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Home Server TS mini Package contents

1 Setting up your TS mini

3 Getting started

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TS mini AC adapter Power cord

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E SATA

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RJ45 LAN cable

Software Installation

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Recovery DVD

Internet 2

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User M

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Quick

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Guide

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1 Double click the Windows Home Server icon to bring up the logon window and then enter the administrator password to log on to the Windows Home

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Server Console

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2 On the Windows Home Server Console interface you can start to remotely view add share and protect important files on your home server Turn over this

Restore CD User manual Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide to see what you can do with the Windows Home Server Console

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1 Connect the supplied power cord to the supplied AC adapter Then plug the AC adapter to the DC IN jack on the TS mini rear panel and the power cord 2 1

to an electrical outlet

Adding a hard disk drive

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Quick Start Guide 2 Connect one end of a network cable to the LAN port on the server rear panel and the other end to your broadband router

HDD screws package Warranty card You must use a network cable to connect the TS mini to your broadband router Wireless connection to your broadband router is not supported HDD2 HDD1

However after you connect your server to your home network home computers can connect to your server through wireless connection 1 2 1 3 2

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15G065278000 3 Press the power switch on the top panel to turn on the TS mini 2 22 2

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Home network scenario

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Installing the Software on Your First Computer 1

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HDD

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SPLENDID MENU

1 Install the new HDD to the home server 1 2 Add the new hard drive to Server Storage on the Windows Home

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Router Always install the hard disk drive in which the OS is or will be installed to

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Desktop PCs 1

the HDD1 bay a Log on to the Windows Home Server Console

HDD

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1 a Power off the server and unplug the power cord

2 b Click the Server Storage tab

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b Lay the server horizontally on a stable surface and then loosen the two c Select the newly added hard drive either internal or external and then

SPLENDID MENU

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thumbscrews to remove the left side case click Add to bring up the Add a Hard Drive Wizard Click Next

Internet

2 c Use a coin to loosen the three screws and put the screws at a visible d Select from the following options

place in case they are lost

1 1 Add this hard drive to your server storage to increase the

Multimedia Devices 1 Insert the Software Installation CD into the computer that is connected to your home network The Windows Home Server Connector wizard starts

d Hold the plastic grip and then lift up the HDD cage horizontally storage capacity of your home server

If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the Software Installation CD to locate the Install exe file Double click the

3 e Reverse and place the HDD cage on the stable surface Use this hard drive to back up files that are stored on your

Install exe to run the Connector wizard 1

f Fasten the bundled four screws to the new HDD and then slide the home server

2 Click Next and then follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation and the Windows Home Server Setup You will be required to set the server HDD into the empty HDD bay e For detailed instructions refer to the Windows Home Server Console

name administrator password and several settings

Help 2

4 g Hold the plastic grip and align the two pins on the cage as shown to the 2

mounting holes Push down the HDD cage to the right side case Ensure that the newly installed hard drive must have 36GB capacity at

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HDD least or else the HOME SERVER cannot recognize the hard drive

Remote Access h Fasten the three screws which were removed and put aside at the

beginning

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5 i Slide the left side case back to the server body and then fasten the two

thumbscrews back to the case

SPLENDID MENU

Setting up user accounts Sharing files on your home server Remotely accessing your home server over the Internet

Weak select this policy if you want shorter passwords for user accounts

Click the User Accounts tab to create user accounts for each user User accounts The network security is weak though In shared folders you can organize and store files on Windows Home Sever to To modify the folder sharing access Enabling remote access on the Windows Home Server Accessing the TS mini home page

are required in order to control access to the shared folders on Windows Home Medium default passwords for user acounts must be at least five share them with other people on your home network 1 Click the User Accounts tab on the Windows Home Server Console

Server characters long without complexity requirement To access your data and home computers from the internet whenever you are 1 Open the Internet Explorer Web browser

To access shared folders on the home server and then double click a user

you need to configure Windows Home Server to allow Remote Access Ensure to use the Internet Explorer to access the home page When you

