Configure Windows Home Server Settings

After installing Windows Home Server, you need to install the Windows Home Server Connector software. The Windows Home Server Connector software does the following:

  • It regularly looks at the health of your home computer.

  • It connects your networked computers to Windows Home Server.

  • It backs up your home computers daily.

  • It lets you to remotely administer Windows Home Server.

To install the Windows Home Server software, follow these steps:

  1. Insert the Windows Home Server Connector CD into a computer that is connected to your home network. The Windows Home Server Connector Wizard will start. Click Next to continue. See Figure 10-2.

    Figure 10-2. Install the Windows Home Server Connector software.

  2. On the End-User License ...

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