Product Description

If you work in an office, you probably don’t lose much sleep worrying about whether your files are safe if your PC melts down. Company IT departments handle those things for business networks. But how about all those precious photos, address lists, the family genealogy, and everything else that lives on your home network? Windows Home Server can save the day if one of your personal PCs hiccups, and Windows Home Server For Dummies serves up all the stuff you need to know to put it to work.

Forget everything you’ve heard about previous versions of Windows Server; this all–new variation has been designed for people who don’t wear white lab coats or pocket protectors. Woody Leonhard has tested it and it passed with flying colors. If you have a home or small business network, this book shows you how Windows Home Server helps you

• Share files among all the PCs in your home
• Access your files from anywhere
• Make regular backups automatically
• Store files securely
• Play music, TV shows, or movies on your Xbox
• Share multimedia across your network
• Keep your virus protection and system upgrades up to date
• Get regular reports on the overall health of your network

Windows Home Server For Dummies provides sage advice on choosing a version of Windows Home Server, installing it, setting up users and passwords, using remote access, scheduling automatic scans and backups, and having fun with multimedia.   Trust Woody— you’ll sleep better.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22965 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 357 pages

From the Back Cover
Have a home network? Make it safer and more useful

Share your stuff, access it remotely, back it up, and play movies on your Xbox

What happens when your hard drive hiccups, or the kids accidentally let loose an unfriendly computer virus? If you have Windows Home Server installed, your precious pictures and documents are still safe, and you can access them from anywhere. This friendly guide helps you get it up and running and shows you all its cool tricks!

Discover how to:

• Choose and install Windows Home Server

• Set up users and use shared folders

• Share multimedia across your network

• Play music or video on your Xbox

• Set up automated backups

About the Author
Woody Leonhard is a bestselling author and has been a Microsoft beta tester since Word for Windows 1.1. He covers Windows and Office topics on his popular Web site, AskWoody.com.

Customer Reviews

Out of date
Much of this text appears out of date presumably since Service Pack 1 update. Returning this to Amazon as most of the installation is intuitive with the book hindering rather than helping. Most of the work rounds are already handled by the update or add-ins.

WHS for dummies
Delivered on time and without damage. Haven't opened the book yet so can't comment on the content, but I'm very happy with the service

7/10
Good read, however I though it would cover some more advanced steps like VPN's etc