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    Things missing from Vista Bus. vs. Vista Home Prem.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by bjcadstuff, Sep 1, 2009.

  1. bjcadstuff

    bjcadstuff Notebook Consultant

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    My new Dell Latitude has Vista Business. I noticed that it has no games. I don't do games much but might occasionally want to do a bit of Mahjong. Can the games be downloaded from MS and installed, or maybe copied from a machine with Vista Home?

    Anybody got a link that details the differences between Vista Home and Vista Business?
     
    bjcadstuff, Sep 1, 2009
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Start
    Control Panel
    Programs
    Programs and Features
    Windows features on or off
    Games
     
    Lithus, Sep 1, 2009
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  3. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    1) go to control panel
    2) go to programs and features
    3) click on turn windows features on or off on the left pane
    4) scroll down till u see the games section, then cilck on it, then click OK

    you might need your installation media while doing this, or you might not, depending on how your computer was setup by your manufacturer, have fun....


    If you have Vista Business, u will not need Vista Home Premium, the only difference is that Home premium has the media center application, but business has more features overall.
     
    MaXimus, Sep 1, 2009
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  4. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    You won't for this laptop.

    Going Home Premium for minesweeper... ouch.
    If you got your laptop recently, you should be eligible to free Windows 7 upgrade (see with Dell for more info)
    That means you will pass form Vista Business to Windows 7 Pro (when it comes out on Oct 22). And Windows 7 Pro, unlike Vista Business, has all Home Premium feature included in inside (you don't trade features for others).
    If you have Vista 64-bit, you will get Win7 64-bit, but if you have Vista 32-bit for some reason that is beyond me, then you will still be stuck with a Win7 32-bit.
     
    GoodBytes, Sep 3, 2009
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  5. DarkSilver

    DarkSilver MSI Afterburner

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    Vista Business have what extra feature compared to Vista Home Premium?
    Well, tell about Vista Home Basic too.

    Lastly, 32bit sucks. 64bit FTW!
    A license key can activate both 32bit and 64bit OS.
    For example:
    You have a Vista Ultimate license key.
    You can install Ultimate 32bit using the key, if you don't want, you can install Ultimate 64bit using the key.
     
    DarkSilver, Sep 3, 2009
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  6. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_editions#Comparison_chart
    The above chart is not complete, as you probably noticed. I am trying to find a better one. One of thing that comes into mind that is not in Home Premium and bellow is group policy (Run > gpedit.msc), Volume Shadow Copy, Fax and Scan, and support for 128GB of RAM (versus 16GB) for the 64-bit version.
     
    GoodBytes, Sep 3, 2009
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