Windows 8 & Vista Networking
I have an existing computer with Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. I have files on this computer I want to share with a new Windows 8 computer that I have not bought yet. My question is, do I need to buy a Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro computer. Also, if I have files to share that are on a Windows Vista Home Premium computer, can I share them with a Windows 8 computer? I will not have a domain, just want to share one folder across a home network. If someone could help me out I'd appreciate it.
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No you will not need a pro version of windows. I share multitude of files between my home computers. The trick is setting up the share with the correct permissions. Google would be your friend for finding howtos on sharing.
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That is correct
Using Windows Vista Home, Windows 7 Home and Windows 8 you can use network shares and map network drives
The limitations are that you cannot connect more than 5 devices simultaneously and some LN-NTLM settings can just be controlled modifying the registry (no GPOs)
As far as you are not planning join the computers to a domain, you do not need to buy Windows Pro
Using Windows Vista Home, Windows 7 Home and Windows 8 you can use network shares and map network drives
The limitations are that you cannot connect more than 5 devices simultaneously and some LN-NTLM settings can just be controlled modifying the registry (no GPOs)
As far as you are not planning join the computers to a domain, you do not need to buy Windows Pro
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and to do this, I will need to buy the pro versions of the operating system?