Windows Home Server For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

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.

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Good Book
As with all Dummies books, or at least those that I have read, this one does an excellent job of giving you the basics. It doesn't provide all of the ins and outs of WHS, but that's not what a Dummies book is for. As a computer engineer, I read the dummies book for any new technology I'm going to deal with, then I get one of the all-inclusive books to give me the details. For the average WHS installer and user, the Dummies book is all you need.
Rating: - Great Book to start you off right...
Windows Home Server for Dummies is a great book added to the series. Everything is explained in a very easy to read detailed manner. Nothing was overlooked. I particularly enjoyed the way the author organized the book so that you may either read it in order or skip around to different topics. The only downside to this book is it does not contain the new functionality that Power Pack 2 implements, such as over the network Windows Home Connector software installation, etc. Overall great buy for any ... Read More
Rating: - WHS for Dummies review
Nice book for someone who wants to get an introduction to Windows Home Server. Full of useful tips and trics, do's and don't-s

The writing style is something you need to get used to. It is very much speaking language. If English is not your native language (like for me), in the first chapters it is pretty annoying, but I got used to it.
Rating: - Good book
Woody's stuff is always great. I don't expect all of the arcane technical matter in any book "for Dummies". This book contains a good mix of information and humor.

Amazon delivered the book before the server arrived, so I actually read the book before I started messing with the server. I didn't have any problems.
Rating: - Another good Dummies book
This is good overview material for Windows Home Server.The book is not overly technical, but it does provide a fairly large amount of good information.