HP LX195 - MediaSmart Server - 1 GB RAM User Manual page 41

After you activate McAfee antivirus protection, you receive a seven month trial period.
Internet access is required to receive updates. Subscription is required for updates after
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For additional information, see Add-ins in the Windows Home Server help.
Using Windows Home Server
User Accounts
Enabling the Guest Account
If you want everyone to use the same logon account to access the HP MediaSmart Server,
enable the guest account. If the Guest account is enabled with no password, family
members are not required to logon when they use home computers. Additionally, all
family members can have Full access to all
Important
If you enable the Guest account, everyone that connects to your home network has
the same privileges. That may mean that they all have full access to shared folders
and other resources on your server. To protect your home network from unwanted
connections, see
Notes
We strongly recommend that you enable the Guest account and give the
Guest account full permission on all your photos, music, and videos shared
folders; this ensures that Media Collector always has access to all shares.
The Guest account cannot be used to access the server from outside of the
home using remote access.
To enable the guest account
1. At the computer, double-click the Windows Home Server icon
tray.
2. Log on to the Windows Home Server Console.
3. Click the User Accounts tab at the top of the page, the User Accounts Setup
dialog displays.
4. Click Enable Guest.
If you have already asked the Enable Guest checkbox not to show again, double-
click Guest account and click Enable.
Creating Individual User Accounts
If family members want to access information on your home network from an Internet
café, coffee shop, or other location outside of your home, they need individual user
accounts with strong passwords on their computer or laptop 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 home
shared folders
Securing your server from
Getting to Know the Server
through the Guest account.
intruders.
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