Vista Home Basics supports Workgroup networking?

[Guest]

Can Vista Home Basics supports simple Workgroup networking for sharing of
Printers and Internet resources?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Can Vista Home Basics supports simple Workgroup networking for sharing of
Printers and Internet resources?

Yes. All versions of Vista work the same in workgroup networking.
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[Guest]

Thanks Steve.
I posted this questions because the dealer claims that Vista Home Basics and
Premium do not have any networking capabilities at ALL and asking me to go
for a higher version of Vista.....what a misleading remarks they have made...

Best Regards
Alvin Goh

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Thanks Steve.
I posted this questions because the dealer claims that Vista Home Basics and
Premium do not have any networking capabilities at ALL and asking me to go
for a higher version of Vista.....what a misleading remarks they have made...

Best Regards
Alvin Goh

You're welcome, Alvin. The Home versions can't join a domain, which
is a type of network used mostly by large businesses, universities,
etc. Perhaps that's what the dealer was thinking of.

FYI, here's a chart that shows the capabilities of the Vista versions:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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