Windows Home Server has a 10 user account limit not including the Strong select this policy to mak access to your home network more 2 In the Properties for Guest dialog click the Shared Folder Access tab

You may access the shared folders on your home server in several ways 1 Log on to the Windows Home Server Console use other Web browsers you may not use some features like Remote

built in Administrator and Guest Account secure Password complexity is required

from the Windows Home Server Console 3 Set the user s access rights to existing shared folders on the home Access to Computers or Connect to your Home Server

server 2 Click Settings on the upper right corner of the Windows Home Server

To create a user account from the desktop shortcut Console window and then click Remote Access in the left pane

Full the user can create change and delete any files in the shared 2 Enter the Internet domain name assigned to you during the remote access

1 Log on to the Windows Home Server Console from the Windows Home Server icon 3 Under the Remote Access heading click Turn on to enable the remote setup procedures For example https tsmini homeserver com Then

folder

2 Click the User Accounts tab and then the User Accounts Setup window from the Windows Start Menu access configuration to your home server the Logon web page appears

Read the user can only read the files in the shared folder

appears from My Network Places

None the user cannot read create change and delete files in the 3 Click the Log On button on the upper right corner

3 Choose to use the Guest account or set up a password policy to configure from the Internet

shared folder 4 Enter a personal user account and password

the user accounts password complexity Click OK Then you can copy files you want to share to the shared folders on the home

server 3 Click OK You cannot use the Administrator account or the Guest account to

A strong password is required if Remote Access is enabled log on to the home page You must log on with a user account that is

enabled for Remote Access

5 Now you are on the TS mini home page There are three tabs on the home

page Home Computers Shared Folders Click each tab to go on

To add remove disable or modify a user account

On the User Account tab click Add and fill in the necessary information

under the General tab

Select a user account and then click Remove to delete it

Select a user account and then click Properties to change the user

account s password or disable the user account

For more detailed instructions refer to the User Manual that came with

To disable the Guest account the product package

1 On the User Account tab right click Guest and then click Disable

Account For more detailed instructions refer to the User Manual that came with

2 A confirmation message appears Click Yes the product package

Configuring a home computer backup ASUS special features ASUS Xtor Manager Performing system recovery Restoring Factory Defaults

ASUS TS mini provides three special features that enable you to conveniently ASUS Xtor Manager is an add in tool that helps you easily and directly 1 Repeat step 1 2 in the previous section Recovering Window Home

You can customize the backup of each of your home computers from the Windows Use the bundled ASUS HOME SERVER TS mini Recovery DVD to recover your

control the system status manage files and folders and enjoy one year free back up synchronize and manage files and folders on external USB eSATA Server

Home Server Console home server restore the home server to its factory default or replace the main

large online space storage devices attached to the home server 2 Select the option Return my server to the default factory state and then

hard disk in your home server

To configure backups for a home computer Click the ASUS Xtor Manager tab enter the main page click Next Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the restore process

If you perform Server Recovery the server settings and all user

1 Log on to the Windows Home Server Console accounts will be deleted the data in shared folders still exist If you

2 Click the Computer Backup tab perform Factory Reset all data on the home server s hard drives will be

3 Right click a computer and then click Configure Backup

ASWM deleted

ASWM ASUS System Web based Management software is an interface that

4 Follow the Backup Configuration Backup Wizard to select the volumes you Recovering Windows Home Server

allows you to conveniently manage your home server status via Windows

want to back up and the folders you want to exclude from the backup

Home Server Console 1 Insert the ASUS HOME SERVER TS mini Recovery DVD into the computer

To adjust the backup time that is connected to your home network The Server Recovery wizard

Click the ASWM tab to control the system status

By default the backup time starts from 12 00AM to 6 00AM You can adjust the starts

backup time from the Backup settings page

If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents

To configure automatic backup management Restoring files from a backup of the Recovery DVD to locate the Install exe file Double click the

