Microsoft has just published a new technical brief. The "Windows Home Server Technical Brief for User Accounts and Shared Folders" is a 22 page document in the .docx format which looks at the features, functionality and benefits of the User Accounts and Shared Folders. First of all we are shown how to create, remove and […]
How do you fancy testing upcoming products from HP and giving feedback on product usability, features, and roadmap plans? If so, HP is after your input and suggestions to help design and build better products. Just send a private message from the MediaSmartHome.com site including your name, phone number, email address and mailing address. More […]
Joe DiFiglia recently had some issues with the Windows Firewall on his Windows Home Server. Even using the "Restore Defaults" under the advanced tab did not restore the firewall to its shipped state. Hours later Joe found the necessary settings within the registry on his Home Server and has made a registry file for those […]
“Camera Owners of the Bay Area” has posted a series of slides from their meeting which they had the other day on Windows Home Server which you may find interesting. They can be downloaded from here.
Over on YouTube, we found a video demo for those of you in Denmark. The demo of the Windows Home Server software is presented by a Danish Product Manager
Taimur Asad from website Redmond Pie has written a tutorial on how to access your Windows Home Server shares using a Mac OS X. Taimur shows us step by step how to setup your Mac to access all the shares on the Home Server. Read it here.
Ade Miller a Microsoft Development Manager in the patterns & practices group (p&p) has published a series of 4 articles on building a green energy efficient Windows Home Server using low power consumption components: Choosing the Hardware – Choosing low power consumption components for your server. Putting it Together – Assembling the pieces. How anyone […]
Microsoft Small Business Specialist (SBS) John Pattison has confirmed that Windows Server 2008 can be backed up by Windows Home Server. He states in his post that the connector software installed fine and the backup feature works fine too.
With the latest listener problems via email and the weeks Windows Home Server news of which there is lots, in this episode #17 of The Home Server Show. Catch it here.
Reader Bob Crook sent us the following, which I thought I would put out for discussion; over to Bob: I have a branches-to-main office situation where all users/networks connect to each other by VPN. If you run the Connector Software from a branch computer despite there being a WHS at the main office, the computers […]
