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Comment on Block Porn with Windows Home Server by Sammy Mitchell

Sammy Mitchell — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:52:15 +0000

Thanks for the added info, is always good to learn. Thanks again

Comment on Dell Inspiron Zino HD for WHS? by Bob Crook

Bob Crook — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:49:54 +0000

It still strikes me as absurd that Dell does not make a WHS. However I have found that my best WHS incarnations are made from using old Dell Poweredge servers.

Comment on ERROR The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections by ovi

ovi — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:22:06 +0000

you write:
Khaing: Quonting MicrosoftJunkie:”The way remote desktop for administration works in terminal services is that you are allowed: 1 console session for admin purposes and 2 rd sessions for users. The only way to increase this number is to install terminal server and add some cals to the server. Once you install terminal server and switch to remote desktop for apps instead of administration, you will be given a grace period, something like 90 or 180 days, before having to setup the licensing. Hoever, this is only meant for giving you time to set this up, it isn’t intended soley as a free grace period.”
But where to get this or buy these cals for WHS?
need 3 more thx

Comment on Add-In: LogPoint Performance Monitor by Lebo Bucibo

Lebo Bucibo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:25:22 +0000

Damn. This plugin is like the perfect demostration of the Heisenberg Principle which states that the act of measuring a quantity actually alters it and the measurement is always false. Just running this plugin to graph CPU utilization results in its 80% utilization.

Comment on Dell Inspiron Zino HD for WHS? by Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:21:20 +0000

With the 640GB priced at $324, and adding in $100 for OEM WHS, the price starts to get up there. And with the LX195 currently $199 at the Egg it would be hard to sell it as a WHS.

The Zino reminds me of my old Cube enclosure. A digital or optical out would have been cool. I assume the VGA is supplied for LCDs instead of a cleaner DVI output. The eSATA is a nice touch but I bet your external drive is the same size as the Zino!

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/insp300/en/index.htm

I will say however, being a true Dell Guy, that I would love to buy one of these as a HTPC Chistmas gift! It makes as an alternative to the Studio Hybrid for half the price. For $259 with Win7, WMC and HDMI you cannot lose!

Tim

Comment on Acer Aspire EasyStore Video Review by Philip Churchill

Philip Churchill — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:49:51 +0000

Ouch! – Although I do agree with you. Well, apart from the last bit :)

Comment on Acer Aspire EasyStore Video Review by man friday

man friday — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:46:34 +0000

Review? This told me nothing about the WHS OS. The “reviewer” eluded to running in a RAID configuration to protect data, apparently no idea about what WHS OS is all about. Then, if you don’t like it you can run Linux. Who buys a WHS server to run Linux. Note to reviewer, check your arse, it’s on fire

Comment on Running WHS on Server 2008 Hyper-V Part 2 by Michael

Michael — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:41:16 +0000

when is part 3 coming, I am tinkering with this as i have a server set up at home and went with server2008 r2 x64 so i can do everyhthing else in VM’s, giving me flexibility going forward.

Comment on Setup an Email Server on Windows Home Server by Setting up email on Windows Server 2008 « Donal Conlon

Setting up email on Windows Server 2008 « Donal Conlon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:35:55 +0000

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Comment on Online Offsite WHS Backup Solutions by Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:18:59 +0000

Yup Mesh is good. Have you looked at SkyDrive from MS too? Someone wrote an app called SkyDrive explorer that allows cool access to the online 25Gb – another storage (free) option but there are file size limits and possible/probably security issues as always with placing things in the cloud.

Comment on Online Offsite WHS Backup Solutions by xYike

xYike — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:49:20 +0000

I hear ya – it is just an opinion I guess. I’m thinking mostly about home videos and pictures of my kids, scanned paperwork and tax receipts which are disposed of after scanning, etc. Things that I do not want to store electronically if they cannot be reasonably safeguarded from loss. I cannot see us picking up a hard drive daily or multiple times a week and hauling it around as a regular thing – I barely remember to wear pants every day.

On a side note, I use Windows Live Sync and love it. Not for everyone though. Live Mesh has its uses too. They aren’t good fixes for everyone though.

