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I enjoyed the "war stories" insights from an obviously proficient author. Using his advice, my WHS system is happily backing up my home computers and storing my important files. The book is a good value to get maximum benefit from WHS.
SAVE YOUR MONEY, The print in this book is vary vary small and illustrations are not readable how anyone can give this book more then one star is beyond me. YOU NEED SUPER 20 20 vistion to read this POOR Quility Prented Book.
Good book. Very well written and explains everything in a simple, straight forward manner.My only gripe is a small one: the instructions for setting up the remote access wasn't as simple as he made it out to be, but did set me on the right path with a little bit of research.The only other thing that I would have like to have seen was more on the "outside the box" things that can be done with the software that I hope to do: i.e. setting up an e-mail server, web server, etc.
As with all Dummies books, or at least those that I have read, this one does an excellent job of giving you the basics. It doesn't provide all of the ins and outs of WHS, but that's not what a Dummies book is for. As a computer engineer, I read the dummies book for any new technology I'm going to deal with, then I get one of the all-inclusive books to give me the details. For the average WHS installer and user, the Dummies book is all you need.
Windows Home Server for Dummies is a great book added to the series. I particularly enjoyed the way the author organized the book so that you may either read it in order or skip around to different topics. Everything is explained in a very easy to read detailed manner. Nothing was overlooked. The only downside to this book is it does not contain the new functionality that Power Pack 2 implements, such as over the network Windows Home Connector software installation, etc. Overall great buy for any newbie or expert that wants to get a better grasp and understanding of Windows Home Server.
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