Windows Home Sever?

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I would like input on Windows Home Sever.
I looking for a more secure and functional interface for home networking and security
Currently running XP Pro on all nodes, have one Desktop and 4 Laptops.
I like some of the capabilities I have read on WinHomeServer.

1. Is it worth it's money (around $100) or should one think of just buying
WinWebServer2003 (around $340) ?

2. Is it complex to learn for the slightly above average level user?

3. Any input you want to add.
 
I would like input on Windows Home Sever.
I looking for a more secure and functional interface for home networking and security
Currently running XP Pro on all nodes, have one Desktop and 4 Laptops.
I like some of the capabilities I have read on WinHomeServer.

1. Is it worth it's money (around $100) or should one think of just buying
WinWebServer2003 (around $340) ?
2. Is it complex to learn for the slightly above average level user?

3. Any input you want to add.


I like WHS very much. It works very well and it's easy to learn. Yes,
I think it's worth the money.
 
You also multiposted this to the windows.server.general newsgroup. Have you checked
your answer there
 
No not yet but thanks for your concern.
I don't understand why it is considered such a sin to attempt to get answers
from more than one source. Does it cause some sort of logistical confusion
to those nice enough to answer the post. Please enlighten me.
 
If you cross post, all can see any response, which saves on similar
responses and enlightens other interested parties.
 
RB said:
I don't understand why it is considered such a sin to attempt to get answers
from more than one source.

That's not the issue. You MULTI-posted instead of CROSS-posted.

Learn to cross-post:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html

A point not made is that N multi-posted copies will consume N times the disk
space for each of the separate copies of the same post. Cross-posted
messages have just *one* copy on the server with links in the newsgroups
back to the same single copy. Multi-posting wastes disk space on the
server. Yes, your post may be small but remember that you consume N times
the space on one server and then do so again on all the newsgroups servers
worldwide. You waste more bandwidth getting N copies of your multi-posted
message distributed to all the newsgroups servers worldwide. Cross-posting
has just one copy of the message on an NNTP server, and only one copy gets
propagated to other NNTP servers.

To those visiting the newsgroups, cross-posting helps them see ALL the
replies from those in the other RELATED newsgroup to which you linked your
post. That way, they don't waste their time duplicating similar replies.

Don't cross-post to more groups than needed if at all. Many consider
cross-posting to more than 4 groups as rude and may filter out your post.
The more groups you add, the less likely that they are related, the less
accurate or focused are the targeted groups, or some of the included groups
may already be encompassed by an included parent group. If they are
subgroups under a topic, choose whether you will be specific or general in
the targeted groups to which you post. Usenet-ignorants that shotgun their
posts across multiple groups trying to capture as large an audience as
possible will offend netizens with the poor aim. Multi-posting instead of
cross-posting when shotgunning across multiple groups evidences you as a
newbie, troll, or spammer.
 
That's not the issue. You MULTI-posted instead of CROSS-posted.

Huh ?
Learn to cross-post:

This is getting interesting
Usenet-ignorants that shotgun their posts across multiple groups trying to capture
as large an audience as possible will offend netizens with the poor aim. Multi-posting
instead of cross-posting when shotgunning across multiple groups evidences you as a
newbie, troll, or spammer.

Ooooh, so that's it. Yes I am definitely a "Usenet-ignorant" and I have used newsgroups
for years (though not always regularly)
Never had that explained to me before, so you are saying I can put multiple news groups
in the Newsgroups box (similar to how I would to send email to more than one person )
And that is not a bad thing ? if you don't do more than 3 or 4 newsgroups ?

Well I will try my best to learn and remember this. I owe it to newsgroups since they
have helped me so much over the year on so many things.
Thank you !
 
No not yet but thanks for your concern.
I don't understand why it is considered such a sin to attempt to get answers
from more than one source. Does it cause some sort of logistical confusion
to those nice enough to answer the post. Please enlighten me.


Posting to multiple newsgroups is not a problem. It's the *way* you
did it that's a problem.

Here's my standard post on the subject:

Please do not send the same message separately to more than one
newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just fragments the thread,
so someone who answers in one newsgroup doesn't always get to see
answers from others in another newsgroup. And for those who read all
the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they see the message
multiple times instead of once (they would see it only once if you
correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's time, and gets
you poorer help than you should get.

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please
do so by crossposting -- sending a single message simultaneously to
multiple newsgroups (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

Please see "Multiposting vs Crossposting" at
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
 
RB said:
Huh ?


This is getting interesting


Ooooh, so that's it. Yes I am definitely a "Usenet-ignorant" and I have
used newsgroups
for years (though not always regularly)
Never had that explained to me before, so you are saying I can put
multiple news groups
in the Newsgroups box (similar to how I would to send email to more than
one person )
And that is not a bad thing ? if you don't do more than 3 or 4 newsgroups
?

Well I will try my best to learn and remember this. I owe it to newsgroups
since they
have helped me so much over the year on so many things.
Thank you !

Thanks for understanding the concern we have about multi-posting and thanks
also for using the knowledge that is available here.
 
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