Woody Leonhard is a bestselling author and has been a Microsoft beta tester since Word for Windows 1.1. He covers Windows and Office topics on his popular Web site, AskWoody.com.

• Introduction 1About This Book 1Foolish Assumptions 2How This Book Is Organized 2Part I: Getting Windows Home Server to Serve 3Part II: Setting Up the Network 3Part III: Making the Most of Multimedia 3Part IV: Sharing in the Wild 3Part V: Backing Up 3Part VI: Staying Alive and Well 4Part VII: The Part of Tens 4Icons Used in This Book 5Where to Go from Here 5Part I: Getting Windows Home Server to Serve 7Chapter 1: Bringing Windows Home Server to Life 9What Can You Do with Windows Home Server? 10Backing up and restoring 10Sharing folders 11Managing disks 12Accessing your network from far afield 14Keeping the home fires burning 15Streaming media 16How Do You Control Windows Home Server? 16Welcome to the Console 16What happens behind the scenes 18Knowing Windows Home Server’s Limitations 19What Windows Home Server won’t do 20Tapping into previous versions of a file 21What Hardware Do You Need? 22Choosing a Great Windows Home Server 24Positioning the Server in Your Home or Office 26Chapter 2: Installing the WHS Software 27Do You Need to Install Windows Home Server? 28Preparing to Install 29Installing Windows Home Server 31Part II: Setting Up the Network 37Chapter 3: Bringing Computers into the Home Server Fold 39Kick-Starting the Network 39Installing Windows Home Server Connector on a Windows XP Machine 42Installing Windows Home Server Connector on a Windows Vista Machine 46Configuring Windows Home Server 49Chapter 4: Adding Users and Controlling Passwords 55Understanding User Control 56Raising the Bar for Passwords 57Adding New Users the Smart Way 60Using the Guest Account 65Synchronizing Passwords 68Changing Passwords the Old-Fashioned Way 71On the server 71In Windows XP 72In Windows Vista 73Chapter 5: Using Built-In Shared Folders 75Organizing Files with Shared Folders 76Finding the Shared Folders 77Opening shared files on the server 78Pinpointing each user’s shared folder 79Controlling Access to Shared Folders 80Experiencing folder permissions firsthand 80Changing shared folder permissions 82Controlling Shared Folders from the Console 84Creating new shared folders 86Usin’ your noggin with sharin’ 89Duplicating Shared Folders 90Part III: Making the Most of Multimedia 95Chapter 6: Sharing Music and Videos 97Sharing from A to Z to PC to PC 98Playing From (and With) the Server 102Ripping to the Server 107Sharing C.R.A.P Music on the Network 110Chapter 7: Recording and Playing TV 113Understanding Windows Home Server and Recorded TV 114Storing Shows on Your Server 115Creating a shared home for recorded TV 115Moving recorded TV to the server 118Recording TV directly to the server 124Viewing TV Shows Stored on the Server 125Why WHS Doesn’t Back Up Recorded TV 126Chapter 8: Streaming with the Xbox 129Using an Xbox in Server Land 130Getting Your Xbox to Play with the Server 131Using a Media Center PC to Stream to an Xbox 137Connecting an Xbox to a Media Center computer 137Playing media files with a connected Xbox 139Chapter 9: Nailing Down Your Photos 141Using the Windows Tools 142Modifying XP for Shared Photos 144Viewing photos in the shared Photos folder 144Moving photos from your camera to the shared Photos folder 148Modifying the screen saver to use the shared Photos folder 153Modifying Vista for Shared Photos 155Viewing photos in the shared Photos folder 155Moving photos directly from your camera to the shared Photos folder 156Creating a screen saver from the shared Photos folder 