Website 4Hak3rs has a guide on how to backup your HP MediaSmart Server without using tools like Acronis Backup, Driveimage XML or Ghost. Following the details on the site enables you to have an updated partition.table and volume.image file which you can then burn to a DVD or keep on a 8GB USB key. You […]
Fellow MVP Drashna has published a version of Windows Home Server known as the "X:\Files Edition". Now at version 1.4, the X:\Files Edition is basically the Power Pack 1 version of Windows Home Server with updates, drivers, add-ins and tweaks integrated into the installation media. For example the installation image includes all Server 2003 and […]
The site for small network builders, "Practically Networked" has an article about how to Build your own Windows Home Server which takes you through the installation stage. Next week writer Joseph Moran explains to us how to set up the client machines, add storage to the server and configure many of Windows Home Server’s key […]
HP have published a PDF user guide to using the recently announced iStream software on the iPhone and iPod Touch, for ex48x users. The 13 page guide covers the initial installing and configuring and explains how to stream music, photos and videos to the device. Download here.
Website Home Server Land have published part 2 of their Securing Your WHS & Network series of articles (Part 1 available here). This part part continues with the methods to identify and address network topology vulnerabilities and takes a look at the typical Windows Home Server network. You can read it here.
TLG Jaymz tells us how he converted a Thecus NAS Server, which he used for his weekly backups into a Windows Home Server. Jaymz tells us how he pulled the N5200 apart and converted it, and all without a soldering iron! You can read his exploits here.
More information has come to light on the HP MediaSmart Server LX195. From the pictures it looks like it has no expandable hard drive bays, but it does come with 4 USB ports and the standard Ethernet port which means that this unit could be a single drive unit
FirePlay for Windows Home Server is an add-in which allows you to remotely stream all the music stored on their server over the internet . FirePlay is a Flash Add-In for the Firefly media server, which is a media server designed to serve digital music to iTunes and is the “iTunes Server” solution delivered by […]
The Home Server Show podcast #40 has details on the HP MediaSmart Server Video DVD iPhone Software Update. The 21 minute show has the live feed from the virtual HP press event which you can listen to here.
Another new add-in for Windows Home Server users is Update History, which displays the complete system update history so that you can make sure that your Home Server is fully patched and up to date. For updates which contain a Knowledge Base article a direct link to the article is also provided and the Windows […]