Comment on Unlimited Free Local and Long Distance Phone Calls from WHS by Victor

Victor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:39:14 +0000

I’ve been using MJ for a couple months now and never thought about installing the jack onto my WHS until last week. Yeah the jack software would not install rite and I was beginning to think that WHS + MagicJack was not meant to be. This tutorial helped me and it looks like it is working. Thanks

Comment on Online Offsite WHS Backup Solutions by Chris

Chris — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:20:22 +0000

xYike, see your point, I guess it depends on how you are using your home server. For most home use then periodic backups to an external drive stored offsite or in a fireproof safe is fine – the same for say a small business that uses a Home Server for backing up workstations. If you are looking at a HOME server in a BUSINESS environment with critical data and the like a) you do not have an entirely suitable product b) you should be looking at a proper disk.tape backup solution with offsite and maybe online backup solutions (for periodic/disaster recovery)

Remember this is a home server not a Windows 200x server which has adequate backup solutions available and more scalable solutions.

Comment on Online Offsite WHS Backup Solutions by xYike

xYike — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:56:35 +0000

Local HD backups and carrying the drive off-site? I feel that (1) is unrealistic as an off-site strategy and (2) doesn’t provide the backup granularity that most people want.

This reminds me of making people have 24-character complex passwords with 30-day expiration dates. (in other words, how long is this going to be effective – not very long)

Comment on Online Offsite WHS Backup Solutions by Chris

Chris — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:48:54 +0000

I would recommend an external drive and making backups of the server periodically and taking the drive offsite again.

At least that way you get your data back in a timely manner. Imagine trying to download anything from an online backup in any short period of time.

Comment on Norco DS-520 Home Server by Windows Home Server Norco - Foros de CHW

Windows Home Server Norco - Foros de CHW — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:21:01 +0000

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Comment on Online Offsite WHS Backup Solutions by David

David — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:05:59 +0000

Is there any update to this article since 2007. Prices seem to be going up everywhere.

Comment on Backup Strategy – From a Panic Model to WHS by Dan Kothlow

Dan Kothlow — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:36:03 +0000

I use a scheduled task that runs daily to an external HDD that is not added to WHS to backup certain shares. This does provide some measure of protection against deletions
from the normal shares.
Batch file follows –

SET overall=%time%
REM Copy the WHS “shares” folder to external drive O:
echo _________________________________________ >> O:\BackupLog.txt
echo %date% – %time% >> O:\BackupLog.txt
echo Users Share >> O:\BackupLog.txt
XCopy D:\shares\users O:\Shares\users /D /E /V /C /I /G /H /R /K /X /Y >> O:\BackupLog.txt
echo Backup >> O:\BackupLog.txt
XCopy D:\shares\Third\Backup O:\Shares\Third\Backup /D /E /V /C /I /G /H /R /K /X /Y >> O:\BackupLog.txt
echo Photos >> O:\BackupLog.txt
XCopy D:\shares\Photos O:\Shares\Photos /D /E /V /C /I /G /H /R /K /X /Y >> O:\BackupLog.txt
echo Videos >> O:\BackupLog.txt
XCopy D:\shares\Videos O:\Shares\Videos /D /E /V /C /I /G /H /R /K /X /Y >> O:\BackupLog.txt
echo Music >> O:\BackupLog.txt
XCopy D:\shares\Music O:\Shares\Music /D /E /V /C /I /G /H /R /K /X /Y >> O:\BackupLog.txt

echo Started Run on %date% – Started at %overall% – Finished at %time% >> O:\Log.txt

Comment on Should a Small Business Choose Foundation Server or WHS by Bob Crook

Bob Crook — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:45:11 +0000

Hopefully one of the things being considered by Microsoft is how to offer more clients that the current limit of ten for WHS.

Comment on Backup Strategy – From a Panic Model to WHS by Bob Crook

Bob Crook — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:36:52 +0000

If you make up a spare WHS you can use your spare computer to load different OSes for testing or whatever, and simply restore to whatever you need. I also have an additional spare WHS that I use on service calls so that I can backup clients’ servers or computers prior to making changes. (This Service Call WHS has backups of servers and computers already so that the “new” backups are only of different files and folders making it very fast.)

