Speaker manufacturer B&W has recently gone on tour with Intel to promote the Intel powered Windows Home Server. This joining of forces shows that a good speaker system goes a long way to making your media more compelling and enjoyable on a Home Server system. More details here.
Coming Home to Windows Home server is a continuing series by fellow MVP Eric B. Rux who breaks down Home Server. Now at part 15, Eric tells us about Power Pack 2 which is available to read at the SVC (Sound & Vision Contractor) website.
The add-in WHS Web Logs has been updated to version 1.0.5.1 The add-in parses and displays the IIS log files and allows you to see who is looking at your WHS box via the web. It also has buttons for WhoIs, Geolocation, and DNS lookup for the IP addresses, and new in this release, the […]
Computer store Clevery which is based in Akihabara in Japan have announced their Mini HomeServer SP9C WHS. The unit comprises 2TB of storage space (2x 1TB), 1GB of PC5300 RAM and an Intel Atom 330 Dual Core running at 1.6GHz. The famous Japanese store have said that the unit will sell for 65800 Yen (€490) […]
Would you like to install WordPress on to Windows Home Server? WordPress is a blogging script which enables you to have your own blog which would normally be hosted by a web space provider, but some are hosting their WordPress blog on their Windows Home Server machine. If you would like to learn how to […]
Website Home Server Land have a great series to securing your Windows Home Server and it’s network. In part 1 of this series we are shown how to develop a security plan and what you should know about risk management. UPS and surge protection are also discussed. You can read it here.
Version 1.0.0.3 of WHS File Manager is now available which now supports drag-n-drop and rename. WHS File Manager is a simple dual-pane file manager for the WHS management console. It allows you to safely copy, move and delete files on your home server. It will only show your shared folders and it will use UNC […]
The new features and fixes to Power Pack 2 (PP2) are explained to us by the Windows Home Servers Team CJ Saretto in this Channel 10 video. The 6 minute video is hosted on Microsoft’s on10.net website.
Version 1.50 Build 1 (Pre Release) of My Movies for Windows Home Server is available which brings storage of meta-data for many different units, and fully automated disc copying from Dacal 100 disc media changers, as well as the following additions: Storage of meta-data for TViX media players. Storage of meta-data for HDI Dune media […]
Computerworld has a great 7 page guide on how to build your own Windows Home Server by either recycling an old PC or by building a bare-bones system. The guide starts off by showing us how to get a copy of WHS. Adjusting bios settings is taken a look at, then installation (including from a […]