Install exe to run the Recovery wizard

You can configure how many monthly weekly and daily backups to keep for your

home computers To do this

You can browse and restore lost files and folders from a backup ASUS WebStorage Replacing the main hard drive in your home server

2 Click Next and follow the onscreen instructions to find your home server

To open files and folders from a backup ASUS WebStorage allows you to enjoy one year free online space and back

1 Log on to the Windows Home Server Console 3 Select the option Re install Windows Home Server software and then To install Windows Home Server on a new main hard drive

1 Log on to the Windows Home Server Console up files to your home server With Internet connection you can access and

2 Click Settings and then Backup share any files whenever you want and wherever you are click Next Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the recovery process 1 Follow the section Removing a hard disk drive under Server Storage to

2 Click the Computers Backup tab remove the existing main hard disk drive

3 In Automatic Backup Management specify the number of months weeks and

days 3 Select a home computer and then click View Backups 2 Follow the section Adding a hard disk drive under Server Storage to

4 Click OK to complete the setting 4 Select a backup and then click Open install a new main hard disk drive

5 Select a volume to open and then click Open Always install the hard disk drive in which the OS is or will be installed

To restore lost files and folders from a backup to the HDD1 bay

1 When you open the backup browse and drag the files and folders 3 Repeat step 1 2 in the previous section Recovering Window Home

that you want to a folder on your home computer

Server

2 Close the window when you are done copying the files and folders

4 Select the option Replace the main hard drive in my server and then

that you want to restore click Next Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the process

REVIEWS Asus EeePC 701

Examining the Asus Eee PC

SMALL

COMPANION

The much discussed Asus Eee PC miniature computer is lots of laptop

for a little price BY JAN R HM

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n June 2007 Asus Corporation an According to the documentation the weighs in at just 920 grams or 2

nounced a new generation of tiny three consecutive e s in the curious pounds is remarkably well made for

inexpensive laptop computers that name represent the vendor s commit a notebook of its price Nothing jams

would bring Linux to a new generation ment to provide a system that is or squeaks the case has no hard edges

of end users With a miniature 7 inch Easy to learn work and play and clearance is minimal

display the Eee PC is hardly bigger than Excellent Internet experience When you unfold the display you will

a PDA and yet this dainty device func Excellent mobile computing experi be surprised at the small size of the Eee

tions as a true personal computer with a ence PC Figure 2 The keys on the full key

full keyboard and modem wireless and The mission of the Eee PC is to provide board seem almost too small a first im

standard Ethernet connectivity a system that meets these goals and still pression confirmed in the lab But you

sells for the very reasonable price of get used to working in a smaller space

US 400 300 Euros I toured a pre and after a while your fingers start to hit

release version of the Eee PC 701 4G to the right buttons Pressing the keys you

see if this natty notebook has truly

earned its e s

The Eee PC box promises a choice of

six colors but only black and white were

available for the initial release Mine

was black

The pastel colored packing includes

the tiny notebook the 5 200 mAh bat

tery an adapter the instruction manual

including instructions for installing

Windows and a recovery CD Unfortu

nately the recovery CD installs an even

older Linux system than the one already

on the machine

Figure 1 The Eee PC will one day come in six The excellent quality and low weight

colors but so far the only choices are black of the Eee PC Figure 1 offer a very pos Figure 2 You will be surprised at the small

and white itive first impression The system which scale

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Asus EeePC 701 REVIEWS

notice that the keyboard is firm but

pleasant on the whole The Eee PC also

comes with a small Synaptics touchpad

that supports vertical scrolling

The case has three USB connectors

two on the right and one on the left The

network earphones and microphone

adapters are on the left you can attach a

display and an optional Kensington lock

on the right where you will also find the

extension slot for SD and MMC cards

The last slot on the rear accommodates a

bulky battery

Autopsy Figure 3 The Asus Launcher neatly organizes the applications

The lspci command shows the hardware

deployed by the manufacturer You additional storage The disk is connected In contrast to this mass media and opti

need to be root to run lspci The Eee PC to a serial ATA interface which promises cal drives worked fine out of the box

main board uses Intel s 915 GML chip fast access times

set the graphics chip is also by Intel The built in TFT display offers a reso And We re Off

the GMA 915 and the sound chip are by lution of 800x480 pixels which is low by A mere 15 seconds elapse between

