Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 148

Episode 148 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up with more weekly goodness on Windows Home Server: “How about we relax after all that RAID and drive extender talk?  We are talking about the news for the week and anything else we can think of.” You can catch episode 148 here.

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Add-In: Drive Bender 1.1.7.5

Drive Bender brings us even closer to RC1 with the release of version 1.1.7.5 Lots of cool stuff in this beta release for 2011-08-18: Update: Applying file security and / or file attributes to a file in a folder marked for duplicate, will also apply those same security / attribute setting to the duplicated file. […]

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Whats New in the M3 Release of StableBit DrivePool

Want to know what’s new in the M3 beta release of StableBit DrivePool? If so the Covecube blog takes us through what’s new in the following areas: Pooled Folders Data Visualization Remote Web Access Media Streaming Support HomeGroup Support Folder Management File Balancing [StableBit DrivePool] “provides tight integration with the Windows Home Server 2011 infrastructure […]

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PerfectDisk 12 Windows Home Server Service Pack 2 Build 285

PerfectDisk 12 Windows Home Server has been updated to Service Pack 2 (Build 285). This latest build includes various bug fixes and existing users can “Check For Updates” in the products or wait for Autoupdate. Client fixes: S.M.A.R.T. tab incorrectly displayed some drives (SSDs) which were not supported as well as incorrectly reporting temperature for […]

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How to Connect WHS 2011 to a Windows 7 Homegroup

If you would like to know how to connect WHS 2011 to a Windows 7 Homegroup then there is a guide for you. The guide explains how to set this up, troubleshoot any problems and how to check the connection status and Network Utilization. You can find it here.

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool Build 3996

The updates are flowing for the Drive Extender replacement add-in StableBit DrivePool, with another 3 updates in the last 24 hours. Build 3661: Suspend folder links while renaming. Build 3664: Fixed deleting folders. Build 3996: Shared folder security propagation is now asynchronous. Added new function to folder links that will clean up any shares pointing […]

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool Build 3660

Two more releases from the guys at StableBit for their DrivePool add-in for WHS 2011: First up is build 3486: Fixed issue that was crashing the service periodically. This could have been responsible for the sporadic mount errors / service startup issues that people have been seeing recently. Build 3660 includes the following changes: Fixed […]

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Grid Junction for WHS 2011 Nearing Completion

After we announced earlier this month that the add-in Grid Junction would be available for WHS 2011 users, its good to see that work on the add-in for UPS management is nearing completion. Here are some screenshots for you: Grid Junction for WHS 2011 nearing completion The UPS Status Tab The Hardware Monitor Tab Settings […]

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BYOB Podcast Episode 54

More great stuff from the guys at BYOB on this weeks edition of their podcast. “Today we spend some time talking to Steve Dail (aka: Timekills) from our forums.  We walk through his VM build, network, and HTPC.  We also cover some SSD stuff and Tim talks about the new line up of Z68 boards […]

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Add-In: WHS Twitter Feed

WHS Twitter Feed is an add-in for Windows Home Server 2011. The add-in allows you to remove the standard Windows logo from the login pane and replace it with your Twitter feed: You can download WHS Twitter Feed from here.