Website HomeServerLand continue their series of add-in author interviews and this week they chat with fellow MVP Sam Wood. Sam is better known for his Windows Home Server Disk Management add-in which he discusses amongst many other things, in this written interview, which you can read here.
Episode #57 of The Home Server Show podcast interviews Neil Sharma of Twonky Media about their new TwonkyBeam. Also on this weeks show are the usual news and views from David and the gang, which you can listen to here.
PerfectDisk are offering 25% of off all their PerfectDisk 10 products including PerfectDisk 10 Windows Home Server thru to September 30th. The defragmentation tool for our Home Servers normally sells from $49.99 but using the coupon code PDFASTER25 brings that price down to $39.99 – A great saving! As well as applying to the full […]
Developer Alex Kuretz has been busy updating his MSS Fan Control add-in to version 1.0.0.8. The add-in allows you to modify the behavior of the exhaust fans in the HP MediaSmart Server EX470 and EX475 (only), and this latest maintenance release includes a fix for an issue where the Advanced Controls would be modified after […]
If you would like to know how to install Zune 4.0 onto Windows Home Server then the Home Server Show website has the details. Using an XP version of the Zune software and a copy of the MSI editor Orca, the task can be completed. You can read the full details here.
Remote Alert is an add-in by Alexander Kent which monitors remote access attempts to Windows Home Server and logs the information. The add-in also provides an additional security layer to help keep your WHS secure from outside intruders. Version 1.3 features: Real time logon activity status (successful / failed) alerts Real time network activity traffic […]
Cougar’s blog has details on what ports to port forward in your firewall to have Windows Home Server working correctly if you haven’t got Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) enabled. Cougar also lists the ports for RDP and Firefly/Fireplay. Available here.
Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows has a review of the new EX49x MediaSmart Server from HP which takes a look at the hardware and software improvements in HPs third generation of Home Server. Defiantly worth a look is a chart looking at the hardware differences between this and previous MediaSmart models. Read the full review […]
The add-in WhsDbDataDump has been updated to version 1.0.0 Build 2 BETA. This add-in extracts the actual backed up data out of the Windows Home Server Backup database enabling you to work with broken databases. And this latest version now has the ability of extracting backed up files from a Windows Home Server backup database […]
Moira Whidby from the Windows home Server Team chats about why WHS is the ideal solution for small businesses of less than 10 people in this short 3 minute Microsoft Partner video.
