DeviceMAG has an article on the advantages of NOS (network operating system) over P2P using Windows Home Server 2011. The article starts of by explaining the differences between a P2P and an NOS network, and how it can fit in your home network. Its an interesting read which you can find here.
My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has had an update. My Movies for Windows Home Server is a special build of My Movies specifically for Windows Home Server. It can function as a My Movies server for My Movies clients, or it can function as a data provider for Media Center’s movie library, media […]
Another week and another episode of The Home Server Show podcast is up. This weeks episode has: “News on the home server front, CES, Black Friday, HP’s Microserver, and John’s dead MediaSmart Server.” You can find episode 163 here.
You may remember DA Document Manager, an add-in for Windows Home Server v1 users to help them organize their documents. Now thanks to our friend Bob Crook we can inform you that a version is being worked on for WHS 2011: Because the new version of WHS is a complete rewrite, it has taken much […]
iHomeServer for iTunes is an application that runs iTunes as a service on Windows Home Server both v1 and WHS 2011. iTunes normally runs as a desktop application which requires you to be logged into your desktop at all times in order to play music or video remotely. Many people are now using Home Sharing […]
The DE type add-in for WHS 2011 users has had an update. Version 1.2.2.0 of Drive Bender includes the following changes: Update: Many improvements to file duplication, including a more verbose duplication feature. Bug fix: Under certain conditions a networked connection to a Drive Bender mounted drive can be dropped by Windows. This is the […]
Gordon Schmidt has been working on a WHS 2011 add-in with his brother, which will extend the ISS IIS functionality of the platform. The idea is that the add-in will enable you to create a child site off from the parent yourservername.homeserver.com/?. This idea was done before in version 1 of WHS with the add-in […]
The Release Candidate Refresh of the add-in Advanced Admin Console 2011 is now available. This refresh has been released as the previous version expires tomorrow so update now! Since its release in late July 2011 the Advanced Admin Console 2011 Release Candidate has proven that it’s ready for its final release. No bugs have been […]
DavesComputerTips explains how he incorporates CrashPlan+ into his WHS 2011 backup plan. All well as WHS backing up all his computers daily, Dave Hartsock also utilizes the following: Photo, music, and document files are stored locally on each computer and synced to a corresponding user folder on the Windows Home Server 2011 box over the […]
The advanced hard disk surface scanner and monitor add-in StableBit Scanner for WHS 2011 has had an update. Version 2.0.0.1261 BETA includes the following changes: Added per-disk settings. These settings are stored in the Scanner’s store and are associated with a particular disk. They are not stored on the disk itself. * […]
