Owner manual

Start Using Your Server
1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon
in the system tray and log on.
At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu
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2. Click the User Accounts tab.
3. Click Enable Guest on the User Accounts Setup dialog or on the Properties for Guest dialog.
Create PC and Mac User Accounts
If network users want to access information on your network from an Internet café, coffee shop, or
other location outside of your network, they need individual user accounts with strong passwords
on their computer or lap and on the server.
Important
When you create user accounts on the server, use logon names and passwords that match the logon
names and passwords of existing user accounts on your networked computers. Creating matching
user accounts enables network members to automatically log on to the server when they log on to
their computer.
If the user accounts and passwords do not match, you will be prompted to type a user name and
password when you open the server’s shared folders.
If your computer does not have a password or if the computer uses a factory default user name, you
can change these parameters to eliminate the need to enter your user name and password when you
access a shared folder.
Create a User Account for a PC Running Windows XP
1. At the computer, click Start, Control Panel, and then User Accounts.
2. Click Add to create a user account.
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Click Change an Account to change a logon name or password for an existing account.
A strong password is suggested to ensure security and is required to use remote access. A strong
password must be at least 7 characters long and must fulfill three of the following four character
criteria:
• Uppercase characters
• Lowercase characters
• Numbers
• Symbols (such as !, @, #, and so on.)
A password hint helps you remember your password. The password hint can be seen by anybody
who clicks the link to display it.
Create a User Account for a PC Running Windows Vista
1. At the computer, click Start and then Control Panel.
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