Differences between Win 7 Home Premium & Pro

ramunas · Oct 25, 2009

Hey everyone,

i am new one and i am thinking to get one of those editions...but i really cannot decide, i noticed the things in comparisom chart which home premium doesnt have and id like to know what does that mean:

Location Aware Printing
Encrypting File System (EFS)
Domain Join (Windows Server)
Backup to Network

what are aswel minor changes which might be useful to know?

is the interface is different?

Thanks

kegobeer · Oct 25, 2009

- You can't do location aware printing (you can't set up default printers based on the network you are connected to).
- You won't be able to use EFS.
- You can't connect your computer to a network (a network that uses a domain controller, like you would have in a work environment). You can connect to the internet at home, through your router or dial-up connection.
- Since you can't connect to a network, you can't back up your computer over a network connection.

Everything else is the same.

infested999 · Oct 25, 2009

If you don't know what they are, then you don't need them

And the inference is the same...

ramunas · Oct 25, 2009

thanks!

about this part

"- You can't connect your computer to a network (a network that uses a domain controller, like you would have in a work environment). You can connect to the internet at home, through your router or dial-up connection."

I am using Network switch to connect my PC to the internet (we have 8 people LAN and each other is shares internet via network) so if im right i wount be able to connect to the internet?

besides that i guess i will not be able to share files between LAN members?

ramunas · Oct 25, 2009

infested999 said:
If you don't know what they are, then you don't need them

And the inference is the same...

actually thats not really true, i just have a bit of language barrier in terms

kegobeer · Oct 25, 2009

ramunas said:
thanks!

about this part

"- You can't connect your computer to a network (a network that uses a domain controller, like you would have in a work environment). You can connect to the internet at home, through your router or dial-up connection."

I am using Network switch to connect my PC to the internet (we have 8 people LAN and each other is shares internet via network) so if im right i wount be able to connect to the internet?

besides that i guess i will not be able to share files between LAN members?

You have a router, not a server that controls network access. You can connect to the internet, and you can share files. You have a workgroup, not a domain.

scubasteve · Oct 25, 2009

ramunas said:
thanks!

about this part

"- You can't connect your computer to a network (a network that uses a domain controller, like you would have in a work environment). You can connect to the internet at home, through your router or dial-up connection."

I am using Network switch to connect my PC to the internet (we have 8 people LAN and each other is shares internet via network) so if im right i wount be able to connect to the internet?

besides that i guess i will not be able to share files between LAN members?

You will be able to share files...but it will be via a less sophisticated mechanism than what is available in Pro. It will be less user-based and more home network based.

TheSchaft · Oct 25, 2009

ramunas said:
thanks!

about this part

"- You can't connect your computer to a network (a network that uses a domain controller, like you would have in a work environment). You can connect to the internet at home, through your router or dial-up connection."

I am using Network switch to connect my PC to the internet (we have 8 people LAN and each other is shares internet via network) so if im right i wount be able to connect to the internet?

besides that i guess i will not be able to share files between LAN members?

With Home Premium you can share files on a LAN. The Professional version allows use of a domain controller, which most home systems don't have.

I have three systems plus a network storage device, plus a network printer. Everything works fine with Home Premium through my router.

ramunas · Oct 25, 2009

kegobeer said:
ramunas said:

thanks!

about this part

"- You can't connect your computer to a network (a network that uses a domain controller, like you would have in a work environment). You can connect to the internet at home, through your router or dial-up connection."

I am using Network switch to connect my PC to the internet (we have 8 people LAN and each other is shares internet via network) so if im right i wount be able to connect to the internet?

besides that i guess i will not be able to share files between LAN members?

Click to expand...

You have a router, not a server that controls network access. You can connect to the internet, and you can share files. You have a workgroup, not a domain.

nope, its a network switch...internet cable goes to the switch and from there it goes to my PC1 and another cable from Switch goes to brother's PC.

kegobeer · Oct 25, 2009

ramunas said:
kegobeer said:

ramunas said:

thanks!

about this part

"- You can't connect your computer to a network (a network that uses a domain controller, like you would have in a work environment). You can connect to the internet at home, through your router or dial-up connection."

I am using Network switch to connect my PC to the internet (we have 8 people LAN and each other is shares internet via network) so if im right i wount be able to connect to the internet?

besides that i guess i will not be able to share files between LAN members?

Click to expand...

You have a router, not a server that controls network access. You can connect to the internet, and you can share files. You have a workgroup, not a domain.

Click to expand...

nope, its a network switch...internet cable goes to the switch and from there it goes to my PC1 and another cable from Switch goes to brother's PC.

Router, switch, it doesn't matter. It's just a "dumb hub" that is moving packets around - you aren't running a server, you aren't logging into the server and using Active Directory to control anything. You have a workgroup and you are sharing files, which all versions of Windows 7 support.

ramunas · Oct 25, 2009

TheSchaft said:
ramunas said:

thanks!

about this part

"- You can't connect your computer to a network (a network that uses a domain controller, like you would have in a work environment). You can connect to the internet at home, through your router or dial-up connection."

I am using Network switch to connect my PC to the internet (we have 8 people LAN and each other is shares internet via network) so if im right i wount be able to connect to the internet?

besides that i guess i will not be able to share files between LAN members?

Click to expand...

With Home Premium you can share files on a LAN. The Professional version allows use of a domain controller, which most home systems don't have.

I have three systems plus a network storage device, plus a network printer. Everything works fine with Home Premium through my router.

will i be able to host a server for games?

sorry for such questions, but i am really a noob at the terms...and i might not understand some features meaning the ones i am using maybe ;

ramunas · Oct 25, 2009

what about applications, thro browsing Home premium vs professional i found something that not all aplications might work on home than the ones work on professional? (not talking about XP aplications which might require virtualization)

kegobeer · Oct 25, 2009

ramunas said:
what about applications, thro browsing Home premium vs professional i found something that not all aplications might work on home than the ones work on professional? (not talking about XP aplications which might require virtualization)

Where did you read that? What applications are you talking about?

TheSchaft · Oct 25, 2009

ramunas said:
will i be able to host a server for games?

If you want to host the server on your LAN, I can't see why not. You may have to adjust the router if you want to use it for Internet server hosting.

ramunas · Oct 25, 2009

kegobeer said:
ramunas said:

what about applications, thro browsing Home premium vs professional i found something that not all aplications might work on home than the ones work on professional? (not talking about XP aplications which might require virtualization)

Click to expand...

Where did you read that? What applications are you talking about?

never mind, i misunderstud myself

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