Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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MediaSmart Server Video Walkthrough

If you would like to learn more about the new HP MediaSmart Server’s, then there is a great video of a HP rep at CES walking through the features over at the website Digital Home Thoughts. You can view the video here.

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Hard Drive Racks

The PC news and review site “Computing on Demand” (C.O.D) have reviewed 2 pieces of hardware which may be useful to Windows Home Server users. The first is a 4 bay hard drive module, which occupies three 5.25′ bays and allows you to mount up to four 3.5" hot swappable SATA hard drives.   The […]

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Interview with WHS Product Manager

In episode 189 of The Media Center Show, Ian Dixon interviews Todd Headrick from the Windows Home Server Team amongst other "digital" focused interviews. Todd’s interview is approx 22 minutes into the podcast and can be found here.

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WHS Disturbed our Daily Workflow

After searching for a server and centralized backup solution for his business, Christoph Buenger uninstalled Windows Home Server and instead installed Windows 2008 Datacenter. Chris says that the reason for the uninstall was because there was a delay in accessing mapped shared folders and that Windows XP/Vista showed the incorrect drive size. The full story […]

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More Pics From CES

Website EDM, which is a source of information for electronics original equipment manufacturer’s (EOEM) has some great pics of the Windows Home Server banners which were located outside CES in Las Vegas.   The full collection can be viewed here.

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Picture Yourself at CES

If you couldn’t make it to the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, then courtesy of our friends here are some pics highlighting Windows Home Server. Courtesy of the WHS Team Blog. Thanks to John Brandon at Digital Trends. From Ian Dixon of The Digital Lifestyle.com.    From fellow MVP Andrew Edney of The […]

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WHS Vail and Windows 7 – The Tip Bits

Now that the next major version of Windows Home Server (codenamed Vail) will be available sometime in 2010, it’s time to look at some of the details of Windows 7 the platform that Vail will be based on: Only one more release candidate (RC) and then it will be shipping to the customer (RTM). RTM […]

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HP MediaSmart Server Sweepstakes

On the HP Home & Home Office Store you can enter the HP MediaSmart Server Sweepstakes. If you are a resident of the US you can sign up to receive email notification when it becomes available to purchase. By doing so, each month one lucky winner will receive: HP MediaSmart Server A $200 HP Home […]

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The Home Server Show #29

The Home Server Show #29 podcast comes from CES in Las Vegas. Chatting this week is Windows Home Server Product Manager Todd Headrick who tells us that the team is working on a minor and major release of WHS at the same time. Todd tells us that the minor release will extend the functionality of […]

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Win a Home Server

The Windows Home Server User’s Guide website has details of a competition to win 1 of 10 of the new HP MediaSmart Servers. Sponsored by Intel, the sweepstakes ends at midnight Pacific Standard Time on January 13 2009, and you have to be 21 years of age or older and a resident of the US, […]