The Web's Largest Dedicated Windows Home Server Resource by Microsoft MVP Philip Churchill.
Microsoft Windows Home Server - WHS will automatically backup and restore your PCs and allow you to share and access files from any machine in the house as well as giving you remote access to those files and PC’s as well. This site will guide you on your journey of discovery with WHS.
Thanks to the lovely PR people at HP in the US, we have a copy of the HP MediaSmart Server Reviewer’s Guide. It details how to setup and configure the EX470 and EX475 models and goes on to discuss the MediaSmart Server Control Center, where you can access the Photo WebShare, iTunes music sharing, remote system access, automatic backups and the file sharing features. The 12 page PDF document is an excellent overview of the features that are to be unique to the HP MediaSmart Server’s.
Microsoft are currently internally testing an x64 Connector for Windows Vista Machines, which should be available between December 07 – March 08. Unfortunately a Connector for XP x64 will not be available, but what can you do in the meantime if you want to install the Connector software on your Vista x64 machine. Well, good news, we have a solution for you.
You can easily install the Windows Home Server Connector software on Vista x64 by running the following in an elevated command prompt (Start > All Programs > Accessories and then right-click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run as administrator”) in Windows Vista.
msiexec /i "\\SERVER\Software\Home Server Connector Software\whsconnector.msi" WHSMSI="RUNSETUP"
It will then install the connector software fine on that Vista x64 machine without running the SETUP.EXE bootstrap. Backups won’t work, but everything else will on that machine, so just disable backups for that machine in the console once it’s installed.
Thanks to Jerry Zeisler for bringing our coding mistake to our attention, which has now been corrected.
Microsoft has placed the Code2Fame Challenge Winners up at their WHS page. As well as the 3 top winners:
Honorable mentions are mentioned for the following:
The 120-day trial version of Windows Home Server is finally here. The evaluation kit can be ordered on line for free from around the world, all you have to pay are the shipping and handling charges.
For the US the charge is $5.99 with one to three weeks for delivery. Canada have the English or French version available for $9.99 and In the UK up to 5 copy’s can be ordered at £4.58 + VAT each, plus you have the option of the English, French, German or Spanish versions. You need to allow up to 28 days for delivery.
For your reference, these are the part numbers for the different language versions of the 120-Day Evaluation Kit:
Thanks to Łukasz Foks for bringing this quickly to our attention.
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