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Microsoft is reintroducing the Windows 7 Family Pack, an offer it discontinued last year.

Those with PCs running Windows Vista or Windows XP, and capable of running Windows 7, qualify for the program, which includes three upgrade licenses of Windows 7 Home Premium for $149.99. Microsoft will start selling Windows 7 Family Pack through retailers and its online Microsoft Store starting Oct. 3, with an international rollout scheduled for around Oct. 22.

The move is not unexpected, given the original offer’s popularity. In December 2009, however, Microsoft began removing Windows 7 Family Pack from online storefronts such as Amazon.com, making good on its original “limited time offer” promise.

That led to the inevitable groundswell of protest from potential purchasers, who filled message boards with borderline anger and incredulity.