Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Print from an iPad to WHS

Sean Daniel is looking at more ways to take advantage of his low-powered Home Server to do more for him as an *always* on device. And over the holiday period had to print boarding passes prior to leaving for the airport: It was frustrating to have to take out the laptop when the iPad is […]

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HP MicroServer with 8GB Memory for $320

Newegg are now offering free 8GB RAM upgrade with the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer. The N40L comes with a 250GB SATA hard drive, which is ideal for installing the operating system on and with free shipping included the $319.99 asking price is a good deal HP ProLiant N40L Ultra Micro Tower Server System AMD Turion […]

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The BYOB Podcast Episode 72

Episode 72 of the BYOB podcast has just been uploaded: "2011 Tech Faves, Tim’s server woes, Mike’s ESXi update, Michael’s Crossfire, AMD 7970 specs released, facebook client, AppRap" For all Build Your Own Box enthusiasts, you can catch episode 72 here.

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Add-In: ISO Mounter v1.20

The ISO Mounter add-in for WHS V1 and WHS 2011 has been updated to version 1.20 The add-in allows you to mount ISO files (DVD and CD images) stored on your home server so they can be viewed directly through your servers folder share on all of your PC’s and laptops. Here are the release […]

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MVP Award

Its another year and today I am privileged to have been rewarded as a Windows Home Server MVP from Microsoft. I feel honored to have received this award for 4 years in a row now and would like to thank both you guys and girls for reading this, for without you none of this would […]

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Riley Home Server Price Reductions

Tranquil PC have announced that since hard drive prices have started to drop slightly following the flooding of hard drive factories in Thailand that they are reflecting this decrease in their product pricing: The Riley (Home Server) Storage Unit prices have been reduced, ie the 4TB unit has seen a £150 price reduction, the 8TB […]

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Happy New Year

On behalf of everyone here at MSWHS we would like to wish our readers, advertisers, contributors and supporters a happy New Year. We started this community back in June of 2007 and have during the last four and a half years brought you the highs (the release of Home Server both v1 and WHS 2011) […]

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Add-In: Drive Bender for WHS v1.2.3.0

Beta 1 for the next major Drive Bender release (Tomcat) has just been made available. Release v1.2.3.0 includes the following changes: Update: Support for a number of NTFS API’s including compression and junction points. Update: Named (alternate) stream support. Bug fix: The WHS Move Folder feature no longer quits with an error. Update: Added call […]

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Acer Aspire easyStore for $260

Thanks to one of our readers, Jacan who bought to our attention that the Acer Aspire easyStore which was on offer for $289.99 is now on offer again, but this time at an even better price of $259.99 instead of the normal price of $499.99. That’s a saving of $240 on this system which comes […]

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Western Digital Sentinel DX4000 Review

StorageReview.com have a review of Western Digital’s Sentinel DX4000, a lovely piece of hardware powered by Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, a part of the “Colorado” family of products. Their comprehensive review looks at the design and build of the DX4000, its performance and power consumption. In conclusion the reviewer added: WD accomplished what it […]