Windows 7 Upgrade Program

"As early as December 10, 2008, even before the Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 was reportedly signed-off internally, Microsoft approached OEM partners in an attempt to gather feedback for a Windows 7 Upgrade Program.

The giant manufacturer is planning a remake of the Windows Vista Express Upgrade Program, but this time with Windows 7, according to MyDrivers. The project does not have an official name, the Redmond company referring to the initiative as the Windows 7 Upgrade Program.

However, just as Vista Express involved offering consumers a reason to buy Windows XP preloaded computers with the promise of reduced costs for the jump to Windows Vista, so the new program is designed to offer cheaper Windows 7 upgrades for Vista-machines purchased ahead of the release of Win7.

In order to qualify for the Windows 7 Upgrade Program, consumers will have to purchase Vista-PCs within the initiative's timeline, with each OEM machine complete with a security certificate (COA) and with a genuine copy of Windows Vista. According to Microsoft, the Windows 7 Upgrade Program is accessible only to the general public. Business users will not be able to take advantage of the discounted Win7 upgrade prices.

At the same time, only select Windows Vista SKUs will be able to upgrade to Windows 7 via the program, namely the Home Premium, Business and Ultimate editions. Computers with Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Starter, and Windows XP will not qualify for the Windows 7 Upgrade Program. Essentially, machines with Windows Vista Home Premium can be upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional, and Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate."


Norm
Windows 7 Upgrade Program - Windows Vista Express Upgrade Program reloaded - Softpedia
 
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I will wait for Windows 7 SP1 to be released. My workstation is stable on Vista x64 Ultimate.
 

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I don't know - I am following development of this OS extremely carefully, and it is by far more stable than Vista ever was when I was testing it. Of course, I got in on Vista testing after the Betas came out, so I don't know how Longhorn really performed, but I did run it a couple of times.

Windows 7, to me, is what the OS should have been like after XP - XP was a nice facade on 2000, but W7 is no facade on Vista. It is stable, and I can only crash it if I try to play Mass Effect :p
 

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    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
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    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
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    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
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    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
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    8 GB
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    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
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I hope that Windows 7 is stable than vista. I begin to hate vista as it crash a lot:cry:
 

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    3GB DDR2 667Mhz
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    nVidia Geforce 8400m g
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    Fujitsu ATA Device 210GB
kzzz said:
I hope that Windows 7 is stable than vista. I begin to hate vista as it crash a lot:cry:
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Strange, never had any problems with Vista (Ultimate) in either x86 or x64 flavours.


:party: Anyway, HO HO HO - Merry Christmas :party:
 

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    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition (3.2GHz)
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    Asus Crosshair
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    4GB Crosshair Dominator
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    Sli 2 x LeadTek GeForce 7800GTX OC
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    HP w2007v, Elo 17" Touchscreen, Sanyo 20", Philips 17"
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    Samsung Spinpoint F1 500GB SATA II
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    OCZ 850W GamexStream
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    Thermaltake Tsunami Dream
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    Scythe Ninja Copper Cooler 5th Anniversary Limited Edition
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    Logitech Cordless Click! Plus
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    Logitech Cordless, MCE Keyboard
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    hamster powered
kzzz said:
I hope that Windows 7 is stable than vista. I begin to hate vista as it crash a lot:cry:
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Thus far, it is more stable was than Vista was when it had gotten to this point....

Bellerophon said:
kzzz said:
I hope that Windows 7 is stable than vista. I begin to hate vista as it crash a lot:cry:
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Strange, never had any problems with Vista (Ultimate) in either x86 or x64 flavours.


:party: Anyway, HO HO HO - Merry Christmas :party:
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I had many problems in Vista - but it was always because I wanted to try something new and it wouldn't work quite right lol....

I beta test a lot, so I broke many Vista installs while trying to force compatibility between apps that were not meant for Vista and my desktop....
 

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    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
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    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
    Memory
    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
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    Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
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    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
    Screen Resolution
    2 * 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System) Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree) 2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
    PSU
    Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared)
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    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
    Internet Speed
    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
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    Lenovo ThinkPad E545
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    AMD A6-5350M APU
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    Lenovo
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    8 GB
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    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
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    Lenovo 15" Matte
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    1680 * 1050
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    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
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    Lenovo
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    Lenovo
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    Lenovo
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
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    Lenovo
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    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
johngalt said:
I don't know - I am following development of this OS extremely carefully, and it is by far more stable than Vista ever was when I was testing it. Of course, I got in on Vista testing after the Betas came out, so I don't know how Longhorn really performed, but I did run it a couple of times.

