confirmed that customers can purchase upgrade media and an upgrade license at a discounted price to move from Windows XP to Windows 7.
However, customers need to do a clean installation of Windows 7. The pricing details of XP upgrade licenses are not yet known. An operating system
upgrade offers users the option of choosing between in-place upgrades, with installed applications & data in-place in the machine and a fresh
installation which overwrites the hard drive's contents. By eliminating in-place upgrades, users can have a reliable installation after backing up
all their data and applications.
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04.02.2009Top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 7
With the Windows 7 Release Candidate already leaked to the public, and the the official bits coming May 5, there's been a lot of hype surrounding
Windows 7, with generally positive reviews from the community. Windows 7 is everything Vista wasn't... and some of what it should of been. If
you're using XP or Vista, there's no excuse not to upgrade to Windows 7. In no particular order, here are my top 10 reasons why: Virtual XP
Mode: Many users and businesses have been reluctant to upgrade past Windows XP, and who can blame them? Microsoft had to keep extending support for
Windows XP for this reason.
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28.04.2009Understanding Windows 7 upgrade paths
Windows 7 has already earned itself a blue ribbon, and it isn't even in stores yet. Many Vista users will migrate to Redmond's latest and
greatest operating system in search of greener pastures, and countless Windows XP laggards will be lured from the woodwork by Windows 7's polish.
Microsoft will be granting both XP and Vista users the right to buy "Upgrade" versions of Windows 7 which run for considerably less money. But in
terms of how you can perform an upgrade on a machine already running Windows, for some the in-place upgrade option will make the experience seamless;
all your programs, files and settings will remain untouched coming from certain versions of Vista.
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03.09.2009Warning: Windows 7 beta could corrupt your MP3s
Several reports from users using the latest leaked build of Windows 7 indicate a potential data corruption issue using Microsoft's Windows Media
Player 12. Windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 leaked over the Christmas holidays and a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that there is a bug which
affects the leaked build. Approximately 2-3 seconds will get shaved off the beginning of MP3s if you have set your Windows Media Player 12 settings to
retrieve information from the internet and update files. The default configuration for WMP12 sets this if you use the "express" option during setup.
"The problem only happens when you edit metadata on a certain class of MP3 file (a file with a header larger than 16KB).
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05.01.2009Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25 PCs
There's one more bit of small print regarding Microsoft's
Windows 7 Upgrade Option program,
which the company unveiled officially last week, that may be of interest to business customers.
Via the program, users who
purchase new PCs with Windows Vista preloaded from participating PC makers and retailers, as of June 26, will get
coupons entitling them to a free copy of Windows 7 some time on or after October 22. The fine
print: As InformationWeek noted,
the
Upgrade Option program maxes out at 25 upgrade coupons per customer.
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30.06.2009The Secret Windows Vista Upgrade - Explained
There is a well known Windows
Vista Upgrade secret in the IT
community. In this article I
talk about it and the possible
legal implications! Please
take this article "as-is" I
provide no warranty of any
kind by providing this
information. Well to be honest
it is no big secret as you can
find this information anywhere
online and many Microsoft
staff must also know about it
as they created this process!
The "secret" is that the
setup program (setup.exe) in
Windows Vista's upgrade
version will accept an
installed copy of XP, W2K, or
an un-activated copy of Vista
itself as evidence of a
previous installation.
...and it is this last
option that enables you to
perform a "clean install" of
an upgrade version of Windows
Vista to any formatted or
unformatted hard drive!
Basically you are installing
Windows Vista twice to take
advantage of this trick.
Is This Windows Vista
Upgrade Secret Legal? Probably
not. I am no legal expert but
I am guessing this will
violate some part of the
Windows Vista EULA (End User
Licence Agreement.) BUT
Microsoft have created this
process.... It is not
something you have to try and
crack in their software or run
a third party application to
perform this process... Their
development team created it.
Which kind of begs the
question WHY?
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15.02.2007Microsoft week-in review, June 6 to June 13
This week has been quiet for the folks up in Redmond, but just in case you missed the action this week lets recap what was announced this week. As
we move closer to the general availability of Windows 7, it's time for retailers to start planning their upgrade paths that they will offer
consumers to move from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Looks like Best Buy is the first retailer to unofficially announce how much they will charge folks
to upgrade to Windows 7. According to a leaked memo, Best Buy will start selling upgrade packages on June 26 at BestBuy.com.
