A new add-in called WHS Phone will soon to available for Windows Phone 7 users that enables you to browse your files/shares, stream music wirelessly, view and upload photos and manage your Home Server on your Windows Phone 7 device from your Windows Home Server. The add-in will be available late November (2010) from the […]
Sean Daniel has a great article explaining the differences between WHS v2 (Vail), WSS 2008 R2 Essentials (Breckenridge) and SBS 2011 Essentials (Aurora) and asks the question: So why should you consider WSS 2008 R2 Essentials for your small business or customer? It’s a great read to find out how each version compares to each […]
If you would like to house tuner cards in your Windows Home Server than the DVBLink software from DVBLogic is the way to go as it makes these cards network aware. Currently the guys are releasing beta releases at the rate of one per week, with the current release being DVBLink 3.2 beta 3, here’s […]
Streaming Video, Music & Pictures from Windows Home Server Home Media Server Failing System Drive on Windows Home Server It’s always difficult giving advice, but when giving advice, knowing someone is actually going to make a purchase based on my recommendation is always something that is unnerving! I would hate someone to make a purchase […]
Microsoft’s "Windows Storage Blog" today announced “Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials”, with similar features to Windows Home Server Vail. This newest member is part of the Windows Storage Server family of network attached storage appliances and was previously known under the code name of Breckenridge. It shares common features from both Windows Home Server […]
We love home builds here at mswhs.com, and it’s great to see "Black Jacque" contribution to the community. Posting on the Ars Technica forums, "Black Jacque" gives his parts list for a Vail mini-itx Windows Home Server utilizing an Intel Atom D525 CPU. Its a fully comprehensive guide which covers why each individual component was […]
Episode 111 of "The Home Server Show" podcast has the weeks Home Server news, including a couple of Builds and add-ins with guests AJ Peck and Michael Ross. You can catch it here.
A cheap Windows Home Server build for $350 in this YouTube video. The build utilizes the Phenom II X2 Black Edition CPU and 2GB of DDR3 RAM, but if you watch the video till the end remember to install the hard drive within the case before installing the CPU cooler!
Version 6.0.28 of TwonkyServer for XP/Vista/Windows 7 and of course WHS users is now available. This latest version includes the following fixes: TMS-Rescan set to specific number of minutes is not working properly Add custom DLNA profile for MKV to improve interop with certain clients CDS contains duplicate resource entries with same resolution in one […]
The add-in Home Server SMART was updated to version 1.1.36.6 on 2nd November 2010. Home Server SMART enables you to monitor the health of your hard disks attached to WHS, by examining the SMART. data exposed by your disks. The following bugs are addressed in this version: The dreaded "WMI worker process has encountered an […]
