Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Updating the WD DX4000 to WS2012 R2

Troy Walker a WD DX4000 owner updated the device to Windows Server 2012 R2 and decided to do some testing: Troy’s post highlights the subsystem and the latest RST drivers from Intel: There are a few things to mention that are potential headaches. The script that I created to send system vitals to the LCD […]

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Video: Installing & Cooling a Radeon HD6450 on the MicroServer

Another couple of videos from John Stutsman for MicroServer users. The first is John installing a Sapphire Radeon HD6450 Graphics card in his HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer providing him with HDMI and DVI Output to two Monitors with Sound playing through the HDMI connection monitor: This second video is John testing the impact of adding […]

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Add-In: Drive Bender v2.1.7.0

Drive Bender has has a couple of updates in the last few days. Here is the change log for these latest versions: Release v2.1.7.0 release (2014-08-26) [Bug fix] When opening the Duplication Manager, an error is generated in the file list. [Bug fix] The client sort menu is not refreshing correctly. Release v2.1.6.0 release (2014-08-25) […]

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Enable Verbose Logging for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials

The Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog have an article on how to enable verbose logging for Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Essentials, which will help for troubleshooting purposes. A great read, which can be found here.

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Video: The Home Server Connector Explained in 7 minutes

The average guy network have a new podcast called Home Tech Tips, and on this week’s edition John Zajdler (@Dieharder) explains in 7 minutes the different ways the Windows Home Server and Windows Server 2012R2 Essentials client connectors work.

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Add-In: My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials v5.10 Pre Release 4

The pre-release version of My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials has been updated to 5.10 Pre Release 4. Here is the change log for this release: Added: The export database to XML function have been updated, and now includes options to export TV Series, Movies and, all graphical parts used in the database. […]

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Entertainment 2.0 Talks iHomeServer

Episode 290 of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast has an interview with Ed, the developer behind iHomeServer and rtRemote, who joins the show to discuss his fantastic applications for WHS, WS2012 Essentials and Windows desktops. PS The interview with Ed starts at approx. 43 mins in. You can find the podcast here.

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Add-In: My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials v5.1- Pre-Release 3

The pre-release version of My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials has been updated. Version 5.1- pre-release 3 has the following change log: Change: The image view dialog now shows the resolution of the image. Fix: There was a problem reporting incorrect data for movie posters and backdrops. Fix: Contribution history for movie images […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 266

After a break the Home Server Show is back with episode 266: The Home Server Show is back after a little time off. Thanks for coming back too! Jim and I discuss unlimited backup to cloud services, news, 6TB Drives, and a whole lot more. All good stuff as usual which you can find here.

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Office 365 and Azure AD Can Now be Enabled in a Multi DC Environment

The Windows August update released this patch Tuesday includes a patch for WS2012 Essentials R2 which now allows Office 365 and Windows Azure Active Directory to be enabled in a multi domain controller (DC) environment. Here are the details from Microsoft: In Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2, all of our online services integration features, including […]