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Vista business and home editions

  • 08-02-2008 7:11pm
    #1
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭


    Is this like the old Home and Pro editions of Windows, i.e. does the Business edition come with all the bells and whistles of the Home editions? I need a new laptop and am migrating from XP Pro. I don't actually run or work in a business, I got XP Pro originally to log onto the college network. Will Home Premium allow this or do you need Business? It is all very confusing!


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  • #2
    Mena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Mena


    This might help. I'd go for Ultimate, or at the least, Home Premium, but everyone's needs are different I guess.


  • #3
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Will they allow me to connect to a college network though? I don't really care about empty promises of making my own DVDs, having transparent menu bars and whatnot. I don't want to buy a laptop and then find I can't actually work in college with it.


  • #4
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Depends - does your college use a Windows domain? If so you'll need Business, Enterprise or Ultimate. Home versions can't join a domain.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Stephen wrote: »
    Depends - does your college use a Windows domain? If so you'll need Business, Enterprise or Ultimate. Home versions can't join a domain.
    Bitch about it to the college if you need to join a domain, it's a tax on using the network.

    Seriously check with the college on the cost of academic vista, as a full time student it may be cheaper than getting it preinstalled - check first though.

    XP home can't join a domain, but can map drives and get DHCP so the only thing missing really was stuff like having group policies and such like. I'd expect Vista to be the same.

    setup a local user on your PC with the exact same username and password as the user on the domain 
    net use X: \\server\share  /user:domain\%username%


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