HDA Audio The heart of the Eee PC is contemporary standards but still fine for pressing the power button and viewing a

a slightly older Celeron M processor a daily use In normal daily use the dis fully booted Xandros system The devel

90nm technology CPU which explains play is clear enough although the screen opers have put some excellent optimiza

the comparatively high power consump is hard to read in direct sunlight the tion work into the boot process After

tion of the tiny black box maximum brightness is still too dark for the system starts an unfamiliar interface

The RAM is located under a cover at my liking with six tabs Internet Work Learn

the back of the machine Standard RAM Above the display is a tiny 0 3 mega Play Settings and Favorites awaits the

is a single 512MB DDR2 which you can pixel webcam with a resolution of user Figure 3

easily exchange for a chip with twice the 640x480 pixels The webcam returned

capacity The Fast Ethernet and WLAN impressive results with fast response Applications

802 11b g interfaces give users flexible to changing light conditions and good Below the tabs are starters for the appli

network access Both use Atheros chip image quality cations Asus claims to preinstall around

sets A Bluetooth chip or UMTS modem The Eee PC typically detects external 40 applications In fact there are fewer

are not included The 56K modem inter hardware without any difficulty How than 40 the PR department obviously

face was plugged with a blind cap in the ever some external hardware is difficult counts the links to various online appli

model I tested and was not detected by to use because of the lack of supporting cations in the list

the system software Although I had no trouble at Because the Asus Launcher interface

A super fast Flash disk or Solid State taching a Bluetooth stick via USB I uses the IceWM window manager

Disk SSD with 4GB capacity stores the couldn t actually use it which supports programs from both the

system and user data Because the sys Because of the lack of developer tools KDE and Gnome worlds the Eee PC uses

tem occupies no less than 2 3GB you I was unable to install the required a colorful mixture of Gnome and KDE

may need to start using a USB stick for libraries and background applications applications

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Guide SUMS Software on the ASUS eeePC RM Minibook

for installation instructions see Page 4

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1 Introduction There are two software packages available from SUMS for the

ASUS eeePC RM Minibook This guide covers the installation of both

1 1 SUMS Maths This is an extensive set of curriculum based maths

games They are proven to be particularly powerful when installed to

student devices such as PDAs PSPs and now this powerful yet inexpensive

laptop Use them both in class and for informal learning for example on

the playground wall at breaktime or on the bus on the way home

1 2 SUMS Phonics This is software that supports the synthetic phonics

approach recommended by the government s Letters and Sounds scheme It

provides support for teachers and related pupil games A PC version is also

available This means that pupils with parental support can practise at

home what they saw on the whiteboard in class earlier in the day

SUMS software is designed to be small in file size so can safely be installed to

the eeePC Minibook s local memory It then runs in the inbuilt Firefox browser

Note that there is no need to download plugins or to do any other preparatory

work SUMS runs on the eeePC Minibook out of the box

2 First steps with SUMS Maths There is a separate guide to using SUMS

Maths once installed but you probably won t need it as the interface is intuitive

Some good games to get started on are River Racing Tangram Teasers and

Fraction Monkeys The initial menu you will see is as below

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There are more than 80 games activities in the SUMS Handheld set To get

started click on Shape and Space and you get the screen below The set of

games is used thoughout Primary Schools in the lower end of Secondary school

and by adult learners and struggling pupils of all ages

An example game is shown below Tangram Teasers is a great game to use with

pupils of all ages when starting maths on the eeePC Minibook Why not have

them start a league table of the fastest to complete shapes The winner gets

points the losers get to nominate their own favourite shapes next

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