Microsoft has released their Windows 7 Family Pack for pre-order on several online retailer Web sites prior to the official release of Windows 7 on October 22

The Family Pack allows users to install Windows 7 Home Premium for a reduced price on up to three PCs in a household that already has a version of Windows installed.

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Following Microsoft’s decision to ditch the “E” version of Windows 7 in Europe, Microsoft yesterday announced that they will raise prices for non-upgrade editions of Windows 7 sold in Europe starting on 1 September 2009. In countries that use the euro, increases will range from €20 to €80; they will range between £30 and £70 in the U.K.

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With the 22 October 2009 public release date of Windows 7 fast approaching, Microsoft is still trying to meet with antitrust regulations in the European Union to agree and accept the proposed ballot screen offering a choice of Internet web browsers during installation

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Do you want to try the full version of Windows 7? Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 can be used for up to 120 days without providing a product activation key

Microsoft generally sets a 30-day time limit for users to activate their copies of the Windows operating system. Using a little-known command designed for corporate administrators, anyone can “reset” the countdown up to three times, to give a total of 120 days before having to enter the product activation key.

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Although Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and MSDN and TechNet subscribers have free access to this, other users may still want a free copy of Windows 7. Microsoft have made available the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) which is not the same as the RTM build that Microsoft sent to computer makers several weeks ago, but it is a reliable and stable version.

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Microsoft has now made available for download to MSDN and TechNet subscribers Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM, this follows the release for download earlier this month of Windows 7 RTM

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Microsoft has this week delivered nine more security updates that patched 19 vulnerabilities in several crucial components of Windows, as well as in Windows Media Player, Outlook Express, IIS (Internet Information Server), Office and several other products.

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The issue raised on the Chris123NT.com blog earlier this week, involves the CHKDSK command which can be used to check for problems on a particular disk. It is suggested that under certain scenarios, Windows 7 will quickly utilise all the available memory to perform the scan, potentially crashing the system.

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