Computer Shopper online has a short look at at HPs EX490 MediaSmart Server. In their first look report, writer Alan Lu had this to say: Our initial impressions of HP’s MediaSmart EX490 are positive, but it will face stiff competition from the latest NAS models, such as Netgear’s upcoming Stora which can also automatically post […]
Fellow Windows Home Server MVP Olaf Engelke has written a great post on How to Troubleshoot Network Connection Problems with Windows Home Server. Available on the official WHS Forums the how to explains what to do when: ..you try to install the Connector software from CD, the shared folder \\Server\Software\Home Server Connector Software or the […]
For those of you who don’t know, Tekzilla is tech internet television and the latest episode 110 looks at how to build yourself a Windows Home Server (10 Minutes in). Maximum PCs Editor in Chief Will Smith chats to host Patrick Norton about hardware for your home build as well as some useful tips, […]
The latest edition of The Home Server Show podcast is out and this weeks episode has some great chat about the HP MediaSmart Server’s as well as the latest news, listeners emails and off course the add-in of the week. Episode 60 is available from here.
We have talked about P80 in the past but now developer Kris Rodenhausen has released P80 as a proper add-in which can be installed and uninstalled like other add-ins via the console. P80 is a website that you can view via your homepage and gives a central overview of various kinds of information that you […]
Microsoft employee Scott Hanselman explains how he recovered a PC by using the Windows Home Server recovery CD although it hadn’t got network drivers installed. Since the PC being recovered was only used on a dial-up connection network drivers had never been installed so naturally the restore process stopped in its tracks. But by using […]
PCMag.com has an article on how to buy Network Attached Storage (NAS) with some general tips as well as reviewing 9 devices. Out of the 9 devices reviewed the Acer Aspire easyStore H340 only got a 3 out of a 5 star rating whilst the HP MediaSmart Server EX487 got an impressive 4.5 out of […]
Computer tech site Bjorm3d (B3D) had a problem with their computer not restarting after benchmarking some new hardware. Luckily there was a Windows Home Server chugging along in the basement and after a recovery things were back to normal again. There are a lot of good backup programs (for example Acronics has some good backup […]
Gizmodo is reporting that the LX197 and EX490 from HP are going to be available down under. Both machines will be available in Australia on October 22 the same day that Windows 7 is officially released to the masses. It’s strange to see that yet again the EX495 will not be released in Aus the […]
ASoft have updated their popular AutoExit 2009 add-in to Release Candidate status. AutoExit 2009 allows you to shut down and reboot your machines over the Windows Home Server network from within the console, as well as booting up your machines remotely you can also put the machine into hibernation, sleep, log off the user or […]
