Invalid Class Keys - Windows 7 Family Pack: Multiple Installs - Datamation

Microsoft revealed Friday that the Windows 7 Family Pack will cost $149.99, and also unveiled pricing for the company’s Windows 7 Anytime Upgrades program. In addition, Microsoft clarified plans to reward its core of technical beta testers with a

Windows 7 Is Coming: Are You Ready? - CIO Today
Vista bombed in backward compatibility, and that was one of the main reasons why it was a relative flop. Microsoft got serious about changing that situation with Windows 7, and the result was not only a plethora of compatibility-related bug fixes but

Microsoft confirms Windows 7 E is dead - Ars Technica
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 E, a version that was meant to ship without Internet Explorer 8 installed, would never see the light of day. The announcement comes even though the replacement solution, a browser ballot screen, has not yet been

If Vista’s a fail, Windows 7 is a cash cow - PC Advisor
According to Windows user stats gathered from the 4,000 users of our free, online PC Performance Monitor tool, only around 34 percent of you are running Vista, with the remaining 2 percent already enjoying some variant of the Windows 7 Beta/Release

Vista SP2 and XP SP3 to Get Windows 7’s IE8 Browser Ballot - Softpedia
Microsoft’s efforts to make the Windows client behave in accordance with European antitrust laws are in no way limited to Windows 7. Sure enough, Windows 7 is the only release of the operating system with E editions, designed to offer the platform

Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP - ZDNet Blogs
Now that the final version of Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing, it’s time to find out how much of an improvement or not it will make over its predecessors, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Kai Schmerer of ZDNet Germany put all three

Microsoft To Scrap Europe Version of Windows 7 - VisualStudio Magazine
Microsoft changed its plans about issuing a special European version of Windows 7 that would lack Internet Explorer, according to a company announcement. The about-face was explained by Dave Heiner, Microsoft’s vice president and deputy general

Windows 7 RTM: Is it really better than Vista? - Computerworld Australia
Now that Windows 7 RTM is out, it looks like Vista’s replacement is just around the corner. Here’s a rundown of all the major features. With the appearance of Windows 7’s Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build, Microsoft may be hoping that it can