Vista - Offline files not available on Vista Home editions (FYI only)

FYI

Offline files are not available on Vista Home editions and the lack of this
feature is not clearly stated anywhere that I have looked. In the Vista Help
system it does not state it and I didn't see it on MS's Web site either.

Anyway, what got me so steamed about this was that I spent at least 1/2 an
hour trying to get offline files to work on a classmate's Vista Home Premium
laptop. As I mentioned, the Help system does not state that the feature is
NOT available on Home editions. So I go and search the MS KB for offline
file issues and see the KB mentioned below. Since the KB applies to Vista
Home Premium, I figured that I must have missed something and kept on trying
to get it to work.

The KB below that discusses an offline file error lists the Home editions in
its "applies to" section at the bottom. How the heck can an offline file
error apply to the Home editions when they don't even support offline files?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...rss&spid=11712

In footnote D of the page in the link below it doesn't specifically state
that offline files is NOT available on Home versions, but I get the
point--it's not.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...footnotes.mspx.

MS should have included offline files since it does include the Sync Center
in the Home editions. A big FU to MS for not making this clear and wasting
my time.
--

Martin
MCSA: M

"MartinX" <a@b.c> wrote in message
news:ehJqP%23NuHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> FYI
>
> Offline files are not available on Vista Home editions and the lack of
> this
> feature is not clearly stated anywhere that I have looked. In the Vista
> Help
> system it does not state it and I didn't see it on MS's Web site either.
>
> Anyway, what got me so steamed about this was that I spent at least 1/2 an
> hour trying to get offline files to work on a classmate's Vista Home
> Premium
> laptop. As I mentioned, the Help system does not state that the feature is
> NOT available on Home editions. So I go and search the MS KB for offline
> file issues and see the KB mentioned below. Since the KB applies to Vista
> Home Premium, I figured that I must have missed something and kept on
> trying
> to get it to work.
>
> The KB below that discusses an offline file error lists the Home editions
> in
> its "applies to" section at the bottom. How the heck can an offline file
> error apply to the Home editions when they don't even support offline
> files?
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...rss&spid=11712
>
> In footnote D of the page in the link below it doesn't specifically state
> that offline files is NOT available on Home versions, but I get the
> point--it's not.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...footnotes.mspx.
>
> MS should have included offline files since it does include the Sync
> Center
> in the Home editions. A big FU to MS for not making this clear and wasting
> my time.
> --
>
> Martin
> MCSA: M
>

It is on the site - if you went to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...s/default.mspx
Which would be the right place to go check out the difference in features
between the editions.

You then get the text that states

By Individual Feature
Learn more about the features you'll use at home or in your small business.
Some product features are only available in certain editions of Windows
Vista and may require advanced or additional hardware.

The "Some product features " is the link to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...footnotes.mspx

That, as you say states that Offline files are not in certain editions (note
D)

--

Mike Brannigan