Question about a in home server

[nahima76]

I was wondering if there is a way to put a server in my home to store all my games, software and so forth on. But I want to access it and run them from the server and not from my computers? Is this possible to do without installing everything on to my computer?
I am just wondering if it is cheaper going this router vs buying a computer that I need so much space and memory to run all my art programs while working. I do already have all 4 computers networked together in the house and save everything on a extra hard drive on the desktop computer.
But I do not want to have so much istalled on my computer if possible cause I just do not do slow

[hmar]

If you share a folder on the server, you can map the it as a drive to the other computers. (navigate to the folder, right click on the shared folder and choose "map network drive". Make sure to choose reconnect on logon. Afterwards, when you install software, choose a custom path and select the mapped drive instead of the program folder. Just remember, you still need a separate install from each computer you will use your software from.