Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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New Home Server MVPs

As well as the guys who were re-awarded this year as Windows Home Server MVPs (including me), congrats to newcomers Tim Daleo from UsingWindowsHomeServer.com and Tom Ziegmann from TomOnTech.com who join the elite Microsoft Most Valuable Professional group of professional contributors – Well done Tim and Tom!

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A Happy Happy New Year

On behalf of MSWHS.com Happy New Year to you all and it’s a great day too because Microsoft have re-awarded me for another year as an MVP for Windows Home Server – Thanks guys, and we hope 2011 brings everything you wish for this year everyone.

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Save $150 on Home Server

You can save $150 if ordering one of the following 2 Home Server’s from newegg.com First up is the ASUS TS Mini, powered by the Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz and comes with 2GB DDR2 memory and with a 2TB HDD installed, all for $349.99 ASUS TS Mini SOHO Home Server w/ Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 118

On the last Home Server Show podcast of the year the guys discuss what they got for Christmas, talk about the upcoming CES 2011 plus the usual WHS news and views. You can catch episode 118 here.

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The 3TB Caviar Green Drive from Western Digital

The Caviar Green hard drives from Western Digital are excellent at conserving power and run cool and quiet. And their 3TB model does exactly the same and is an ideal candidate for testing WHS Vail or for extending your Windows Home Server v1 (as long as you follow the advice here). If you would like […]

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Save 30% on PerfectDisk for WHS

With just over 2 days remaining, here is your chance to get a 30% discount on PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server, but hurry as this offer expires December 31st. PerfectDisk 11 Windows Home Server is available from $39.99 bringing the price down to just $27.99 plus applicable tax once you use the coupon code FLOSSPC […]

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Understanding RAID

With RAID being an ideal solution for windows Home Server Vail it may be worth your while having a read of the Understanding RAID guide courtesy of bit.tech.net. It may be an old guide but it is still relevant and is also a good read for understanding the RAID technology and the different version of […]

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Using Advanced Format Hard Drives With WHS

If you would like to know how to use the new advanced format hard drives with Windows Home Server then we know where there is a guide just for you. MediaSmartServer.net has a guest article written by their forum member “TechVet” aka James who demonstrates, with the proper setup how to get advanced format drives […]

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Installing uTorrent on Vail

Pravesh Soni has an update to an article we wrote back in 2007 on installing uTorrent on Windows Home Server. Pravesh has updated the article for Vail and installs uTorrent as a service, which you can find here.

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Configure Windows Home Server as a Domain Controller

Writer "Lantern" explains how to configure Windows Home Server as a domain controller. By going step by step through Lantern’s 20 step process you will be able to add your client computers to the domain controller finally creating a domain network. You can read Configuring Windows Home Server as a Domain Controller here.