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1. Stick the Windows Home Server Connector CD into any computer on
the network and run the Connector setup program (see Figure 1-6).
The Connector setup program searches your network to see if it can
find a Windows Home Server.
2. If the setup program determines that it’s never been run before on this
particular network, it steps you through the seven steps necessary to
get the WHS server box going (see Chapter 3 for details).
You have to enter a product key (unless the WHS software came
pre-installed and pre-validated), give the server a name, create a super-
password, help WHS phone home and update itself, and generally bring
WHS up to snuff.
3. Once the Connector setup program has the WHS box’s seatbelt fastened,
it puts all the networking goodies on the PC, gets the backup software
going, and then installs the Windows Home Server Console (see
Figure 1-7).
Although it’s true that Windows Home Server works with Macs and various
flavors of Unix/Linux PCs, you have to interact with the server manually:
Microsoft doesn’t supply anything like a Connector CD or the Home Server
Console for Macs or Unix/Linux PCs.
Figure 1-6:
Run the
Connector
setup
program on
every PC
on your
network.
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