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  Microsoft slashes student price for Windows 7 to US$30

  Microsoft yesterday kicked off a Windows 7 promotion that heavily discounts copies of Windows 7 for college students in the US, with the price nearly matching what Apple charges for its Snow Leopard upgrade.

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 September, 2009 03:39

  Tags: Windows 7 upgrade, Windows 7, university students, Microsoft

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  Microsoft rallies businesses to start Win 7 migrations now

  In a last promotional run-up to the Windows 7 release next month, Microsoft is urging business customers to start their upgrades now with examples of customers already using the software, and another acknowledgement that the company learned lessons from how it handled Vista's release three years ago.

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 15 September, 2009 05:17

  Tags: Windows 7 upgrade, Windows 7, upgrades, Microsoft

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  Microsoft shutting off Windows 7 RC downloads Thursday

  Microsoft will turn off the download spigot for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) on Thursday around 11 a.m. ET, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

  By Gregg Keizer | 20 August, 2009 06:24

  Tags: Microsoft, operating systems, Windows 7, Windows 7 upgrade

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  Fix the most common Windows 7 upgrade problems

  Experienced PC users know that not every operating-system upgrade goes smoothly -- but that bit of understanding does little to offset the annoyance we feel when we're faced with seemingly unresolvable installation problems. Windows 7 has presented some users with a few serious upgrade bugs of its own. Don't worry: We'll explain how to exterminate them.

  By Robert Strohmeyer | 02 December, 2009 01:50

  Tags: Windows 7 upgrade, Windows 7, Microsoft

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  Windows 7 Migration: Four Planning Tips

  Despite enterprise affinity for the sturdy and reliable Windows XP, it's all but inevitable that Windows 7, shipping next week, on Oct. 22, will see significant business adoption in 2010. That's due to both Windows XP's age and the timing of PC hardware upgrade cycles. Analysts at research firm Gartner expect corporate demand for Windows 7 to gain full momentum by the end of 2010.

  By Shane O'Neill | 19 October, 2009 11:47

  Tags: Windows 7 upgrade, Windows 7, Microsoft

Whitepapers about Windows 7 upgrade

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  Best Practices for Preparing for SharePoint Migrations

  This paper focuses on some of the most common platforms that content can be moved from: Windows Server file shares, Exchange public folders, and previous versions of SharePoint. However, the strategies discussed can also be applied to content from other sources, such as Documentum, Novell or UNIX file shares, Notes databases, and web sites.