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Version and its specific edition of Windows to upgrade from | Edition of Windows 7 to upgrade to | ||||
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Home Basic | Home Premium | Professional | Enterprise | Ultimate | |
Vista Home Basic | In-place | In-place | Clean | Clean | In-place |
Vista Home Premium | Clean | In-place | Clean | Clean | In-place |
Vista Business | Clean | Clean | In-place | In-place | In-place |
Vista Enterprise | Clean | Clean | Clean | In-place | Clean |
Vista Ultimate | Clean | Clean | Clean | Clean | In-place |
XP | Clean | Clean | Clean | Clean | Clean |
Features | Starter | Home Basic | Home Premium | Professional | Enterprise | Ultimate |
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Licensing scheme | OEM licensing | Retail and OEM licensing in emerging markets | Retail and OEM licensing | Retail, OEM and volume licensing[35] | Volume licensing[35] | Retail and OEM licensing |
Maximum physical memory (RAM) (32-Bit)[36] | 2 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Maximum physical memory (RAM) (64-Bit)[36] | N/A | 8 GB | 16 GB | 192 GB | 192 GB | 192 GB |
Maximum physical CPUs supported[a][37] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Built-in AVCHD support[38] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multiple monitors | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fast user switching | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Desktop Window Manager | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows Mobility Center | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Printing via the Internet | No[39] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows Parental Controls[40] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
64-bit edition available? | No | Yes, but not in retail SKUs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows Aero | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Internet connection sharing | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Built-in DVD (MPEG-2 and Dolby Digital) decoder[3] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multi-touch | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows Media Center | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows Media Player remote media experience[b] | No | No | Yes[41] | Yes[41] | Yes[41] | Yes[41] |
Premium games included | No | No | Yes | Yes[c] | Yes[c] | Yes |
HomeGroup support | Join only | Join only | Create or join | Create or join | Create or join | Create or join |
Back up to network with Backup and Restore Center[43] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Act as host for Remote Desktop Services | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dynamic disks[44] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Encrypting File System | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Location-aware printing | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Presentation mode | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Group Policy[45] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Offline files and folder redirection[45] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows Server domain joining | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows XP Mode[d] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Software restriction policies | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Remote administration tools | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)[e] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
AppLocker | No | No | No | Create policies, but cannot enforce | Create and enforce policies | Create and enforce policies |
Aero glass remoting[46][47] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Windows Media Player multimedia redirection[47] | No | No | No | No | Yes[41] | Yes[41] |
Audio recording over Remote Desktop Connection[47] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Multi-display Remote Desktop Connection[47] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Enterprise search scopes[45]:130 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Federated search[48] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
BitLocker Drive Encryption | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
BranchCache Distributed Cache | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
DirectAccess | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Subsystem for Unix-based Applications | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Supports Multilingual User Interface packages | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) enhancements[45]:130 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) licensed[49] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
VHD booting[f] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Switching between any of the 37 available languages[51][52] | No | No | No | No | Yes[52] | Yes[52] |
Features | Starter | Home Basic | Home Premium | Professional | Enterprise | Ultimate |