Comment on Remote Desktop and XP SP3 Workaround by alejo

alejo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:04:47 +0000

Update your Nvidea display drivers with the latest for your chipset from the Nvidea site.

I know it’s counterintuitive but this should fix the remote desktop issue with XP machines from dell.

I my case dell optiplex 755

Comment on Backup Strategy – From a Panic Model to WHS by Blaine D.

Blaine D. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:06:52 +0000

I agree that the automatic backup features of WHS are one of the main reasons to have a home server. Apart from failed disks, I frequently find that I need to revert files on my PC back to a prior version. For example, sometimes a project will accidentally get deleted. Or a file will get overwritten with edits that you later decide you don’t want. Or you might find a program/driver that gets installed and causes problems to the system. In all these cases it is nice to be able to either pull individual files or even a full back-up from some time in the past.

However, this also points out a shortcoming in a feature of WHS: Duplication of shared folders. With WHS, you can have a centralized repository of photos, documents, videos, etc. WHS has a nice feature where shared folders are duplicated. The only problem is it is a duplication of the current state without backups of prior states. That’s helpful if a disk fails (much like RAID), but it isn’t useful if I accidentally clobber a file on the WHS.

For example, let’s say someone decides to go through and crop all my photos in the shared folders. Or I mess up something with tagging or other edits. Or I overwrite a critical document… in all cases, unless I am able to catch something before the DE migration process kicks in, I now have two copies of my mistake with no recovery.

I hope that Microsoft is thinking about this scenario in future iterations of WHS. Or perhaps there is a solution today with versioning? I know I can do backups of shared folders, but that is a manual process. So anyone have a suggestion on this scenario?

Comment on Should I re-boot WHS? by Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:44:47 +0000

i dont believe the issue is with rebooting… it with the unexpected. if you tell windows to reboot periodically it will save or finish its work (load balancing) then properly reboot by shutting off all services and turning things back over to the APM.

data errors will not hapen by a magicaly random reboots. these are “events” that cause the machine to crash or just loose power randomly that cause issues with data loss. it is perfectly safe to tell windows vista with bitlocker to reboot, just dont force it.

scheduled and periodic reboots are part of microsofts best server practices.

Comment on Remote Desktop and XP SP3 Workaround by Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:20:17 +0000

Sorry IE8 did not fix it. I have a laptop that is on xp x64 sp2 with IE8 that still does not connect with RWW. It does not have the registry entries that are mentioned in all the fixes. UGH!!

Comment on Running WHS on Server 2008 Hyper-V Part 2 by tsells

tsells — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:21:50 +0000

Hello. I just completed my installation of Windows Home Server in a Hyper V VM on 2008 R2. I did it this way so I can still have the ability to use my server for other OS’s as WHS will not max out the server.

Here is my post on it.

http://tsells.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/setting-up-windows-home-server-in-a-vm-on-win-2008-r2-2/

Comment on Team Foundation Server on WHS by The Home Server Show 63 | Datasafe Eurosafe

The Home Server Show 63 | Datasafe Eurosafe — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:01:24 +0000

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Comment on Running WHS on Server 2008 Hyper-V Part 2 by TheChucklesStart

TheChucklesStart — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:43:43 +0000

I was wondering if Hyper-V had the same hardware monitoring as WHS did. (or really, as good of a notification scheme, I guess I could settle for e-mail notifications but a bubble from the system tray would be better for me).

Comment on Create a New User Account Directly on the WHS by Brendan

Brendan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:07:01 +0000

Hmm… I followed the instructions on creating the WHS user, but when I restarted the server (Acer Easystore) and tried to log in as that user, I am still seeing the “To log on to this remote computer, you must be granted the Allow log on through Terminal Services right. By default, members of the Remote Desktop Users group or another group that has this right, or if the Remote Desktop User group does not have this right, you must be granted this right manually”. I actually see a number of users that I have created using the console under the Remote Desktop Users group, but I can’t Remote Desktop to my server with any other account other than “administrator”. What to do now?

Comment on Win a HP MediaSmart EX490 Server by Nate Malone

Nate Malone — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:01:53 +0000

Honestly I would just use it to improve my HTPC and get away from using my desktop as my sharing server. I would also love to give my wife the ability to use time machine on her mac. Thank you for the chance to win!

