Microsoft issued a draft of the Windows 7 Technical Guarantee Program to their OEM partners on December 10, giving them exactly one month to provide their feedback before Microsoft finalizes the program details. We managed to obtain a copy of the draft, which tentatively refers to the program as the "Windows 7 Upgrade Program".

We received more details of the Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program, and have thus updated and expanded this article with the following information :

- Updated the Important Program Dates and Fulfillment Limitations sections with new information.