Hi there, I was wondering if someone could help me out by answering a question. Is there a upgrade i can buy & use so that i can convert my Windows 7 Home Premium X64 Retail & Full version (not Upgrade) Licence key to a Family Pack Licence Key? im am currently building a Home Entertainment pc and i would prefer to pay a little extra to upgrade my current licence to a multi machine copy rather than buy another Copy of the OS. Regards Paul

The Family Pack is a special offer of a 3-pack of Windows 7 Home Premium. Microsoft has ended the promotion for that but you might be able to find some on the internet. As far as I know the Family Pack is only available as the Upgrade edition. I have not seen a Family Pack Retail (Full). Search the internet for Windows 7 Family Pack and be sure to purchase it only from a reputable merchant.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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Hi there, Thanks for that but as derosnec states there is more to the question, I am aware that there use to be a family pack upgrade available but im sue this is only for upgrading from an older OS to Win 7 HP on up to 3 PC's. I already have Win 7 HP on my current Computer and would like to know if i can extend the licence to cover another PC or if i wil have to buy another Full copy of the OS Regards

Three for $150 is a great deal. According to the license, your full edition serves as a qualifying base. I am exceedingly unwelcome here with this opinion, but I would take the benefit of the doubt and install those upgrades on 3 other computers. See the EULA section 17a. See Paul Thurrott's method #3 for instructions how. http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/UseTerms/Default.aspx http://download.microsoft.com/Documents/UseTerms/Windows%207_Ultimate_English_6b5dbb25-2871-4073-904d-9f2d3a9a0497.pdf 15. UPGRADES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligible for the upgrade. Upon upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software you upgraded from. After you upgrade, you may no longer use the software you upgraded from. 16. PROOF OF LICENSE. a. Genuine Proof of License. If you acquired the software on a disc or other media, your proof of license is the genuine Microsoft certificate of authenticity label with the accompanying genuine product key, and your proof of purchase. If you purchased and downloaded the software online, your proof of license is the genuine Microsoft product key for the software which you received with your purchase, and your proof of purchase from an authorized electronic supplier of genuine Microsoft software. Proof of purchase may be subject to verification by your merchant’s records. b. Windows Anytime Upgrade License. If you upgrade the software using Windows Anytime Upgrade, your proof of license is the proof of license for the software you upgraded from, your Windows Anytime Upgrade product key and your proof of purchase. Proof of purchase may be subject to verification by your merchant’s records. c. To identify genuine Microsoft software, see www.howtotell.com. 17. TRANSFER TO ANOTHER COMPUTER. a. Software Other than Windows Anytime Upgrade. You may transfer the software and install it on another computer for your use. That computer becomes the licensed computer. You may not do so to share this license between computers. b. Windows Anytime Upgrade Software. You may transfer the software and install it on another computer, but only if the license terms of the software you upgraded from allows you to do so. That computer becomes the licensed computer. You may not do so to share this license between computers. I'll delete my posts here shortly. Enjoy!

Three for $150 is a great deal. You can get it from Microsoft Store right now. (click the pic). According to the license, your full edition serves as a qualifying base. I am exceedingly unwelcome here with this opinion, but I would take the benefit of the doubt and install those upgrades on 3 other computers. See the EULA section 17a. See Paul Thurrott's method #3 for instructions how. http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/UseTerms/Default.aspx http://download.microsoft.com/Documents/UseTerms/Windows%207_Ultimate_English_6b5dbb25-2871-4073-904d-9f2d3a9a0497.pdf 15. UPGRADES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligible for the upgrade. Upon upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software you upgraded from. After you upgrade, you may no longer use the software you upgraded from. 16. PROOF OF LICENSE. a. Genuine Proof of License. If you acquired the software on a disc or other media, your proof of license is the genuine Microsoft certificate of authenticity label with the accompanying genuine product key, and your proof of purchase. If you purchased and downloaded the software online, your proof of license is the genuine Microsoft product key for the software which you received with your purchase, and your proof of purchase from an authorized electronic supplier of genuine Microsoft software. Proof of purchase may be subject to verification by your merchant’s records. b. Windows Anytime Upgrade License. If you upgrade the software using Windows Anytime Upgrade, your proof of license is the proof of license for the software you upgraded from, your Windows Anytime Upgrade product key and your proof of purchase. Proof of purchase may be subject to verification by your merchant’s records. c. To identify genuine Microsoft software, see www.howtotell.com. 17. TRANSFER TO ANOTHER COMPUTER. a. Software Other than Windows Anytime Upgrade. You may transfer the software and install it on another computer for your use. That computer becomes the licensed computer. You may not do so to share this license between computers. b. Windows Anytime Upgrade Software. You may transfer the software and install it on another computer, but only if the license terms of the software you upgraded from allows you to do so. That computer becomes the licensed computer. You may not do so to share this license between computers. I agree with you, dj_phd. The Microsoft Store sales page does not explain what you may upgrade from. Furthermore, I'll add, the EULA does not define the term eligible in section 15.UPGRADES. So whatever. I'll delete my posts here sooner or later. No point to reply. Enjoy!

Hi there, Thanks for that but as derosnec states there is more to the question, I am aware that there use to be a family pack upgrade available but im sue this is only for upgrading from an older OS to Win 7 HP on up to 3 PC's. I already have Win 7 HP on my current Computer and would like to know if i can extend the licence to cover another PC or if i wil have to buy another Full copy of the OS Regards If you want the Family Pack you get a license for 3 PC's. This has no effect on your current PC's, except you can change the current key if you want all the PC's with the same license.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Unfortunately the answer is no. The upgrade pack is just that, an upgrade (3 in this case), so each machine to which it is installed must carry a previously licensed copy of a qualifying version of Windows. The next question is whether or not to buy system builder software I suppose, but that too has it's drawbacks. Being an OEM license, no support is available from MS (arguable if this is a genuine loss) AND the license is tied to the Motherboard/CPU/NIC combo onto which it is installed. The exposure here is, lets say you get the "builders" version, install it, and decide your MOBO doesn't provide a feature you'd like to have. Technically, that "Builder" license "dies" with that motherboard. So you then upgrade to a more suitable motherboard, you'll need another "Builder" version for that new PC. The Full version carries none of these limitations, you get support for a time period from MS (arguable again if this is a bonafide benefit given support that can be found amongst peers and the web), and you can retire the outdated motherboard (throw it out or sell it) and install the full version on your new motherboard, and you can do this repeatedly until Win7 support expires completely. DAS

Thanks for that, I guesed it was like that and an OEM copy was my next line of thinking. I have actually changed a MOBO (due to a Failure) and used the same copy of windows (Vista x86 SP1 OEM). A call to microisoft told me that because i was not upgrading the machine and that it would use the same CPU that it was ok and it did work althought that ia another story ;-) Thanks for the info Regards Paul