Comment on Win a HP MediaSmart EX490 Server by John Thiers

John Thiers — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:56:21 +0000

I would use the mediasmart server to backup files and store store video for use on my network.

Comment on How-To Install phpBB 3, MediaWiki and WordPress on WHS by MVBenjamin

MVBenjamin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:23:00 +0000

Hey,

I’m looking for an advice on a good anti virus software to use ?
Could anyone give me a hint I just got a nasty one I need to get rid off.

Thanks
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Comment on Exclusive: D-Link D-ViewCam Add-In for WHS 1.0.0. by The Home Server Show 63 : Home Server Show

The Home Server Show 63 : Home Server Show — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:17:55 +0000

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Comment on Team Foundation Server on WHS by The Home Server Show 63 : Home Server Show

The Home Server Show 63 : Home Server Show — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:15:08 +0000

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Comment on Setup Static IP for Windows Home Server by QSCS

QSCS — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:53:17 +0000

Hello,
I have also been having some issues with WHS. I have setup port forwaring via my DLink DIR-615 router. I can access internally via network / console or remote desktop but in the console it states that my router cannot verify accepting remote access or web site connections. I’ve been surfing for a week now to try and figure this out. I have a static IP address assigned to my WHS only with all my other machines obtaining automatically. I have spoken with my ISP and these ports are not blocked. I have shut down the firewall on WHS, I’ve even tried DMZ through my router and it still will not succesfully configure within the console. I’m now thinking it is my router but wanted some feedback to see if anyone else had any comments before i ditch the DLink.

Comment on Win a HP MediaSmart EX490 Server by Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:25:49 +0000

To put it simply, I’d use the HP MediaSmart EX490 Server as the hub. The hub to what you might ask…The hub to my life. Obviously I’d use the EX490 to back up my 3 windows machines (2 XP desktops & 1 Vista laptop) and the single Mac laptop. But from there the EX490 would be the single location where all our media viewing would happen. A single location for my families pictures and home videos and not just the family that live in the house, we’d be able to share this media with the grandparents – they’ll love it. Then of course we’d be able to watch all the online videos we purchase right on our TV streaming from the EX490. The HP MediaSmart EX490 Server would be our one location to store what amounts to my families entertainment and memories!
Oh, I would then have the EX490 backed up online via KeepVault…We’d never lose another family photo/video again!

Comment on Update PerfectDisk for WHS the Proper Way by Philip Churchill

Philip Churchill — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:13:02 +0000

Thanks Greg/Raxco Support for the update.

Comment on Update PerfectDisk for WHS the Proper Way by Greg/Raxco Support

Greg/Raxco Support — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:17:12 +0000

The correct way to update PD/WHS to a new build is as follows:

- When connected to your WHS via Console and notified that a PD update is available, choose to install
- When notified that the Console is open and to Retry, Ignore, Cancel, choose Ignore
- When prompted to restart your Windows Home Server, reboot
- Upon reboot, PD is updated

Greg/Raxco Support

Comment on How To Install uTorrent on Windows Home Server by Jeroen

Jeroen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:29:43 +0000

Thanks! This is my first hands on with my WHS and it gave me a good insight in its workings.
Works perfect

Comment on Win a HP MediaSmart EX490 Server by Jack

Jack — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:06:25 +0000

I have been looking forward to this new device for quite a while. I was planning to do the 485, but with the discovery that the esata port not supporting multiple drives, this put me back to looking at the 47X. I will need the extra room, but am not ready to modify the 47X to the processor speed that I would like. This 490 looks perfect, but I haven’t purchased yet as the economy has tanked and 6mo old twins have tightened up our belts for us.

The backup features on this look just amazing, and as someone else mentioned, having the baby Einstein movies to be streamed to my PS3 would make life just that more simple. And setting up the remote access to photos would be the feature the rest of the family would like the best. There are so many great features, I seem to find more each time I look at another forum.

Jack

Comment on HP MediaSmart Server EX495 Review by HP StorageWorks x510 Data Vault Review « MS Windows Home Server

HP StorageWorks x510 Data Vault Review « MS Windows Home Server — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:23:38 +0000

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