The Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group September meeting will discuss Windows Home Server alongside video and photography convergence. Edward Casati of Unbound Photography has recently switched to using WHS as his main ‘bulk’ file storage system after outgrowing his ReadyNAS. He built his own with some extra hardware that he had […]
Our friend Nick has been in contact to tell us that there is a new release of the add-in AutoExit. AutoExit can be used to: Shut down and reboot computer(s) within your home network from within the console. Wake On Lan feature, so you can easily boot up your computer(s) remotely Place the computer(s) into […]
If you would like to change the name of your HP MediaSmart Server from “HPMediaSmart” to something more appropriate like Gladys or Gertrude (or perhaps not!), then MediaSmartHome has a great tutorial on how to do so, available from here.
You may have noticed that over at the official Windows Home Server forums that the new forum platform is complete. This now provides increased performance, stability, and an improved user experience. The new link is now http://forums.community.microsoft.com/en-US/tag/windowshomeserver/, whilst the old URL (http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer/default.aspx?siteid=50) will be redirected to the new one once a topic is chosen. More […]
Available from mid-September will be Shuttle’s Atom powered X27 mini desktop. The small PC will start from $189 for just a barebones rig — no chip, memory or hard drive. Fully spec’d with an Atom, you’re looking at $500+ in the emerging Nettop category using Intel’s low power Atom processor and is an ideal home […]
Tom Ziegmann has an update for those of you who have followed his guide on how to install SharePoint Services 3.0 on Windows Home Server. He has now published a tip on how to change his SharePoint Database Move Scripts if your server name is not "SERVER" which is available here. The SharePoint How-to in […]
