Microsoft have published a new Knowledge Base article entitled: Windows 7 may not start after you restore the operating system from a restore point on Windows Home Server This KB article explains how to start Windows 7 PC after restoring it with the Windows Home Server Home Computer Restore CD if the 100MB hidden system […]
Fellow MVP Alexander Kent has a great article on the challenges faced by using (or trying to use) remote access. Posted on "The Windows Home Server Blog", the comprehensive article looks at the following: UPnP is not enabled or supported by your router Double NAT – And How to know if you are behind a […]
Episode 73 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up with the latest news and views from John, Jim, Chris, and Dave. You can get it from here.
Tranquil PC’s Weblog has a great series of short articles on the Safe Home Server. The aim, for Safe Server, is to provide a 100% bullet proof, affordable system for either small businesses or home users. Tranquil are promoting the SSM solution, a unique device which can be plugged into a SQA-5H Home Servers HDD1 […]
cnet has a review of the Acer Aspire EasyStore H340. The 2 page review looks at the design, setup, feature set and performance of the unit and unsurprisingly it gets a CNET editors’ rating of “Very good”. You can read it here.
Microsoft have an online article on how to "Back up recorded TV shows using Windows Home Server", The article explains in easy steps how to back up the TV shows to your home server and also how to create a smaller, compressed version of a TV show file. You can read it here.
Tranquil PC have announced an update to their AVA Media add-in for Windows Home Server / AVA Media Servers. Version 1.5.1.0 of the free upgrade includes the following: Added: User customization content for My Movies 3 Fix: Workaround to problem with special discs that AnyDVD cannot handle for external programs. Fix: Issue preventing the program […]
Asoft the company behind AutoExit for WHS have just released a new add-in called AdminiMe. AdminiMe for Windows Home Server monitors your server and notifies you if something goes wrong. As well as the monitoring function, the add-in also contains a console where you can watch in real-time the CPU, memory, network, disks and all […]
Computer Shopper (online) has a review of the Lenovo IdeaCentre D400 The D400 gets an Editor’s Rating of 7.2 and reviewer Daniel Begun compares it to the EX495 and looks at the file-transfer performance and its power consumption amongst other things. You can catch he’s review here.
There is a new version of the add-in which helps you recover from file conflict errors. Version 1.1 of the Windows Home Server Conflict Resolver add-in includes the following updates/fixes: Implemented ‘The Stamp Icon’ (Hopefully) fixed bug where very large files were being marked as corrupt Improved user experience with checkboxes Implemented debug mode that […]
