Monthly Archives: March 2010

Backup WHS folders to an external HDD

Using Windows Home Server to backup computers on your local network is a great tool for your backup strategy. But what about backing up the data on the server itself? Here we take a look at using an external drive to backup some of your important data. Adding External Drive for WHS Folder Backup After [...]

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Schedule Disk Cleanup – Windows 7

It’s always a good idea to run regular maintenance tasks like Disk Cleanup on your Windows machine to help keep it running smoothly. Today we take a look at how to schedule a basic Disk Cleanup task, and how to use command line switches for a more advanced setup. Schedule Disk Cleanup Basic Windows includes [...]

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Troubleshoot Connection Issues with WHS

If you’re experiencing slow connections or none at all to your Windows Home Server, a good way to help diagnose issues is with the Windows Home Server Toolkit. Today we take a look at the toolkit and see how it can help you get your connections back. Windows Home Server Toolkit Install The WHS Toolkit [...]

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Configure your PC to backup to WHS

One of the cool features of Windows Home Server is being able to set backups of the other computers on your network to the server. Today we take a look at the process of configuring a computer on your network to be backed up automatically to WHS. Backup to WHS To backup a computer your [...]

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Manage User Accounts in WHS

Once you have your Windows Home Server set up, you’ll want to add users and control the content they have access to. Here we take a look at how to add a new user, determine their access to shared folders, and how to disable or remove a user. Add a New User To add a [...]

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