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13.06.2009Leaked Vista Hotfixes to be broadly available in the near future
Microsoft Corp. confirmed
today that the Vista hot-fix
packs that have leaked to the
Web will be issued to all
users.
"We
plan to make these two updates
broadly available via Windows
Update in the near future," a
company spokeswoman said in an
e-mail.
The
two updates, dubbed "Vista
Performance and Reliability
Pack" and "Vista
Compatibility and Reliability
Pack," were posted over the
weekend to a third-party
download site after being
leaked from a group of Windows
Server 2008 testers. The list
of fixes -- which include
performance improvements to
Vista's sleep mode and speed
increases in copying or moving
large directories -- led some
users yesterday to speculate
that the updates were the
forerunner of Vista Service
Pack 1 (SP1), a major upgrade
that many businesses want to
see before they widely deploy
the new operating system. ..
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01.08.2007Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade program begins 1st July 2009
According to a draft announcement leaked to TechArp by a Microsoft OEM partner, the company is planning on allowing users who purchase new PC/laptop
hardware (with Vista) from 1st July 2009 onwards, a free upgrade to Windows 7. The draft states "Windows Vista PCs preinstalled with qualifying
software must be purchased by end users between these dates. OEMs may choose to offer a shorter program period within the allowed date range." The
dates are 1st July 2009 to general availability of Windows 7 which is currently un-announced.
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07.01.2009Ars reports Windows 7 pricing leaked, later retracts story
Take the following news with your daily dose of salt. Ars Technica had originally reported today that they have the pricing structure for Windows 7,
but later pulled the story, then reposted again stating that it was from an anonymous source and "not one of our usual, trusted tipsters." Keep
in mind that Microsoft has not announced any pricing for its Windows 7 products, when we asked Microsoft about the Ars story, they told us "final
decisions are still being made on details like pricing. We will be in touch when we have more to share." The prices Ars is now reporting again,
listed below, are for the full product and not the upgrade.
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07.02.2009Windows 7 build 7137 leaked
Barely two weeks after build 7127 leaked we have another fresh leak of Windows 7, build 7137. This time around the build tag is 7137.0.090521-1745
meaning this build is only a week old. As ever the build is available at the usual places but it might be worth waiting until RTM as a lot of Windows
7 torrents have been hit by malware and viruses recently. Microsoft is still on target to finalise Windows 7 over the summer with a general
availability this fall. Un-official wallpaper not included by default, thanks to djlegion for the screenshots.
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28.05.2009NVIDIA 8800GT Option for Older Mac Pros Soon?
With the release of the Penryn-based Mac Pros only two weeks ago, Apple introduced a new video card option for the Mac Pros -- the NVIDIA GeForce
8800GT. Existing Mac Pro owners saw this is an opportunity to upgrade from current cards as well as ailing 1900XT cards.
Despite an
upgrade-kit becoming available on the Apple Store, Apple quickly contacted those who ordered the video cards to clarify that the 8800GT would only
work on the most recently released Penryn Mac Pros. This led one user to jot off an angry letter to Steve Jobs who reportedly responded:
"I suggest you calm down. Everyone knows the issue and it is being worked."
Steve'
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20.01.2008Windows 7: Vista Upgrade & Anytime Upgrade overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview Windows 7:
BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows
7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet
Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media
enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Windows Vista to Windows 7 Beta upgrade.
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13.01.2009Windows 7 Upgrade Program shifts to June 28
TechARP has updated the Windows 7 Upgrade Program schedule with some slight changes. According to the new schedule Windows update program will begin
on June 28, 2009 instead of July 1, 2009 which Neowin sighted earlier, and users who purchase PCs preinstalled with Vista between the dates June 28,
2009 - January 31, 2010 are eligible for a free Windows 7 upgrade. Microsoft will allow only 5 upgrade requests from eligible end users (consumers or
small businesses) to upgrade to Windows 7. This means that a user with 12 upgrade coupons will have to visit the fulfillment website at least 3 times
to order all 12 upgrades.
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