Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Adding a Hard Drive to WHS

Blog UsingWindowsHomeServer.com has a guide on something some of us Home Server users may take for granted – How to add a hard drive. The writer, Tim Daleo tells us his experience with a screwdriver a SATA cable and plenty of patience. You can read Tim’s experiences here.

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Windows Home Server for the Small Business

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZjKH4R23eU&hl=en&fs=1&hl=en] The FrugalTech Show is a videocast dedicated in helping small business grow and save money with technology, who have a 7 minute video which takes a look at Windows Home Server for the small business. You can view it here.

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Windows Home Server – It Just Works

Earlier in the week website Lifehacker.com asked its readers which software they used to power their home servers and unsurprisingly Windows Home Server was in the top 5 with many Lifehacker readers expressing the term "It just works" when logging a vote. The full article can be read here.

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How to Organize your Media

Would you like some tips on how to manage your storage in your home? If yes, then blog Sytone’s Ramblings has some great tips on how to organise your photos and movies amongst others for easier organisation. Although not specific to Windows Home Server, the article is a great read for Home Server users. Read […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast #36

The Home Server Show podcast #36 is a follow up on last weeks "Before you Build". The podcast which runs for 26 minutes is available from here.

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Acer H340 Home Servers Available March

Acer in Japan have announced that their easyStore H340 series of Home Servers will be initially available in 2 configurations. The H340-S1 will have 1 x 1TB of storage space whilst the H340-S2 will have 3 x 1TB drives, totalling 3TB. Both machines are powered by the Atom 1.6Ghz 230 with 1GB of memory and […]

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Microsoft’s Netbook-Like Server Software

Microsoft now believes that there is a lot of people who are not willing to spend much on server software let alone hardware, but may actually be interested in a basic Windows Server. Chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said in a conference call with financial analysts that within the next two month, Microsoft plans to […]

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Windows Home Server on TV – Your Questions Answered

The Windows Home Server Challenge continues on internet television channel Tekzilla. This weeks episode has viewers questions which will be followed next week by the WHS benchmarks and the real world differences between 100Mbps and 1000Mbps gigabit Ethernet speed. The part on Windows Home Server starts approx 21 minutes into the video which you can […]

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February 2009 Update for Windows Home Server

The latest update for Windows Home Server (KB961030) is available and will be automatically deployed via Windows/Microsoft Update. This February 2009 update resolves 3 issues with Windows Home Server: If the Home Server Connector shared software folder had been improperly modified or deleted then the user may have encountered problems on their home computers after […]

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Add-In: WHS Outlook – IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If you are running version 1.0.2.28 (Beta 3) or version 1.0.3.30 (Final Release) of the add-in WHS Outlook or have tried these versions in the past then you may need to install the latest version or do some registry editing. NOTE: The problem has now been corrected in version 1.0.3.31 and higher. You can identify […]