Compare Vista versions
There are 9 versions of Windows Vista. To figure out which one you have, click the START button and type Welcome then click on Welcome Center in the Start menu when it appears and check the top of the dialog box to see which version you have. Then compare your version to the table below to see what features your copy has enabled and what it is missing.
The following was adapted from this page on the Microsoft forums.
| Vista Fundamentals | |||||||||
| Feature | Starter | Home Europe | Home Basic | Home Premium | Business (Europe) | Business | Small Business | Enterprise | Ultimate |
| SafeDocs backup and restore | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Backup (scheduled) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Backup (network-based) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shadow copy client | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Encrypted File System (EFS) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports migration from XP | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Productivity | |||||||||
| Feature | Starter | Home Europe | Home Basic | Home Premium | Business (Europe) | Business | Small Business | Enterprise | Ultimate |
| Desktop Window Manager (DWM) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aero glass, animations, visual effects | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Productivity features (rolodex, tab previews, task bar previews) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited screen resolution support | No 1024×768 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fast User Switching (FUS) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Communications | |||||||||
| Feature | Starter | Home Europe | Home Basic | Home Premium | Business (Europe) | Business | Small Business | Enterprise | Ultimate |
| RDP/Remote Desktop | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| P2P Meeting Place (ad-hoc meetings, people discovery, presentation broadcast) | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Web Server (optional) | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Fax client | No | No | No | No | Yes (opt) | Yes (opt) | Yes | Yes (opt) | Yes (opt) |
| Digital Media & Entertainment | |||||||||
| Feature | Starter | Home Europe | Home Basic | Home Premium | Business (Europe) | Business | Small Business | Enterprise | Ultimate |
| DVD Video Authoring | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Direct Media Mode | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Center (including Extender and games) | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Number of remote Media Center sessions supported | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5 |
| Movie Maker HD Publishing | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Advanced Photography features | No | No | No | Yes | Yes (opt) | Yes (opt) | Yes (opt) | Yes (opt) | Yes (opt) |
| Premium Games (3D Chess, Shanghai Solitaire) | No | No | No | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) |
| Windows Media Player 11 and related components | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Networking | |||||||||
| Feature | Starter | Home Europe | Home Basic | Home Premium | Business (Europe) | Business | Small Business | Enterprise | Ultimate |
| Number of supported network connections | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Domain join support | No | No | No | Quattro only |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1:1 Network projection | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SNMP support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) |
| Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Opt) | Yes | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes |
| Mobility | |||||||||
| Feature | Starter | Home Europe | Home Basic | Home Premium | Business (Europe) | Business | Small Business | Enterprise | Ultimate |
| PC-to-PC Sync | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobility Center | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tablet PC functionality | No | No | No | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) |
| Auxiliary Display support | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Offline folders with client-side caching | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PC management | |||||||||
| Feature | Starter | Home Europe | Home Basic | Home Premium | Business (Europe) | Business | Small Business | Enterprise | Ultimate |
| Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) |
| Secure Startup (Cornerstone) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes (Opt) |
| Single Session Virtual PC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Opt) | Yes (Opt) |
| Multi-Language User Interface (MUI) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes (Opt) |
| Licensing | |||||||||
| Feature | Starter | Home Europe | Home Basic | Home Premium | Business (Europe) | Business | Small Business | Enterprise | Ultimate |
| Windows Activation Services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |