Archive for November, 2009

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Add-In: CloudBerry Backup for WHS 1.3.1

CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server has been updated. Version 1.3.1 of the online backup solution for our Home Servers include the following new features: Alerting notifications GUI issues with high DPI fixed Purging options work correctly C# API – an ability to get backup plan statistics programmatically Issue with Overview panel is fixed Other […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 64

Episode 64 of The Home Server Show podcast is up with the latest news and chat about antivirus protection on Windows Home Server, a home build in a 20 bay Norco case and lots more. Listen in here.

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Dell Inspiron Zino HD for WHS?

The Dell Inspiron Zino HD is a small 8" by 8" desktop computer with 4 external USB 2.0 ports and 2 eSATA connectors. Comprising an Athlon Dual-Core processor and up to 8GB of RAM it is a contender for a home build Home Server, although it only has space for one internal SATA II hard […]

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Acer Aspire EasyStore Video Review

The ComputerTV video network takes a look at the Acer Aspire EasyStore Home Server. In this 6 minute video, the EasyStore is taken a good look at, and is worth a look if you are thinking of purchasing one.

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Share WHS with Samba Easily

If you stream from your Windows Home Server shared folders to any media player via smb (such at the Popcorn Hour or Myka) you can only mount 1 share at a time. Meaning you will have to create a separate smb share for each shared folder and you will only be able to access one […]

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Windows Home Server – A Solid 9 out of 10

Website "Major Arcana" is about the rantings of 2 anime tech geeks who this week take a look at Windows Home Server and the Acer Aspire Easy­s­tore H340. The guys give Home Server a solid 9 out of 10 and point out the products good points as well as its bad ones too, which you […]

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homeserver.com Domain Hiccup

On Tuesday (10th Nov 09) Windows Home Server users were receiving the following error in their Home Network Health tab within the Console: Windows Home Server was unable to update Windows Live Custom Domains with your current IP address. Your web site may not be available on the Internet. This was due to a problem […]

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Add-In: My Movies for Windows Home Server 1.50 Build 9

My Movies for Windows Home Server has been updated to version 1.50 Build 9 to fix a problem with the playback of images. My Movies for Windows Home Server allows you to create a copy of your DVD/CD collection onto your Home Server. More details are available from here.

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Should a Small Business Choose Foundation Server or WHS

With Windows Home Server being used more in the SOHO space, journalist Mary-Jo Foley asks: So which should a small business user choose: Foundation or WHS? Although Foundation Server does allow up to 15 users, it is not a “media” server as Windows Home Server is. So I know what I shall be choosing! You […]

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Backup Strategy – From a Panic Model to WHS

Microsoft employee Raymond Chen gives his experiences of Windows Home Server. From going from a "wait until it breaks, and then panic" model to an Acer Aspire EasyStore H340, Raymond now randomly selects a file from a backup just to make sure the backups are working – Which of course they are.