Windows Home Server LINKS

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/community.mspx

http://support.microsoft.com/ph/12624

http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/category/WindowsHomeServer

http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/windowshomeserver2011/ff357696.aspx

http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/windowshomeserver2011/remote-connectivity-support-2.aspx

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 To stop the automatic startup of launchpad: 

What is lost if one makes it manual start instead of always on the desktop at startup.

  1. Click on the Start Circle
  2. type msconfig in the search box
  3. The "System Configuration" box opens
  4. Select the Startup tab
  5. uncheck %programfiles%\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad.exe -autostart
  6. when you want to use Launchpad, use the shortcut on the desktop

 Create a bootable USB flash drive to restore a client computer

If you need to restore a client computer from an existing backup but cannot locate the Restore CD that came with your server, you can create a bootable USB flash drive. You can then use the USB flash drive to start the client computer and restore the system. The USB flash drive that you use must be at least 512MB or larger.

To create a bootable USB flash drive

  1. Open the Dashboard.
  2. Click the Computers and Backup tab.
  3. Click Additional client computer backup tasks in the Tasks pane.
  4. Click the Tools tab, and then click Create key in the Computer recovery section. The Create Computer Recovery Key wizard opens.
  5. Insert a 512 MB or larger USB flash drive in the server, and then follow the instructions in the wizard.