User manual MICROSOFT HOME SERVER GETTING STARTED GUIDE

[. . . ] Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/ or other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Contents Windows Home Server Overview . 28 Windows Home Server Overview The Microsoft® Windows® Home Server operating system helps you centralize and connect your digital things, enabling you to share, store, access, and automatically protect your most important pictures, videos, music, and files. Windows Home Server provides the following: · Automated backup and simple restore of your home computers. Windows Home Server provides you with the peace of mind you want by automatically backing up your home computers and your important files every night, making it easy to restore an entire home computer or just a file to a previous point in time. [. . . ] On the Type a password for Windows Home Server page, type a password, the password confirmation, and a password hint, and then click Next. This is the password that you use to manage your home server from the Windows Home Server Console. A strong password must be at least seven characters long, and it must contain at least three of the following four character categories: · Uppercase characters · Lowercase characters · Numbers · Symbols (such as !, @, #, etc. ) A password hint helps you remember the password. If you forget the password, the password hint is displayed to help you remember it, so make sure you provide a helpful hint. The password hint can be seen by anybody who clicks on the link to display it. You will have to reset your server if you forget the password and the password hint does not help you remember it. On the Help protect Windows Home Server automatically page, click On or Off to configure Automatic Windows Updates, and then click Next. The recommended setting is On to keep Windows Home Server up-to-date and to report problems to Microsoft. On the Customer Experience Improvement Program page, determine if you want to participate in this program, click Yes or No, and then click Next. 14 The Customer Experience Improvement Program helps improve Windows Home Server by reporting information about your computer hardware and how you use your home server. On the Windows Error Reporting page, determine if you want to automatically send error reports to Microsoft, click Yes or No, and then click Next. If you previously chose to install updates on the Help protect Windows Home Server automatically page, you will see the Windows Home Server Update page next. On the Windows Home Server Update page, click Next to check for critical updates. Setup checks for critical updates and automatically installs them if there are any. On the final Setup page, click Start to start the Windows Home Server Console so that you can configure Windows Home Server. 1 Windows Home Server Quick Configuration The following are tasks that you can do as soon as Windows Home Server is set up and your home computers are connected. From the Windows Home Server Console, configure the following items: · User accounts · Shared folders · Computer backups · Server storage · Windows Home Server Settings To learn more about configuring Windows Home Server, click Help on the console to open the Windows Home Server Console Help. 1 User Accounts After you complete Windows Home Server Setup and install the Windows Home Server Connector software on all of your home computers, you are ready to add user accounts for the people in your household. User accounts are required in order to control access to the shared folders on Windows Home Server. To add a user account 1. From a home computer, right-click the Windows Home Server tray icon, and then click Windows Home Server Console. CautioN Your hard drive will be formatted when it is added to your server storage. Make sure that you copy any files that you want to save from the hard drive before adding it to your server storage. importaNt If you add an external USB hard drive, use a USB 2. 0 hard drive. Both your computer hardware and your hard drive must support USB 2. 0 for optimal performance. Using USB 1. 1 devices can cause poor performance and unpredictable results. To add a hard drive 1. [. . . ] Visit the Windows Home Server Community Forums Web site to communicate online with others about Windows Home Server at http:// go. microsoft. com/fwlink/?LinkID=83211. Worldwide Conditions Evaluation versions 2 Support Options Computer manufacturers, System Builders, and Microsoft offer customers of the Windows® Home Server operating system a range of service and support options. You can select the support level that best fits your particular needs. Support Option Computer Manufacturer or System Builder Distributed If your product came installed with a new computer or device, the hardware manufacturer or system builder provides technical support and assistance for Windows Home Server. Self Support For self-help tools and content specific to Windows Home Server, see the Microsoft Web site at http://go. microsoft. com/fwlink/ ?LinkID=85678. [. . . ]