Windows 7, to me, is what the OS should have been like after XP - XP was a nice facade on 2000, but W7 is no facade on Vista. It is stable, and I can only crash it if I try to play Mass Effect :p
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I've been hearing good things about it. A guy on another forum claimed he installed Windows 7 on an XP class machine with only 1/2 GB ram and it ran smoothly. Vista Home Premium 32 bit is ok on a 2 GB PC once you beat it into submission. I was looking around for a new PC but I may hold off until it comes with W7 preloaded.

Vista is starting to look like Presentation Manager 1.3 .. the step they needed to go through to get to PM 2.x :)
 

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    HP Pavilion m9515y
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    Phenom X4 9850
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    8 GB
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    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
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    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
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    750 GB SATA 3G 2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
At the bottom of our forums is a link to our sister site, the Windows 7 forums - anyone interested in talking with folks about the OS, or interested in seeing what has changed, how things work, and what problems we might be running into is welcome to register there as a user and follow the discussions.

Here is the link for those not wanting to go searching - Windows 7 Forums
 

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  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
    Manufacturer/Model
    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
    Memory
    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
    Screen Resolution
    2 * 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System) Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree) 2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
    PSU
    Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared)
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
    Internet Speed
    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo ThinkPad E545
    CPU
    AMD A6-5350M APU
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Sound Card
    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Lenovo 15" Matte
    Screen Resolution
    1680 * 1050
    Hard Drives
    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
    PSU
    Lenovo
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    Lenovo
    Cooling
    Lenovo
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    Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
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    Lenovo
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
Slimy said:
Why not just merge the forums?
BTW, that's a terribly written article.
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The requirements for both Forums are different. The Window 7 Forum is the best, statistically speaking on the net. Vista64 is THE forum for 64bit users. Why mess with perfection.

As for the article, you may be right, but you read it didn't you LOL

Norm
 

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NormCameron said:
Slimy said:
Why not just merge the forums?
BTW, that's a terribly written article.
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The requirements for both Forums are different. The Window 7 Forum is the best, statistically speaking on the net. Vista64 is THE forum for 64bit users. Why mess with perfection.

As for the article, you may be right, but you read it didn't you LOL

Norm
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Excuse me sir you forgot to mention 32bit :huh: ;)
 

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    HP 8312 (Socket FP4)
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    8.00GB Dual-Channel Unknown (?-0-0-0)
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Joan Archer said:
NormCameron said:
Slimy said:
Why not just merge the forums?
BTW, that's a terribly written article.
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The requirements for both Forums are different. The Window 7 Forum is the best, statistically speaking on the net. Vista64 is THE forum for 64bit users. Why mess with perfection.

As for the article, you may be right, but you read it didn't you LOL

Norm
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Excuse me sir you forgot to mention 32bit :huh: ;)
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And Joan, I apologise to you Fair Lady, yes and 32bit.

Norm
 

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I forgive you sir, I'll put it down to the festive season getting the better of you :party:
 

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    Asus P5B
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    4096 MB Xtreme-Dark 800mhz
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    Zotac Amp Edition 8800GT - 512MB DDR3, O/C 700mhz
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    Samsung 206BW
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    1680 X 1024
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    4 X Samsung 500GB 7200rpm Serial ATA-II HDD w. 16MB Cache .
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    550 w
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    Thermaltake
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    3 x octua NF-S12-1200 - 120mm 1200RPM Sound Optimised Fans
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    Targus
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    1500kbs
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    Self built.
johngalt said:
Windows 7, to me, is what the OS should have been like after XP
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so does this mean that we have back features that were removed in vista.... for example the missing disk defrag GUI that XP had and that we all enjoyed staring at for hours on end
Don't get me wrong i do love vista to bits, but they didn't half fix things that weren't broken if you know what i mean
 

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    Me :P
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    Abit IN9 32X MAX
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    8 GB OCZ PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition (4X2GB)
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    AMP! GeForce GTX 260² 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 (650MHz/2100MHz
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    Realtek 7.1 CH HD Audio
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    17" Fujitsu siemens TFT + 32" LG HD LCD TV
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    1280x1024 + 1360x768
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    150GB Raptor HDD 500GB Caviar HDD
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    Thermaltake W0133RB 1200W PSU
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    Antec 900
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    Stock + Antec 900 case fans
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    Logitech MX Revolution
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    Logitech G15 (full layout)
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