159Part IV: Sharing in the Wild 163Chapter 10: Starting Remote Access 165Remote Access — the Good, the Bad, and the Really Frustrating 166An Overview of Remote Access Setup 167Setting up the Server 169Configuring Your Router 171Establishing a Permanent Domain Name 176Spreading Out the Welcome Mat 179Getting Connected for the First Time — or Maybe Not 182My Encounter with the Seventh Ring 185Chapter 11: Using Remote Access 189Logging on to Your Windows Home Server Remotely 190Accessing Shared Folders 192Uploading files 194Downloading files 196Getting into the Windows Home Server Console 197Pulling Puppet Strings on Your Home Network’s Computers 199Reviewing the ground rules 200Getting logged on 201Part V: Backing Up 205Chapter 12: Running Backups 207Mired in Myriad Backups 208Backing up files on network computers 208Backing up shared folders with Folder Duplication 212Shadow copies in Windows Home Server 214Understanding what Vista is backing up 214Checking Windows XP for backup routines 215Unraveling the Mess 216Setting Up Server Backups That Serve You 217Backing up on your time 218Choosing what gets backed up 220Keeping backups 222Checking That Backups Run Smoothly 224Chapter 13: Restoring a Dead Computer from Backup 229Dealing with Home Computer Restore Restrictions 230Restoring a Hard Drive 231Rolling Your Own Home Computer Restore CD 238Chapter 14: Restoring Files from Backup 241Restoring a Backed-Up File 242Restoring a Shared Folder File with Windows XP, Media Center, or Tablet PC 246Restoring a Shared Folder File with Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate 250Chapter 15: Backing Up the Server 255Mapping Out Windows Home Server Storage 256Using Folder Duplication 257Making Offsite Backups of Shared Files 258Copying files to an external drive 259Choosing an online backup provider 263Part VI: Staying Alive and Well 265Chapter 16: Monitoring System Health 267Understanding the Network Health Indicator 268What Can Go Wrong? 271How to Fix Health Problems 272Chapter 17: Breaking into the Server 277Deciding to Break In 278Logging On to the Server with RDP 280Attaching a Printer with RDP 283Restoring a Previous Version of a Shared File with RDP 286Giving Your Server a Permanent IP Address 290Chapter 18: Adding and Retiring Drives 293Knowing When and What to Feed the Maw 294Adding a New Internal Hard Drive 297Adding a New External Hard Drive 300Retiring an Old Drive Safely 302Chapter 19: Repairing and Recovering the Server 305Dealing with Lost Passwords 306Fixing a Broken Server Hard Drive 308Primary versus secondary drives 309Replacing a broken secondary drive 310Repairing the primary drive 313Part VII: The Part of Tens 319Chapter 20: Top Ten Health Traps Triaged 321No Spyware Protection 322Backup Warning 323Backup Warning, New Hard Drive 325Backup Error 325Backup Server Error 326Storage Status, Not Enough Room 327Storage Status, Failing Hard Drive 328Passwords Do Not Match 329Updates Are Ready 329Antivirus Out of Date 330Chapter 21: Ten More Tricks with Windows Home Server 331Installing (and Uninstalling) Add-Ins 332Launching Programs from Windows Home Server Console 334Changing Your Remote Access Page with Whiist 335Running uTorrent on the Server 336Wake on LAN for Home Server 336Uploading Photos to Flickr with PhotoSync 337Streaming Away from Home with WebGuide 337Streaming to Your TiVo 338Streaming to Your Phone with LobsterTunes 338Finding More Add-Ins 339Index 341

Woody Leonhard is a bestselling author and has been a Microsoft beta tester since Word for Windows 1.1. He covers Windows and Office topics on his popular Web site, AskWoody.com.

