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How To: Preserve A Windows Home Server Client Backup Indefinitely

By on December 26, 2011 in How to Guides, News, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011

One of the best features of Windows Home Server 2011 is its ability to backup all of the computers in the home. It would be great to keep every backup of every client computer forever. But, this is not practical because you will quickly run out of space on your server. So, WHS automatically manages your backups based on a default backup retention policy. Here is how you can keep one or two backups longer than what the backup retention policy allows.

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How To: Remove A Windows Home Server 2011 Client Backup

By on January 5, 2012 in How to Guides, News, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011

Windows Home Server 2011 will automatically manage your network client backups based on the backup retention policy, but occasionally you may need to trim the number of backups stored on your server. This ‘how to’ will demonstrate the process.

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How To: Set Up Automatic Scheduled Reboots of Windows Home Server 2011

By on November 4, 2011 in How to Guides, News, Windows Home Server 2011

How do you reboot your server? Reboot from the Dashboard. What if you need to reboot your server on a recurring basis? Reboot your server automatically with “Task Scheduler”. Just set it and forget it….

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How To: Set Up Windows Home Server 2011 As a Print Server

By on December 1, 2011 in How to Guides, News, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011

I was having problems printing direct to my Ethernet-connected printer. The result was that it was time to see if I could make my Windows Home Server 2011 machine a Print Server.

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Streaming Music With Your Squeezebox and Windows Home Server 2011

By on May 11, 2010 in How to Guides, Media Streaming, News, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Home Server Vail

Want to use your Squeezebox with Windows Home Server Vail Preview? Here’s how…

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The New WGS eBook “25 Essential Windows Home Server Projects” Is Here!

By on April 13, 2012 in How to Guides, News, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011

25 Essential Windows Home Server Projects is We Got Served’s must-have guide to getting the most from Microsoft’s Windows Home Server platform.

Written for both Windows Home Server v1 and WHS 2011 users, 25 Essential Windows Home Server Projects is the product of months of research into thousands of We Got Served features, product reviews, reader comments and forum posts to select and then create a series of 25 comprehensive, but easy to follow project walkthroughs for the popular home server operating system.

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WGS’ New eBook “Windows Home Server 2011 Step By Step” Is Now Available

By on January 24, 2012 in How to Guides, News, Windows Home Server 2011

Following the release in December of our popular Using OS X Lion Server at Home eBook, we were asked a question, “Why haven’t you done a guide to Windows Home Server”? We couldn’t think of a smart enough answer, so got to work writing one over Christmas…. and it’s ready for release! Authored by Microsoft Windows Home Server MVPs Terry Walsh and Jim Clark, Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step is WGS’ comprehensive guide to Microsoft’s home server platform, covering hardware, software, add-ins, apps, tips, tricks, advice, support and a whole lot more.

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Windows Home Server 2011 Step By Step – Introduction

By on January 26, 2012 in How to Guides, News, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011

Welcome to Windows Home Server 2011 – Step by Step and for many of you, to the Windows Home Server platform itself. If you’re new to WHS, I hope this book will help you quickly discover how easy it is to install, configure and use Windows Home Server, and how useful its features are in both the home and small business environments. Whether you’re interested in streaming music, video and photos around your home and beyond, seeking an easy way to share files with friends and colleagues, or simply looking for an easy way to protect your PCs and Macs, you’ll learn that Windows Home Server can play an essential role at the heart of your network.

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Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step – Part 10: Restoring Files, Folders and PCs

By on March 29, 2012 in How to Guides, News, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011

One of the more important purposes for a Windows Home Server 2011 computer, if not the most important purpose, is the ability to back-up a complete client computer.  Not just backup the data on a client machine, but the complete hard drive. If your PC’s hard drive dies, install a blank replacement drive, throw the [...]

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