Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2008 R2 (the under lying operating system behind WHS2011) and Windows 7 is available for download. The download will automatically come down from Windows Update if you have it enabled or if you prefer it is also available from the Microsoft Download Center as separate downloads for […]
The early beta release of Drive Bender has had an update. Beta release 1.0.1.6 (2011-02-21) have the following bug fixes: Creating a mount point using a drive letter now works correctly. Installer now working correctly on x86 platforms. This latest release which hopes to be Drive Extender’s replacement can be downloaded from here.
As expected after a long day yesterday ironing out some last minute issues Division-M have released beta 1 of Drive Bender for all versions of Windows, XP and above. Unfortunately the WHS add-in wasn’t released as the team ran out of time so it didn’t make this beta release but it still works great on […]
"grimstoner" a user on the We Got Served forums is developing a uTorrent add-in for WHS2011. Once installed you will just need to point it to your uTorrent installation with username and password and the add-in will run as a service. Cant wait for this to be available – More details are available from here.
Mailbag 22nd February 2011 WHS 2011with integrated Media Center What is the best way to Raid WHS 2011? What happens after WHS 2011 beta expires? Have a question or problem? I can’t guarantee an answer, but I’ll try. Click “ask a question” above! I am back!!! I have been gone unexpectedly now for 5 weeks […]
We told you back in early February about Drive Extender functionality coming to WHS2011 courtesy of the add-in StableBit DrivePool ad since then there has been 2 further announcements from 2 different companies. First up is Drive Bender which is due its first beta release today. Similar in features to StableBit DrivePool the difference with […]
Windows guru Paul Thurrott is all for WHS2011 after originally adopting a "wait and see" approach. After DE was pulled from Home Server Paul asked himself if he could ever recommend a version of WHS in which Drive Extender was removed and would he also use such a product himself. Well a few months on […]
Andreas M developer of popular add-ins Advanced Admin Console and Update History has just announced that the public beta of Advanced Admin Console 2011 for WHS2011 is just around the corner. The bits will be available for download from this site (http://www.home-server-addins.com) later this week. Everyone who contacted me regarding the beta test will be […]
Version 0.5.4 of Advanced Admin Console is available for download. This maintenance release which fixes a number of minor bugs and one major bug in the update discovery mechanism which prevented Japanese and Chinese users from being notified when an update was available. In addition, a possible conflict with other AddIns has been resolved. This […]
One Windows Home Server user says good bye and good riddance to Drive Extender (DE). An interesting read from a WHS enthusiast on why they are happy DE is no longer, which you can read here.