• Introduction 1About This Book 1Foolish Assumptions 2How This Book Is Organized 2Part I: Getting Windows Home Server to Serve 3Part II: Setting Up the Network 3Part III: Making the Most of Multimedia 3Part IV: Sharing in the Wild 3Part V: Backing Up 3Part VI: Staying Alive and Well 4Part VII: The Part of Tens 4Icons Used in This Book 5Where to Go from Here 5Part I: Getting Windows Home Server to Serve 7Chapter 1: Bringing Windows Home Server to Life 9What Can You Do with Windows Home Server? 10Backing up and restoring 10Sharing folders 11Managing disks 12Accessing your network from far afield 14Keeping the home fires burning 15Streaming media 16How Do You Control Windows Home Server? 16Welcome to the Console 16What happens behind the scenes 18Knowing Windows Home Server’s Limitations 19What Windows Home Server won’t do 20Tapping into previous versions of a file 21What Hardware Do You Need? 22Choosing a Great Windows Home Server 24Positioning the Server in Your Home or Office 26Chapter 2: Installing the WHS Software 27Do You Need to Install Windows Home Server? 28Preparing to Install 29Installing Windows Home Server 31Part II: Setting Up the Network 37Chapter 3: Bringing Computers into the Home Server Fold 39Kick-Starting the Network 39Installing Windows Home Server Connector on a Windows XP Machine 42Installing Windows Home Server Connector on a Windows Vista Machine 46Configuring Windows Home Server 49Chapter 4: Adding Users and Controlling Passwords 55Understanding User Control 56Raising the Bar for Passwords 57Adding New Users the Smart Way 60Using the Guest Account 65Synchronizing Passwords 68Changing Passwords the Old-Fashioned Way 71On the server 71In Windows XP 72In Windows Vista 73Chapter 5: Using Built-In Shared Folders 75Organizing Files with Shared Folders 76Finding the Shared Folders 77Opening shared files on the server 78Pinpointing each user’s shared folder 79Controlling Access to Shared Folders 80Experiencing folder permissions firsthand 80Changing shared folder permissions 82Controlling Shared Folders from the Console 84Creating new shared folders 86Usin’ your noggin with sharin’ 89Duplicating Shared Folders 90Part III: Making the Most of Multimedia 95Chapter 6: Sharing Music and Videos 97Sharing from A to Z to PC to PC 98Playing From (and With) the Server 102Ripping to the Server 107Sharing C.R.A.P Music on the Network 110Chapter 7: Recording and Playing TV 113Understanding Windows Home Server and Recorded TV 114Storing Shows on Your Server 115Creating a shared home for recorded TV 115Moving recorded TV to the server 118Recording TV directly to the server 124Viewing TV Shows Stored on the Server 125Why WHS Doesn’t Back Up Recorded TV 126Chapter 8: Streaming with the Xbox 129Using an Xbox in Server Land 130Getting Your Xbox to Play with the Server 131Using a Media Center PC to Stream to an Xbox 137Connecting an Xbox to a Media Center computer 137Playing media files with a connected Xbox 139Chapter 9: Nailing Down Your Photos 141Using the Windows Tools 142Modifying XP for Shared Photos 144Viewing photos in the shared Photos folder 144Moving photos from your camera to the shared Photos folder 148Modifying the screen saver to use the shared Photos folder 153Modifying Vista for Shared Photos 155Viewing photos in the shared Photos folder 155Moving photos directly from your camera to the shared Photos folder 156Creating a screen saver from the shared Photos folder 159Part IV: Sharing in the Wild 163Chapter 10: Starting Remote Access 165Remote Access — the Good, the Bad, and the Really Frustrating 166An Overview of Remote Access Setup 167Setting up the Server 169Configuring Your Router 171Establishing a Permanent Domain Name 176Spreading Out the Welcome Mat 179Getting Connected for the First Time — or Maybe Not 182My Encounter with the Seventh Ring 185Chapter 11: Using Remote Access 189Logging on to Your Windows Home Server Remotely 190Accessing Shared Folders 192Uploading files 194Downloading files 196Getting into the Windows Home Server Console 197Pulling Puppet Strings on Your Home Network’s Computers 199Reviewing the ground rules 200Getting logged on 201Part V: Backing Up 205Chapter 12: Running Backups 207Mired in Myriad Backups 208Backing up files on network computers 208Backing up shared folders with Folder Duplication 212Shadow copies in Windows Home Server 214Understanding what Vista is backing up 214Checking Windows XP for backup routines 215Unraveling the Mess 216Setting Up Server Backups That Serve You 217Backing up on your time 218Choosing what gets backed up 220Keeping backups 222Checking That Backups Run Smoothly 224Chapter 13: Restoring