Windows Home Server for Dummies Available
Windows Home Server For Dummies is finally available as from today from Amazon.com. Woody Leonhard’s 384 page book should be on all our book shelves, dummies or not. And well done to those of you that left ideas here for Woody to include in the book because he has included most of them. Here’s what the blurb states:
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 and you’ll sleep better.
Amazon in the UK should be shipping the book from December, 3rd 2007 and have no stock at present. In the meantime the following samples are available for download. Chapter 1, Bringing Windows Home Server to Life as well as the Table of Contents and the Index.
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