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|
Starter |
Home
Basic |
Home
Premium |
Professional |
Enterprise/
Ultimate |
|
User
Interface |
| Windows
Search |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Back-up &
Restore |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Action
Center |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Device
Stage |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Taskbar Live
Previews |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Fast User
Switching |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Aero Glass & snap/peek/shake |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Multiple Monitors |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Multi-touch and handwriting support |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Multimedia |
|
|
|
|
|
| Windows
Media Player |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Enhanced
media streaming + Play To |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Windows
Media Center |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| DVD Video
Playback and authoring |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Networking |
| Create
ad-hoc wireless networks |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Internet
Connection Sharing |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Homegroup Join |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Create a Homegroup |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Location
aware printing |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Domain Join |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Group Policy Controls
GPEDIT/SECPOL.MSC |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Remote
Desktop
Host |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| BranchCache |
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
IT Administration |
| User
Management MMC |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Advanced ACL |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Local Group
Policy MMC |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Telnet |
|
|
✓† |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Security
& Hardware Support |
| Maximum Memory (x86/x64) |
2G/na |
4G/8G |
4G/16G |
4G/192G |
4G/192G |
| Max # of CPUs (not cores/threads) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Windows Back-up &
System Image |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Advanced
Back-up (to UNC) |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Encrypting
File System (EFS) |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| BitLocker &
Bitlocker To Go |
|
|
|
|
✓ |
| AppLocker |
|
|
|
|
✓ |
| Boot from VHD |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| DirectAccess (ipsec vpn, rem mgmt) |
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
Miscellaneous |
| MUI
Language Packs (35) |
|
|
|
|
✓ |
| End-of-Life (EOL) mainstream |
Jan 2015 |
Jan 2015 |
Jan 2015 |
Jan 2015 |
Jan 2020 |
| End-of-Life (EOL) extended |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Jan 2020 |
Jan 2025? |
Included and active by default