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I can’t recall any Microsoft product (except for Notepad, maybe) that works so
well, so easily, with so little fuss, right out of the box. If you have two or more
computers networked together — doesn’t matter if you only use them to send
email and surf the Web, or print cross-stitch patterns and play Gears of War —
some day, in some way, Windows Home Server will save your bacon.
What Can You Do with
Windows Home Server?
For a little box that just sits there, Windows Home Server covers some
very important bases. But it doesn’t try to cover
all the bases. That’s part
of the genius of Windows Home Server: Its designers didn’t try to solve every
problem, didn’t cater to every wish list, didn’t let the ugly Windows Server
2003 genie — the guy inside WHS with Robin Williams’s voice and Hannibal
Lecter’s soul — out of the bottle.
From my point of view, Windows Home Server does just six things — and each
one rates its own section . . .
Backing up and restoring
At the top of the feature heap, Windows Home Server backs up all the data
on all your computers (see Figure 1-1). Automatically. No setup wizards,
other than a very simple hook-up program. No weird jargon.
Here’s what you can expect if you use WHS as your backup central:
Figure 1-1:
Windows
Home
Server
backups are
a breeze.
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