Tech writer Bob Rankin asks the question Is Your Hard Drive Dying? Although not specifically written for Windows Home Server his post is good reading as it highlights the signs to watch out for for WHEN* your hard drive is about to fail, whether it is in your Home Server, your client PC or some […]
Mobile computing site Notebooks.com have given the HP MediaSmart EX495 a Editor’s Choice Award. Reviewer Xavier stated: The MediaSmart Server EX495 is the best backup and media sharing solution I’ve found for people that have a combination of Macs and PCs scattered around the house. The full review which includes a 10 minute video on […]
Small business specialist Pete Cullen tells us why Windows Home Server is an ideal product for those of you running a small business from home. You can read his article here.
VIA is pretty well known for its chipsets, processors and boards, but less so for complete systems. So I find myself here with the NSD-7800 server, which is a complete system from VIA, well not really a complete system as it ships without hard disks or operating system, so that makes it a bare bones […]
Computer Shopper online has a short look at at HPs EX490 MediaSmart Server. In their first look report, writer Alan Lu had this to say: Our initial impressions of HP’s MediaSmart EX490 are positive, but it will face stiff competition from the latest NAS models, such as Netgear’s upcoming Stora which can also automatically post […]
Fellow Windows Home Server MVP Olaf Engelke has written a great post on How to Troubleshoot Network Connection Problems with Windows Home Server. Available on the official WHS Forums the how to explains what to do when: ..you try to install the Connector software from CD, the shared folder \\Server\Software\Home Server Connector Software or the […]
For those of you who don’t know, Tekzilla is tech internet television and the latest episode 110 looks at how to build yourself a Windows Home Server (10 Minutes in). Maximum PCs Editor in Chief Will Smith chats to host Patrick Norton about hardware for your home build as well as some useful tips, […]
The latest edition of The Home Server Show podcast is out and this weeks episode has some great chat about the HP MediaSmart Server’s as well as the latest news, listeners emails and off course the add-in of the week. Episode 60 is available from here.
We have talked about P80 in the past but now developer Kris Rodenhausen has released P80 as a proper add-in which can be installed and uninstalled like other add-ins via the console. P80 is a website that you can view via your homepage and gives a central overview of various kinds of information that you […]
Microsoft employee Scott Hanselman explains how he recovered a PC by using the Windows Home Server recovery CD although it hadn’t got network drivers installed. Since the PC being recovered was only used on a dial-up connection network drivers had never been installed so naturally the restore process stopped in its tracks. But by using […]
