RDP to Windows 7 Home Premium

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#105126 27-Jun-2012 20:42

Can anyone recommend a way to RDP a Windows 7 Home Premium workstation at my office?
I have setup RDP from my home to a Windows 7 Professional workstation at my office so I know my modem is configured correctly.

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#647238 27-Jun-2012 20:45

Home Premium doesn't support Remote Desktop.

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#647240 27-Jun-2012 20:47

You will need to use a service such as Logmein or VNC as stated above Home Premium doesn't support RDP

mushtac

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#647242 27-Jun-2012 20:50

Is it possible to purchase a license for Windows 7 Professional & update the operating system without reinstalling operating system?

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#647253 27-Jun-2012 20:58

mushtac: Is it possible to purchase a license for Windows 7 Professional & update the operating system without reinstalling operating system?

It's called Windows Anytime Upgrade. Look in the Start menu.

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#647254 27-Jun-2012 20:58

Yes you can by using Windows Anytime Upgrade feature.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/windows-anytime-upgrade

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#647256 27-Jun-2012 21:01

sbiddle: Home Premium doesn't support Remote Desktop.

Rubbish, I'm running win7 home prem, and have a RDP in to my office network

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#647260 27-Jun-2012 21:15

gregmcc:
sbiddle: Home Premium doesn't support Remote Desktop.

Rubbish, I'm running win7 home prem, and have a RDP in to my office network

It's the other way round it doesn't work - i.e. you can't connect via RDP to a Windows Home Premium machine.

That said, there are ways to "enable" RDP to a Home Premium machine. Google it.

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#647286 27-Jun-2012 22:39

A slight adjustment in the registry will make it work. Bing it! (actually Goole might be better)

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#647326 28-Jun-2012 01:24

Beavis: A slight adjustment in the registry will make it work. Bing it! (actually Goole might be better)

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#648531 29-Jun-2012 23:52

On windows XP Home, you had to replace a DLL and make a registry change to make RDP work, but it would be reversed regularly when windows updates were run. This could possibly be the same with windows 7 home premium?

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#648542 30-Jun-2012 01:13

try a google search on "enable remote desktop on windows 7 home premium"

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