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Win 7 Home Premium Family Pack is Back

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jjsbasmt

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The $149.99 Family Pack for 3 PCs is back as I saw it advertised in the Weekly Staples Ad, Best Buy, and on New Egg's website. That disclaimer "While Supplies Last" is in the Staples Ad. For anyone not familar with this promotion, this is the upgrade version of Win 7 Home Prem and from what I have read, includes both the x86 and x64 versions in the same box. Please anyone, correct me on this or add additional information. Thanks
 
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Anyone know how these upgrade versions work? Can I still do a bare-metal install somehow?
 
Tsavo said:
Yep. I have the W7 FP from last fall and all I have done are fresh installs.
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Amazon is running this disclaimer:
"Please note: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack allows users to install Windows 7 Home Premium on up to three PCs in a household that already has Windows Vista or Windows XP installed. If you’re not running Windows XP or Windows Vista, you’ll need to purchase the Full version of Windows 7. Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack is available while supplies last."

I would assume that you have to actually run the installer from within XP/Vista. Did you actually install it on a blank drive?
 
Termie said:
Amazon is running this disclaimer:
"Please note: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack allows users to install Windows 7 Home Premium on up to three PCs in a household that already has Windows Vista or Windows XP installed. If you’re not running Windows XP or Windows Vista, you’ll need to purchase the Full version of Windows 7. Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack is available while supplies last."

I would assume that you have to actually run the installer from within XP/Vista. Did you actually install it on a blank drive?
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That's what I'm wondering. If you had a blank drive, would it make you insert an XP or Vista CD or something for verification?
 
Pheran said:
That's what I'm wondering. If you had a blank drive, would it make you insert an XP or Vista CD or something for verification?
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Two posts above links a great article explaining the process, but for the TL;DR crowd here is the easiest process in a nutshell:

1. Boot from upgrade media and do clean install, do not enter serial
2. After clean install has fully booted for the first time and competed setup, pop disk back in and start an upgrade from within Windows.
3. After Windows 7 has upgraded itself, enter serial number and activate.
 
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Question: Are there actually three product keys in the package, or can it just activate three times using one key?
 
Zap said:
Question: Are there actually three product keys in the package, or can it just activate three times using one key?
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Just one key. I've used it on 3 PC's with no problem doing the clean install described in the link in the post further up.
 
I couldn't get it to register on a clean install, googled it and found a registry entry that I had to edit, then it activated just fine.
 
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