Home Premium Vs. Professional

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  1. Posts : 141
    Windows 7 Home Ultimate 64-Bit, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, Windows XP
       #1

    Home Premium Vs. Professional


    Hey guys,

    I was wondering if someone could outline some of the important differences between 64bit Home Premium and 64bit Professional.

    Thanks!
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  2. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #2
    Last edited by Brink; 15 Jun 2010 at 13:09. Reason: added link
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  3. Posts : 650
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #3

    Two of the main differences are:
    Professional:
    1) XP-mode - Yes
    2) Remote Desktop Server (RDP) - Yes

    Home Premium:
    1) XP-mode - No
    2) Remote Desktop Server (RDP) - No

    If either of these are something you feel you need or might need then
    Professional is the OS for you otherwise Home Premium is a more cost
    effective choice although if you buy Professional OEM some of the cost
    difference is mitigated but OS is tied to that machine only.
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  4. Posts : 1,180
    Windows 7 Ultimate
       #4

    One of the main differences I've notices is the name of the Operating System.

    Sorry. Had to.
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  5. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
       #5

    Just caught this on the forum recently:

    Home: 16 GB RAM limit

    Prof: 192 GB RAM limit

    Not that you would need that capability soon.
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  6. Posts : 34
    Vista Premium
       #6

    Does Windows 7 'Premium' support FTP service???

    and before you say Yes! - all the "experts" say Windows Vista Premium supports ftp service ("you have to add it as a service, yadda, yadda") - but it does not - it makes some references to FTP service (as if MS was originally going to include it in Premium kit) but bottom line is it doesn't
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  7. Posts : 6
    Window XP
       #7

    The main difference is the features for both home and professional like
    In Home= Remote Desktop Server (RDP) - No
    Professional=Remote Desktop Server (RDP) - Yes

    Also, the difference of RAM
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  8. Posts : 6,885
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
       #8

    Chris K said:
    Does Windows 7 'Premium' support FTP service???

    and before you say Yes! - all the "experts" say Windows Vista Premium supports ftp service ("you have to add it as a service, yadda, yadda") - but it does not - it makes some references to FTP service (as if MS was originally going to include it in Premium kit) but bottom line is it doesn't
    Can you give more information on what you mean by supporting FTP service?
    Simply by installing FileZilla (or similar program, I believe IE works as one as well) you can access FTP.

    Maria Sizer said:
    The main difference is the features for both home and professional like
    In Home= Remote Desktop Server (RDP) - No
    Professional=Remote Desktop Server (RDP) - Yes

    Also, the difference of RAM
    There is no difference in RAM.

    ~Lordbob
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  9. Posts : 34
    Vista Premium
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    Lordbob75 said:
    ...Can you give more information on what you mean by supporting FTP service?
    Simply by installing FileZilla (or similar program, I believe IE works as one as well) you can access FTP...
    Windows (well certainly all professional versions since Win 2000) have built-in FTP service (and HTTP service) - just activate the service and it becomes FTP/HTTP server - dedicate which folders are accessible (and password) and you can access those files from anywhere you have web access

    but I have considered 3rd party app and maybe that's easiest solution - Filezilla might be the answer
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  10. Posts : 6,885
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
       #10

    Chris K said:
    Lordbob75 said:
    ...Can you give more information on what you mean by supporting FTP service?
    Simply by installing FileZilla (or similar program, I believe IE works as one as well) you can access FTP...
    Windows (well certainly all professional versions since Win 2000) have built-in FTP service (and HTTP service) - just activate the service and it becomes FTP/HTTP server - dedicate which folders are accessible (and password) and you can access those files from anywhere you have web access

    but I have considered 3rd party app and maybe that's easiest solution - Filezilla might be the answer
    If I understand you right, FileZilla will NOT do what you intend.

    You want to basically set your computer up as a server, correct? First issue will be ISP and if they block port 80 (there are ways around that). Second is to set up your files properly (need to be set up to be shared).

    ~Lordbob
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