"Dave" <davidj92@wowway.com> wrote in message
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> "JKConey" <jkconey@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>> "Dave" <davidj92@wowway.com> wrote in message
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>>> I'm running Win7 Home Premium and want to switch to Professional. Can
>>> I do this with an Win7 Pro Upgrade?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dave
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>> What's in Pro that you need?
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>> JK Sinrod
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> From what I understand it will network better than Home. My printer
> works ok now, but I'm having trouble setting up a backup drive on my
> router so I can backup both desktop and laptop to it.
> Dave
All you get "extra" in pro is ;
1. Run WinXP applications in "WinXP Mode",
2. Connect to *Company* networks more securely, and
3. Auto backup to Home or Business Network.
One thing I don't understand is your "backup desktop and Laptop to a
"Router" ?
FWIW I have backed up two laptops (Win7 Home) and three Desktops (WinXP
and Win98SE) to a western digital external hard drive (And scheduled
monthly "update backups")
a. Used the Win7 "backup application" and burned a recovery disc, and
b. Used Acronis True image for the Desktop PCs
The only lack of control was that the Win7 application did not give me the
option to backup to a "folder" of my choice, however, it does create an
image in the external hard drive, with the "Laptop Name" as the
identifying title.
NB My "Workgroup" LAN (Ethernet for Desk tops and WiFi for the Win7
Laptops) through my DLink DIR-615, router works fine