How to Build a serious Bad-Ass Windows Home Server
Windows Home Server is a fantastic and easy way to start streaming Internet content and sharing files between your home computers. Even if you only have one computer the set-up offers some nice benefits such as automatic backups that will protect your data in the event of a failure.
WHS allows you to schedule daily backups for your PC automatically, in fact you can schedule up to 10 Windows machines. It also allows you to select specific local drives or excluding individual folders from backup. Whats really cool about the backup option with WHS scans your files and stores only one copy of every file on its data partition, no mater how many machines have the same file. Another cool feature is WHS monitors the antivirus and firewall status of all your PC’s, that option will make any admin happy.
Windows Home Server allows file and printer sharing; stream audio, video and digital photographs to any device that supports Windows Media Connect including Xbox 360 gaming console. You can set-up remote access so you can control your server and all the networked machines connected to it from anywhere in the world. The attraction of a home server, such as Windows Home Server, is obvious for any home with several computers.
Maximum PC details the building process, installing, and managing this serious and awesome Home Server from the beginning to the end. They lay it all out for you, step-by-step on the specific hardware they’ve selected, and show you how it all works with Windows Home Server to bring in those streaming movies you want, share and back all your files without redundancy, and bring all the other high tech coolness to your very own home server network.
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How to Build a Kick-Ass Windows Home Server
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