I recently purchased a Windows 8 machine (Lenovo Ideacentre q190). The previous version q180 supported installing XP, but the most recent version does not. Before I go and install Windows 7 I want to make sure of a few things.
I understand from reading that I am entitled to downgrade my Windows 8 installation to Windows 7 but I would be left with Windows 7 Home. I previously have connected all of my machines to the domain (ultimately to limit shared folder access) so I guess my question would be..... If I have Windows 7 Home and share a folder, can I limit access on that folder to only certain users from a domain?
On a side note....If I were to purchase a copy of Windows 7 Professional, would there be any issues just installing it over my current installation of Windows 8?
I understand from reading that I am entitled to downgrade my Windows 8 installation to Windows 7 but I would be left with Windows 7 Home. I previously have connected all of my machines to the domain (ultimately to limit shared folder access) so I guess my question would be..... If I have Windows 7 Home and share a folder, can I limit access on that folder to only certain users from a domain?
On a side note....If I were to purchase a copy of Windows 7 Professional, would there be any issues just installing it over my current installation of Windows 8?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- xp, 7, and 8