a Dead Computer from Backup 229Dealing with Home Computer Restore Restrictions 230Restoring a Hard Drive 231Rolling Your Own Home Computer Restore CD 238Chapter 14: Restoring Files from Backup 241Restoring a Backed-Up File 242Restoring a Shared Folder File with Windows XP, Media Center, or Tablet PC 246Restoring a Shared Folder File with Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate 250Chapter 15: Backing Up the Server 255Mapping Out Windows Home Server Storage 256Using Folder Duplication 257Making Offsite Backups of Shared Files 258Copying files to an external drive 259Choosing an online backup provider 263Part VI: Staying Alive and Well 265Chapter 16: Monitoring System Health 267Understanding the Network Health Indicator 268What Can Go Wrong? 271How to Fix Health Problems 272Chapter 17: Breaking into the Server 277Deciding to Break In 278Logging On to the Server with RDP 280Attaching a Printer with RDP 283Restoring a Previous Version of a Shared File with RDP 286Giving Your Server a Permanent IP Address 290Chapter 18: Adding and Retiring Drives 293Knowing When and What to Feed the Maw 294Adding a New Internal Hard Drive 297Adding a New External Hard Drive 300Retiring an Old Drive Safely 302Chapter 19: Repairing and Recovering the Server 305Dealing with Lost Passwords 306Fixing a Broken Server Hard Drive 308Primary versus secondary drives 309Replacing a broken secondary drive 310Repairing the primary drive 313Part VII: The Part of Tens 319Chapter 20: Top Ten Health Traps Triaged 321No Spyware Protection 322Backup Warning 323Backup Warning, New Hard Drive 325Backup Error 325Backup Server Error 326Storage Status, Not Enough Room 327Storage Status, Failing Hard Drive 328Passwords Do Not Match 329Updates Are Ready 329Antivirus Out of Date 330Chapter 21: Ten More Tricks with Windows Home Server 331Installing (and Uninstalling) Add-Ins 332Launching Programs from Windows Home Server Console 334Changing Your Remote Access Page with Whiist 335Running uTorrent on the Server 336Wake on LAN for Home Server 336Uploading Photos to Flickr with PhotoSync 337Streaming Away from Home with WebGuide 337Streaming to Your TiVo 338Streaming to Your Phone with LobsterTunes 338Finding More Add-Ins 339Index 341

Woody Leonhard is a bestselling author and has been a Microsoft beta tester since Word for Windows 1.1. He covers Windows and Office topics on his popular Web site, AskWoody.com.

• Introduction 1About This Book 1Foolish Assumptions 2How This Book Is Organized 2Part I: Getting Windows Home Server to Serve 3Part II: Setting Up the Network 3Part III: Making the Most of Multimedia 3Part IV: Sharing in the Wild 3Part V: Backing Up 3Part VI: Staying Alive and Well 4Part VII: The Part of Tens 4Icons Used in This Book 5Where to Go from Here 5Part I: Getting Windows Home Server to Serve 7Chapter 1: Bringing Windows Home Server to Life 9What Can You Do with Windows Home Server? 10Backing up and restoring 10Sharing folders 11Managing disks 12Accessing your network from far afield 14Keeping the home fires burning 15Streaming media 16How Do You Control Windows Home Server? 16Welcome to the Console 16What happens behind the scenes 18Knowing Windows Home Server’s Limitations 19What Windows Home Server won’t do 20Tapping into previous versions of a file 21What Hardware Do You Need? 22Choosing a Great Windows Home Server 24Positioning the Server in Your Home or Office 26Chapter 2: Installing the WHS Software 27Do You Need to Install Windows Home Server? 28Preparing to Install 29Installing Windows Home Server 31Part II: Setting Up the Network 37Chapter 3: Bringing Computers into the Home Server Fold 39Kick-Starting the Network 39Installing Windows Home Server Connector on a Windows XP Machine 42Installing Windows Home Server Connector on a Windows Vista Machine 46Configuring Windows Home Server 49Chapter 4: Adding Users and Controlling Passwords 55Understanding User Control 56Raising the Bar for Passwords 57Adding New Users the Smart Way 60Using the Guest Account 65Synchronizing Passwords 68Changing Passwords the Old-Fashioned Way 71On the server 71In Windows XP 72In Windows Vista 73Chapter 5: Using Built-In Shared Folders 75Organizing Files with Shared Folders 76Finding the Shared Folders 77Opening shared files on the server 78Pinpointing each user’s shared folder 79Controlling Access to Shared Folders 80Experiencing folder permissions firsthand 80Changing shared folder permissions 82Controlling Shared Folders from the Console 84Creating new shared folders 86Usin’ your noggin with sharin’ 89Duplicating Shared Folders 90Part III: Making the Most of Multimedia 95Chapter 6: Sharing Music