Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Aussies Review the EX490

Australian tech news site techAU has a review of the EX490 MediaSmart Server from HP. I’d been waiting for the day these came on sale, naturally I jumped at the chance to finally own one. After having it for a little over a week, I’m incredibly happy with it You can read Jason Cartwright’s review […]

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Add-In: WHS Health 1.0.0.6

WHS Health is a new add-in from Nigel Wilks and Alex Kuretz which renders the health (duh!) status of Windows Home Server on an iPhone or iPod Touch but easily as well in a desktop web browser.   The add-in adds a settings tab in the Windows Home Server console with a link(s) to access […]

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The Newbie WHS Developer Kit

The developer of AutoExit has put together a developer kit for Windows Home Server newbie’s. Nick Asseloos has compiled information from developers Brendan Grant and Sam Wood and scoured MSDN and other WHS resources for information which is relevant to would be add-in developers. These tutorials walk you through the different steps of setting up […]

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TwonkyMedia Server Update

A new release of TwonkyMedia Server is now available.   Version 5.1.1 is available for Windows Home Server users from here.

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WHS Product Manager Interviewed

The official Windows Home Server blog has a video interview with Senior Product Manager Mark Pendergrast. Mark works with WHS partners and manufacturers like HP, Acer, ASUS etc. and in this video he tells us more about his role on the Windows Home Server team and explains how he uses his server at home for […]

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Windows Home Server Yells Foul

Take 1 elder daughter and 1 NON updated computer and you could end up with some nasty viruses flying around your network. And that’s what exactly happened to Jim Furie, but thank goodness it was the Windows Home Server that picked up on the issue and yelled foul. You can read Jim’s story here. UPDATE: […]

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Fix for Acer easyStore H340 Randomly Shutting Off

Gadget and computer hardware website CruchGear remind us that if you own the Acer easyStore H340 and it keeps randomly keeps shutting off to update the LightsOut add-in which comes pre-installed on the unit. The latest release of the add-in fixes a critical bug which affects users of the ACER Aspire easyStore H340 models. After […]

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Waking up one Morning and Finding a Dead Computer

Microsoft "Clubhouse" member Richard Hay tells his story of waking up one morning and finding a dead computer on his desk. That same night Richard had all his data back with copies which were less than 24 hours old. You can read his story here.

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 67

Power Pack 3 in depth is what’s being talked about this week in The Home Server Show podcast including a live PP3 install. But as well as PP3 John, Jim, Chris and Dave have the latest news for Windows Home Server fans. Catch episode 67 here.

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WHS – Stable and Mature to Attract a Small-Business Audience

ZDNet UK First Take reports on new IT products with their initial impressions, and under the spotlight today is Windows Home Server Power Pack 3. …this service pack could be an important milestone for WHS for business users…WHS should now be sufficiently stable and mature to attract a small-business audience — it certainly has features […]