Archive for June, 2009

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uTorrent on WHS – The Update

Windows Home Server enthusiast Scott Duff has updated our original 2 year old post on How to Install uTorrent on your WHS Box, which of course is the ideal place for Torrents to live as most of our Home Servers are on 24/7. You can read Scott’s tutorial here.

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Coding for Windows Home Server

Home Server Hacks are starting (hopefully) a series of articles on coding for Windows Home Server. This first part shows you how to load the Windows Home Server Console using any language (or Culture) that you desire. Time to learn some C#, which is here.

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Your Friends and Family Could be a Threat to WHS

Part 11 Securing Your WHS & Network is available on Home Server Land Threats and risks can be experienced by allowing friends and other family to access the files on the WHS via the Internet.   The role of the administrator is explained and methods that can reduce the administrative burden are identified.  Alternative methods to […]

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WHS Password Mismatch with Windows 7

The Home Server Show website is reporting that users of the 64 bit version of the Windows 7 Release Candidate (Build 7100) are having a problem connecting their machine to their Windows Home Server. Although the connector software installs correctly the client then alerts you that your Windows 7 machine and WHS passwords are not […]

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Become a Fan of Windows Home Server on Facebook

Did you know that Windows Home Server is on Facebook? Well it is. With photos, videos, a poll, notes and of course the popular Facebook "Wall" with all stuff Win Home Server. Check it out here.

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Read it and Win it – The LX195 Review

CrunchGear has a review of the HP MediaSmart LX195 and there giving it away to one lucky person. The review looks at the hardware and software suite which makes up the LX195 and as well as looking at the performance of the unit and the specs, if you leave a comment to their post on […]

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Defrag WHS and Save $10

If you signup for a copy of PerfectDisk 10 for Windows Home Server you are currently eligible to 20% of off the purchase price. The defragmentation tool for our Home Servers normally sells from $49.99 but using the coupon code* SUMMERFUN20 brings that price down to $39.99 – A great saving! More details on PerfectDisk […]

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WHS ProductID GUID and More

jcarle.com has published a list of undocumented Microsoft ProductID GUIDs. Each Microsoft product is identified internally using a ProductID that is in the form of a Globally Unique Identifier or GUID. For those that ever want to develop software that digs into some of Microsoft’s software internals, you’ll quickly find that without a way to […]

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Save Upto $100 off HP MediaSmart Server

neowin.net have a 5 minute video with Glen Roberts from HP explaining about the MediaSmart Server’s EX480, EX485 and the LX195. The post also has discount codes for $100 off the EX48x and $75 off the LX195 from hp.com which are valid from now through July 14th. More details here.

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Could Family Comment on your WHS Stored Photos – Perhaps

Website Spackle has an article discussing – Perhaps there’s a way to use Opera Unite to create a richer experience around WHS. Opera Unite is a socialization program which helps users create micro-social networks enabling friends and family to not only access your pictures, video, music etc, but also comment and interact with others, as […]