and Videos 97Sharing from A to Z to PC to PC 98Playing From (and With) the Server 102Ripping to the Server 107Sharing C.R.A.P Music on the Network 110Chapter 7: Recording and Playing TV 113Understanding Windows Home Server and Recorded TV 114Storing Shows on Your Server 115Creating a shared home for recorded TV 115Moving recorded TV to the server 118Recording TV directly to the server 124Viewing TV Shows Stored on the Server 125Why WHS Doesn’t Back Up Recorded TV 126Chapter 8: Streaming with the Xbox 129Using an Xbox in Server Land 130Getting Your Xbox to Play with the Server 131Using a Media Center PC to Stream to an Xbox 137Connecting an Xbox to a Media Center computer 137Playing media files with a connected Xbox 139Chapter 9: Nailing Down Your Photos 141Using the Windows Tools 142Modifying XP for Shared Photos 144Viewing photos in the shared Photos folder 144Moving photos from your camera to the shared Photos folder 148Modifying the screen saver to use the shared Photos folder 153Modifying Vista for Shared Photos 155Viewing photos in the shared Photos folder 155Moving photos directly from your camera to the shared Photos folder 156Creating a screen saver from the shared Photos folder 159Part IV: Sharing in the Wild 163Chapter 10: Starting Remote Access 165Remote Access — the Good, the Bad, and the Really Frustrating 166An Overview of Remote Access Setup 167Setting up the Server 169Configuring Your Router 171Establishing a Permanent Domain Name 176Spreading Out the Welcome Mat 179Getting Connected for the First Time — or Maybe Not 182My Encounter with the Seventh Ring 185Chapter 11: Using Remote Access 189Logging on to Your Windows Home Server Remotely 190Accessing Shared Folders 192Uploading files 194Downloading files 196Getting into the Windows Home Server Console 197Pulling Puppet Strings on Your Home Network’s Computers 199Reviewing the ground rules 200Getting logged on 201Part V: Backing Up 205Chapter 12: Running Backups 207Mired in Myriad Backups 208Backing up files on network computers 208Backing up shared folders with Folder Duplication 212Shadow copies in Windows Home Server 214Understanding what Vista is backing up 214Checking Windows XP for backup routines 215Unraveling the Mess 216Setting Up Server Backups That Serve You 217Backing up on your time 218Choosing what gets backed up 220Keeping backups 222Checking That Backups Run Smoothly 224Chapter 13: Restoring a Dead Computer from Backup 229Dealing with Home Computer Restore Restrictions 230Restoring a Hard Drive 231Rolling Your Own Home Computer Restore CD 238Chapter 14: Restoring Files from Backup 241Restoring a Backed-Up File 242Restoring a Shared Folder File with Windows XP, Media Center, or Tablet PC 246Restoring a Shared Folder File with Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate 250Chapter 15: Backing Up the Server 255Mapping Out Windows Home Server Storage 256Using Folder Duplication 257Making Offsite Backups of Shared Files 258Copying files to an external drive 259Choosing an online backup provider 263Part VI: Staying Alive and Well 265Chapter 16: Monitoring System Health 267Understanding the Network Health Indicator 268What Can Go Wrong? 271How to Fix Health Problems 272Chapter 17: Breaking into the Server 277Deciding to Break In 278Logging On to the Server with RDP 280Attaching a Printer with RDP 283Restoring a Previous Version of a Shared File with RDP 286Giving Your Server a Permanent IP Address 290Chapter 18: Adding and Retiring Drives 293Knowing When and What to Feed the Maw 294Adding a New Internal Hard Drive 297Adding a New External Hard Drive 300Retiring an Old Drive Safely 302Chapter 19: Repairing and Recovering the Server 305Dealing with Lost Passwords 306Fixing a Broken Server Hard Drive 308Primary versus secondary drives 309Replacing a broken secondary drive 310Repairing the primary drive 313Part VII: The Part of Tens 319Chapter 20: Top Ten Health Traps Triaged 321No Spyware Protection 322Backup Warning 323Backup Warning, New Hard Drive 325Backup Error 325Backup Server Error 326Storage Status, Not Enough Room 327Storage Status, Failing Hard Drive 328Passwords Do Not Match 329Updates Are Ready 329Antivirus Out of Date 330Chapter 21: Ten More Tricks with Windows Home Server 331Installing (and Uninstalling) Add-Ins 332Launching Programs from Windows Home Server Console 334Changing Your Remote Access Page with Whiist 335Running uTorrent on the Server 336Wake on LAN for Home Server 336Uploading Photos to Flickr with PhotoSync 337Streaming Away from Home with WebGuide 337Streaming to Your TiVo 338Streaming to Your Phone with LobsterTunes 338Finding More Add-Ins 339Index 341