Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Dell Inspiron Zino HD for WHS?

The Dell Inspiron Zino HD is a small 8" by 8" desktop computer with 4 external USB 2.0 ports and 2 eSATA connectors. Comprising an Athlon Dual-Core processor and up to 8GB of RAM it is a contender for a home build Home Server, although it only has space for one internal SATA II hard […]

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Acer Aspire EasyStore Video Review

The ComputerTV video network takes a look at the Acer Aspire EasyStore Home Server. In this 6 minute video, the EasyStore is taken a good look at, and is worth a look if you are thinking of purchasing one.

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Share WHS with Samba Easily

If you stream from your Windows Home Server shared folders to any media player via smb (such at the Popcorn Hour or Myka) you can only mount 1 share at a time. Meaning you will have to create a separate smb share for each shared folder and you will only be able to access one […]

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Windows Home Server – A Solid 9 out of 10

Website "Major Arcana" is about the rantings of 2 anime tech geeks who this week take a look at Windows Home Server and the Acer Aspire Easy­s­tore H340. The guys give Home Server a solid 9 out of 10 and point out the products good points as well as its bad ones too, which you […]

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homeserver.com Domain Hiccup

On Tuesday (10th Nov 09) Windows Home Server users were receiving the following error in their Home Network Health tab within the Console: Windows Home Server was unable to update Windows Live Custom Domains with your current IP address. Your web site may not be available on the Internet. This was due to a problem […]

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Add-In: My Movies for Windows Home Server 1.50 Build 9

My Movies for Windows Home Server has been updated to version 1.50 Build 9 to fix a problem with the playback of images. My Movies for Windows Home Server allows you to create a copy of your DVD/CD collection onto your Home Server. More details are available from here.

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Should a Small Business Choose Foundation Server or WHS

With Windows Home Server being used more in the SOHO space, journalist Mary-Jo Foley asks: So which should a small business user choose: Foundation or WHS? Although Foundation Server does allow up to 15 users, it is not a “media” server as Windows Home Server is. So I know what I shall be choosing! You […]

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Backup Strategy – From a Panic Model to WHS

Microsoft employee Raymond Chen gives his experiences of Windows Home Server. From going from a "wait until it breaks, and then panic" model to an Acer Aspire EasyStore H340, Raymond now randomly selects a file from a backup just to make sure the backups are working – Which of course they are.

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Unlimited Free Local and Long Distance Phone Calls from WHS

HomeServerLand have a tutorial on how to setup a magicJack on Windows Home Server. magicJack is a little USB device which allows you to make unlimited free local and long distance phone calls within the US and Canada, and allows you to choose your own phone number and provides call waiting, voice mail and caller […]

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CrunchGear Review the EX495 and Give One Away Too

Website CruchGear have a review of the EX495 MediaSmart Server from HP. HP sure knows how to make a Windows Home Server. The company has been at it for years now and the latest model does just about everything better than the previous models. That’s how it’s suppose to be. The pros and the cons […]