Archive for March, 2013

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WHS 2011 for £35

If you are in the UK then CCL have WHS 2011 for just £33.70 plus 95p delivery, so if you have a spare £35 handy then you can buy a copy from here. Top 10 Reasons to buy Windows Home Server 2011: Scheduled automatic backups. Get full automatic backups of the actual server and all […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 215

Episode 215 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up: “We are talking Symform again and finally have a judgement about the service.  Some SkyDrive, and ADATA in the news and then we talk about UR1 and some hot fixes for Windows Home Server 2011 and Essentials 2012.” You can find episode 215 here.

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool v1.3.0.7534 RC

The beta build of StableBit DrivePool has had an update for users of WHS 2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. Version 1.3.0.7534 RC has the following changes: [D] Fixed CoveFS update reboot reminder not showing up sometimes. Fixed folder / drive detail panes not showing up sometimes. Optimized the Windows […]

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WS 2012 Essentials Client Restore with a USB Flash Drive

Dell’s TechCenter have an article on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials client restore process. The article explains how to create a Client Restore USB Flash Drive and how to use it on a client system to perform a restore of that client system. All 26 steps are presented to us with plenty of pics to […]

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Alternatives to Using Windows Home Server – Really!

A round up of posts from various blogs from the last few weeks that talk about alternatives to using Windows Home Server. The 1st is from techshout which give us 7 FreeNAS alternatives which actually does include WHS 2011. http://www.techshout.com/alternatives/2013/18/freenas-alternatives/ Next up APC explain  how to make your own Windows home server OS using alternative […]

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Video: Newegg Talk WS2012 Essentials

Newegg TV have a video on WS2012 Essentials. The 20 minute video takes a look at what WS2012e is and what’s new, with a demo of the dashboard too:

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Office 365 Integration Service Reports Not Running after install UR1 for WS2012e

If you have the Office 365 Integration feature enabled before installing Update Rollup 1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials then after you apply UR1 and reboot the server, you may get the following Health Alert when opening the dashboard: “One or more services are not running The following important Windows services are not running. Windows […]