Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Remote Desktop from Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows sysadmin Claus Valca wanted a way to RDP to his copy of Windows 7 Home Premium, which doesn’t allow connections to it. So he copied over 4 files from a Windows 7 build which does support the full Windows Remote Desktop, and now has it working. You can find out how he done it […]

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Drive Extender Technology Available on Linux

The Linux community has been busy creating Greyhole, which is based on the Windows Home Server Drive Extender concept, but open source, running on Linux Greyhole is an application that uses Samba to create a storage pool of all your available hard drives (whatever their size, however they’re connected), and allows you to create redundant […]

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MediaSmart Server 3.0 Software Update Delayed

Due this month (December) was software from HP for owners of the previous generation EX47x and EX48x MediaSmart Servers to update them to the latest version 3 software. But unfortunately due to compatibility problems with PP3 and also the media streaming software the update will not be available till Febuary 2010. HP has also confirmed […]

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Paul Thurrott Reviews Power Pack 3

Windows guru Paul Thurrott has a review of Power Pack 3 up on his SuperSite for Windows site. Paul also has a tip on the Windows 7 library support. If you have a lot of  shared folders then your library is going to be rather bloated, but as Paul states it is easily rectified by […]

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WHS – A Connected Device?

How does a Zune device, Windows 7 Media Center, an Xbox 360 and Windows Home Server work together? Visual Studio Magazine has the answer: … (1) Media Center can now archive TV recordings to Home Server, (2) I can view the status of my Windows Home Server rig from my Media Center PC, using the […]

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VIA Artigo A200 2-Drive Barebone Reviewed

Missing Remote has a review of the VIA Artigo A200 2-drive barebone system. The comprehensive review compares the unit to the HP EX487 and the VIA NSD-7800 and takes a look at the unit from both the outside and the inside. Pros: Super low powered Smallest storage unit tested in-house Compact Flash slot VGA Port […]

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Add-In Source Code for Intel AMT

Senior architect at Intel, Ylian Saint-hilaire has been playing with Windows Home Server and has written an Intel AMT add-in. Intel AMT (Active Management Technology) is a hardware/firmware based technology for business PCs and includes hardware-based remote management features, security features, power-management features, and remote-configuration features which allow an IT tech to access an AMT […]

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PerfectDisk for WHS Defrag Review

Take one Friday night and a couple of beers and you have another article by Timothy Daleo of the Friday night series fame. His latest article takes a look at PerfectDisk 10 WHS, a defragger exclusively for Windows Home Server and Tim also includes 5 videos along with his review, which you can read here. […]

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Macworld Reviews the EX495

A mini review of the EX495 MediaSmart Server from HP is up on Macworld. …but Mac audiences should be warned about the unfriendly Mac setup process. Best suited for a mixed PC and Mac environment, the EX495 is hard to endorse over more Mac friendly media servers out there. What are your experiences of using […]

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Add-In: P80 2.5.3

Developer Kris Rodenhausen has updated his software for Windows Home Server users, P80. P80 is a website that you can view via your homepage and gives a central overview of various kinds of information that you normally would need to query from all kinds of places (WHS Console, RDP etc). P80 provides a lot of […]