Archive for March, 2011

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Eye-Fi Connectx2 Review

  If I had to choose what were the most important files on my Home Server then I would instantly say it’s our photos.  Gone are the days of film and processing but part of the process of backing up is getting these files onto our servers.  In the past I’ve manually connected the camera […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 126

More add-in news in this weeks episode of "The Home Server Show" podcast. Plus Home Server news and views in episode 126 which you can get from here.

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Add-In: WHS Phone for Android 1.2.3 Trial

The trial version of WHS Phone for Android is now available in the Android Market.   Control your Windows Home Server on the Go! WHS Phone for Android allows users to monitor their Windows Home Server from anywhere they have a data connection! This app does require a Home Server Add-in available from http://www.whsphone.com and […]

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Giving a Shared Folder its own Drive Letter

ServeTheHome has a great tutorial on how to map a network drive or a WHS share so that it appears with a drive letter within My Computer/Computer in Windows. A great easy way for a shared folder to have its own drive letter on a Windows PC for easier access, which you can read about […]

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Training Videos Great for WHS2011

The Microsoft Download Center has a great list of training videos on Windows Small Business Server 2011. These Learning Bites are worth a watch as the interface in the SBS 2011 Essentials Learning Bites is very similar to WHS2011 and lots can be learned from them. You can find them here.

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Health Notifications Via Email for WHS2011

Did you know that WHS2011 can send you health email notifications about Home Server without installing any add-ins? Well it can and UsingWindowsHomeServer has the details on how to set it up so if WHS has a hiccup that you will be notified via email. You can find the setup details here.

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Windows 7 SP1 Causes RDP Certificate Error

If you have updated a Windows 7 computer to SP1 then you may experience an error message when attempting to establish a remote desktop connection to Windows Home Server. Thankfully the solution is easy enough to accomplish, which you can find in a video from HomeServerLand.

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Drive Bender Write-Up

ghacks.net have a great write-up on Drive Bender which takes you through the configuration process from the Drive Bender pool manager to creating a  mount point. You can read it here.