are installing and configuring windows
boot the machine up and it'll launch
into setup
windows home server is based on server
2003
which is based on windows xp service
pack 2.
for compatibility purposes we can view
this through the lens of working with a
windows xp system
the installation is pretty
straightforward there's only a couple
prompts that we'll receive
one of the first things i noticed here
looking at selecting the hard drive
windows home server wants to use an
entire hard drive
and wipe the drive before it installs
so within these settings here it's not
possible to install windows home server
on a partition of the hard drive
this will complicate things if we in the
future wanted to dual or
multi-boot different versions of windows
home server
from here we can enter the product key
or we can click
next to proceed without entering the key
similar to windows xp
activation is required and we can use
the system without activation for 30
days
the setup process is rather long
compared to other server versions
a couple of things missing from the
setup that we see in other versions of
windows are the options to select which
components we would like to install
and also where we would like windows to
reside
which again will be another roadblock if
we attempt to dual or multi-boot windows
home server
the system will reboot several times
during setup
interestingly we get this portion of
setup in text mode
which says right here at the top that
it's server 2003
windows home server was built from
server 2003
it's one of those small details it would
have been nice if it read windows home
server instead of server 2003 for small
business
this part of the process takes a while
to complete
at least we have some text to read while
we wait
powerful and simple automate your
computer backup and access your home
computers and files from anywhere
with your new and easy to use expandable
home server
installing devices
easy to set up easy to use create shared
folders define user permissions
and view the status of your home
computers from your windows home server
console
automated computer backup get peace of
mind through automatic backup of your
home computers
and your important files every day
installing network
copying files
simple to restore your computers and
files you can easily restore your home
computers to a previous point in time
from a backup that was stored on your
home server you can also easily restore
individual files from any of your
backups
completing installation
share folders store your important files
in a certain location to access them
anytime and anywhere also if your home
server has at least two hard drives
you can easily help protect your
important files from hard drive failure
installing start menu items
registering components
share your digital media store your
digital photos music and home videos on
your home server
so you can access them from any computer
in your home
you can also access your photos and
music for your xbox 360. remote access
you can easily access your files and
home computers while you are away from
home
you can download files upload files and
remotely connect to one of your home
computers
to run an application
personal internet address sign up with
your own internet address
you can access your home computers while
you're away from home
grows with you your home server grows
with you to meet your needs
today and in the future you can easily
add hard drives when you need more space
for your documents photos music and
videos
now to sit through a few restarts
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this phase is installing updates by the
looks of it there are quite a few
updates that it can do
which is interesting because windows
update no longer works for windows home
server
thanks to microsoft disabling the sha-1
endpoints
we will talk more about patching the
server in a moment
time to make up a password for the
administrator account
i'm going to leave automatic updates on
for now
and no i don't want to participate in
the customer experience improvement
program that no longer
exists because windows home server is in
deploy
once we get into windows after the
installation this explorer window will
open
letting us know hey there's a lot of
stuff here that can break the system
so it's best to just use the console
from one of the workstations once it's
set up
the next thing we want to do is patch
the system
unfortunately windows update no longer
works for windows home server
and there is yet to be an unofficial
service pack released
this leaves us with the option of using
a wsus offline
installer it's a disk image that
contains all of the updates for server
2003 and windows home server
some updates like the power packs are
specific to windows home server
others just come from server 2003
in looking through the microsoft catalog
windows home server is not really its
own product it's all considered part of
server 2003.
what we get here when we run setup for
the wsus offline installer
is this dialog box that allows us to
check the different options for
components we would like to install or
update
once we have checked all the boxes that
we want we can click ok to proceed
this command prompt window will appear
and it will start searching the system
for what updates are currently installed
then it will take all the missing
updates and attempt to install them from
the packages included on the disk image
several reboots are required
after each reboot relaunch the setup and
it will continue where it left off
this process does take a significant
amount of time to complete
so patience is required
now that our system is fully patched we
can move on to installing a browser
internet explorer 8 just is not a good
option
we know from the previous video
comparing web browsers
that we have a few viable options i'm
going to go with
new moon
next we need to touch on the subject of
antivirus software
the free versions of avg and avast don't
work on windows home server
there are server-specific versions
however they cost money
ideally we would have some form of virus
protection
on the server if that's not possible
the other systems on the network should
have antivirus software
running
now that we have windows home server
installed
updated and have a functional browser we
can move on to adding a workstation to
the network
we can use this windows xp test system
insert the installation disk for windows
home server
we can then browse the disk
in the whs folder there is an executable
called setup.exe
give that a double click and it will
launch the installer for the home server
connector
this will take a moment to install and
find the server on the network
once it finishes installing we can open
the connector
it's basically a remote desktop
connection that gives us access to the
server console
from here we can see what systems are
connected to the network
what operating system is installed and
the status of the backup
we can right click on retro pc and
select configure backup from the context
menu
this will launch a wizard that we can
click through
to get started click next
we get to choose what hard drive we
would like to keep a backup of
as there is only one hard drive we can
leave it selected
and click next here is a list of things
that are excluded from the backup
temp files page file things like that
we can click the add button to define
more things to exclude from the backup
or we can click next to continue
then we get the confirmation screen that
gives us a summary of the backup
including the estimated size and when
the backup will run
let's perform a backup now and see what
that looks like
right click on the pc and select backup
now from the context menu
we can write out a description of the
backup which is highly recommended
for demonstration purposes i will leave
it set at
manual backup and click the backup now
button
this process can take a few minutes to
complete
even with the minimal amount of data on
the test pc
as one would assume the more data that
is being backed up
the longer the process will take
and there we have it our first backup is
complete
the status now shows backed up
awesome
the next tab we have here is user
accounts
this is different than active
directories or
the users and groups module under
computer management
it's somewhere in the middle there are
some things we can configure
like a policy for passwords
clicking the set policy button will take
us to the settings window
which has a bunch of other stuff in it
the password policy options
are not very flexible we have this
slider that we can use
to choose the password strength with
predefined criteria
back in the user accounts tab let's
create a new user
to do that we can click the add button
towards the upper left corner of the
screen
we get another wizard we need to define
at least the first
name and login name for the user account
then we can click next
from this screen we need to make up a
password
below the confirm password field we have
a reminder of what the password
requirements are
which is nice
when done entering the password that
meets the criteria
click next
now we can define what the user account
has access to
the options are pretty limited we have
full
read and none in a nutshell
selecting read means the user won't be
able to create new files
or update existing files selecting
none means the user has no access to the
share
for our purposes we can leave full
selected
for all folders and click next
the next tab is for shared folders
we can share a new folder by clicking
the add button
towards the upper left corner of the
window
as you may have noticed most actions
have wizards associated with them
on this screen we get to give the share
a name
and a description then we can click next
now we can define what users have access
to the share
then we can click done
then we have the server storage tab this
gives us an overview of the hard drives
connected to the system
we also get this handy status that in
this case
is letting us know the hard drive is
healthy
finally yet importantly we have the
network health tab
good news our network is healthy
in review we have installed windows home
server
patched the server the best we can
install the working browser
discussed anti-virus options added a
computer to the network
and reviewed the server console thanks