Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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iTunes 9 on Windows Home Server

With the new iTunes 9 being made available from Apple, some have been asking how to install a copy onto Windows Home Server, enabling you to use the Home Sharing function to copy and share media over your LAN connection. With a little hacking and a follow of the following seven step guide, you should […]

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Expanding the Acer Aspire easyStore Storage Capacity

Kam Lau from KAMLAU.COM has a great guide on setting up eSata port multiplication with the Acer Aspire easyStore using a eSATA PCI-X port multiplier card included with a Sans Digital TowerRAID Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) unit. What does this mean? Basically when your storage capacity runs out on the Acer you can use a DAS […]

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10 Top Reasons for Windows Home Server

Ok you have a friend to asks why they should be using a Windows Home Server and now there’s 10 reasons you can answer him with, courtesy of the Windows Home Server Blog. Apart from the obvious backup and storage you’ll find the Top 10 here.

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Niveus Adding WHS Requirement

Today was the 1st day at CEDIA 2009 in Atlanta, a trade event for the residential custom installation industry and on display by Microsoft was a home server powered by the Windows Home Server software. Also on display was Niveus, a high end software and systems company who announced that it will be adding a […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast #55

This weeks edition of The Home Server Show podcast looks at the latest press releases from Apple and how it effects Home Server users.  News, views and a look at the Microsoft Press release from CEDIA 2009 in show #55. Available for listening/download from here.

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Add-In: Update History 0.3.0 Beta

The add-in Update History has been updated to version 0.3.0 Beta. This add-in displays the complete system update history so that Windows Home Server owners can make sure their machine is fully patched and up to date. New Features: Search for new updates. This will search for high priority updates for your Windows Home Server […]

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Backup WHS to a Friends Computer – Part 2

The Home Server Show website is back with part 2 of using a friends computer to backup Windows Home Server using CrashPlan. This second part explains simply how to setup and configure the application onto your Home Server. Read it here.

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Alex Kuretz Interviewed

Add-In developer and fellow Windows Home Server MVP Alex Kuretz is interviewed by Home Server Land in their continuing series of the Add-In Author Interview’s. Alex is best known for his add-ins Remote Notification, MSS Fan Control, WHS BDBB, WHS Port Forward and his website MediaSmartServer.net, a community for the HP MediaSmart enthusiast. You can […]

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Must Have Add-Ins

Technology evangelist Spencer Scott lists 4 of his must have Windows Home Server add-ins which he has tested on his machine. Spencer lists LightsOut, Advanced Admin Console, FTP Manager and WHS Web Logs as his favs, which you can read more about here. What about yours?

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Another Undocumented WHS Class

Add-In development company Asoft has a new 5 page PDF document on the undocumented WHS class QShutdown and ShutdownDialog which is located in HomeServerControls.dll. “This class is a very tiny and simple one that can be used to shut down / reboot / log off the server. It is also responsible for showing the shutdown […]