Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Video: Linus Tech Tips WHS Setup

Linus Tech Tips have a 10 minute video where they show us their Windows Home Server v1 setup with 17 hard drives installed: “It’s no secret that I’m a HUGE fanboi of Windows Home Server, so I’m taking a few minutes to show off my storage server and to talk about some of the upgrade […]

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Add-In: StableBit Scanner v2.0.0.2245 BETA

StableBit Scanner has been updated to version 2.0.0.2245 BETA with SMART improvements and other fixes. Here’s the change log: Rewrote raising / hiding WSS notifications. Fixed columns not being saved. Added new ‘Age’ column to main screen. Fixed UI issues, including removed disks lingering after they were removed. Enabled SMART health links on main summary […]

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The BYOB Podcast Episode 88

Episode 88 of the BYOB podcast is up: “XBOX E3 hardware/compatibility updates, more server Issues, Windows on a laptop Mike gives us his experience. Thunderbolt comes to PC hardware, Cheap butt kicking HTPC, Server 12 first impressions. Another info packed show on this weeks BYOB Podcast.” You can find more details on episode 88 here.

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Add-In: The Office Mavern WHS 2011 Updates v1.1.65.65

The Office Mavern has released updates for his following products: WHS Office 2011 WHS Outlook 2011 WHS QuickBooks 2011 WHS Quicken 2011 All four add-ins are now at version 1.1.65.65. Here’s all the details: To start off with, a new ”Plus” edition of WHS Office 2011 has been created to encapsulate the business-centric Microsoft Office […]

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DVBLink v4.5 Beta Trial Reset Instructions

With the release of the RC1 build of DVBLink, DVBLogic have reset the trial period for all v4.5 installations on our licensing server. So if you are using a version 4.5 installation then here are the instructions on how to reset the trial period for your installed products: Stop DVBLink windows service Delete all *.lic […]

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DVBLink v4.5 Release Candidate 1

DVBLink products have gone to version 4.5 Release Candidate 1 status. What is new/fixed from beta2: General Fixed: parental lock feature did not work in beta1/2 Added: selection of categories on the channel selection tab Added: new layout for DVBLink media library items DVBLink TVSource Added: Unicable support (only for tuners, which support raw diseqc […]

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Viridian PC Homeserv Range with WHS 2011

Viridian PC have re-branded their Homeserv range of Home Servers pre-installed with WHS 2011. The 7 models in the range start from £458 with 2GB of memory, a 160GB system drive and a Intel Atom D525 dual core CPU up to £666 which comes with 4GB of memory the same 160GB system drive but this […]

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Add-In: ISO Mounter v1.30

The add-in ISO Mounter has had an update. ISO Mounter is a software add-in for Microsoft Home and Business server which allows you to mount ISO files (DVD and CD images) stored on your server so they can be viewed directly through your servers folder share on all of your PC’s and laptops. Here’s what’s […]

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UR3 Beta Bug List and Test Guidance

With the beta release of Update Rollup 3 for WHS 2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, Microsoft have also released a bug list highlighting 15 issues with test guidance to reproduce the issues which will help them with their testing procedures: Issue 1 – Windows 8 client hits an error when […]

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Update Rollup 3 Beta Available for WHS 2011

Microsoft have released the beta release of Update Rollup 3 (UR3) for WHS 2011. Update Rollup 3 for WHS 2011 (and SBS 2011 Essentials and Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials) contains 19 fixes that address top customer issues and Windows 8 client compatibility issues. UR3 also includes UR2, UR1, as well as the hotfix for […]