upgrade from Vista Basic to Premium

Is it costly to upgrade from Home to Premium? And, does Premium have the
option of RDC Remote desktop Connection?

Thanks for any help
Jason

"Jay" <> wrote in message
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> Is it costly to upgrade from Home to Premium? And, does Premium have the
> option of RDC Remote desktop Connection?


No RDP in Home Premium. You need Business/Enterprise/Ultimate - the
versions with the full networking abilities.

ss.

Hi Jay,

Vista Home is either Basic or Premium, and both include the ability to RDC
to a different machine. It is the host (the actual machine you are trying to
access remotely) that has to be either Vista Business or Ultimate (or
another supporting OS such as XP Pro or Server 2003). A Vista Home Premium
system cannot host (receive) a RDC session, it can only be a client (ie: be
used to access a machine that is a host).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Jay" <> wrote in message
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> Is it costly to upgrade from Home to Premium? And, does Premium have the
> option of RDC Remote desktop Connection?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Jason

Okay. Thanks a lot for your responses. Can you tell me if I have to pay
full price then for Pro, or can I get an upgraded package for cheaper?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Jay,
>
> Vista Home is either Basic or Premium, and both include the ability to RDC
> to a different machine. It is the host (the actual machine you are trying to
> access remotely) that has to be either Vista Business or Ultimate (or
> another supporting OS such as XP Pro or Server 2003). A Vista Home Premium
> system cannot host (receive) a RDC session, it can only be a client (ie: be
> used to access a machine that is a host).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Jay" <> wrote in message
> news:865B8B41-CCD6-4AD1-8124-...
> > Is it costly to upgrade from Home to Premium? And, does Premium have the
> > option of RDC Remote desktop Connection?
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> > Jason
>
>

Hi Jay,

There is no Vista Pro. You would have to use anytime upgrade to obtain
either Business or Ultimate. It would be cheaper than buying a full version.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Jay" <> wrote in message
news:3D4665AF-5D85-4C4A-8CC5-...
> Okay. Thanks a lot for your responses. Can you tell me if I have to pay
> full price then for Pro, or can I get an upgraded package for cheaper?
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Jay,
>>
>> Vista Home is either Basic or Premium, and both include the ability to
>> RDC
>> to a different machine. It is the host (the actual machine you are trying
>> to
>> access remotely) that has to be either Vista Business or Ultimate (or
>> another supporting OS such as XP Pro or Server 2003). A Vista Home
>> Premium
>> system cannot host (receive) a RDC session, it can only be a client (ie:
>> be
>> used to access a machine that is a host).
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Jay" <> wrote in message
>> news:865B8B41-CCD6-4AD1-8124-...
>> > Is it costly to upgrade from Home to Premium? And, does Premium have
>> > the
>> > option of RDC Remote desktop Connection?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help
>> > Jason
>>
>>