Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Makeover for Dedicated HP MediaSmart Server Site

MediaSmartServer.net the site designed for HP MediaSmart users has had a makeover, with some cosmetic and feature oriented updates. The Wiki is still there, a new frontend and the heart of MediaSmartServer.net the forums with a new color scheme and forum software upgrade. So if you are a proud owner of HP’s MediaSmart Server or […]

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Obtain and Install a Secure SSL Certificate on WHS

MediaSmartHome.com has a tutorial on obtaining a secure SSL certificate for a custom domain name and installing that certificate on the Windows Home Server. We are shown how to obtain the custom SSL certificate and how to get into the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager on the Home Server to import the new certificate. Read […]

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Add-In: Router Control

The first public release of the add-in Router Control has been released that allows you more control over your UPnP Internet gateway. Its current main feature is the traffic graph as well as RouterControl online update check and schema upload. More features are to come in future updates, including: Show and modify UPNP port forwards […]

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Microsoft Action Pack Subscription includes WHS

In the October issue of the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription will be one licence for Windows Home Server. The Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (or MAPS) is an annual subscription for Microsoft Registered Partners that provides full-version software and sales resources for their internal-use. From this link click "Welcome Kits and Quarterly Update Kits" and then […]

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Renaming the Hard Drives in WHS

Busy blogger Joe DiFiglia ran across an issue where an existing hard drive was imaged to a larger one but the original disk name remained in the Windows Home Sever Console. As Joe states: This poses no problems, but is more of an annoyance than anything.  If you want to change the name, you can. […]

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User Accounts and Shared Folders Technical Brief

Microsoft has just published a new technical brief. The "Windows Home Server Technical Brief for User Accounts and Shared Folders" is a 22 page document in the .docx format which looks at the features, functionality and benefits of the User Accounts and Shared Folders. First of all we are shown how to create, remove and […]

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HP Testers Required

How do you fancy testing upcoming products from HP and giving feedback on product usability, features, and roadmap plans? If so, HP is after your input and suggestions to help design and build better products. Just send a private message from the MediaSmartHome.com site including your name, phone number, email address and mailing address. More […]

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Restoring WHS Windows Firewall

Joe DiFiglia recently had some issues with the Windows Firewall on his Windows Home Server. Even using the "Restore Defaults" under the advanced tab did not restore the firewall to its shipped state. Hours later Joe found the necessary settings within the registry on his Home Server and has made a registry file for those […]

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Windows Home Server Slides

“Camera Owners of the Bay Area” has posted a series of slides from their meeting which they had the other day on Windows Home Server which you may find interesting. They can be downloaded from here.

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Danish Windows Home Server Demo

Over on YouTube, we found a video demo for those of you in Denmark. The demo of the Windows Home Server software is presented by a Danish Product Manager