Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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WHS could be better titled as "Windows' Really Small Business Server"

Legal website Law.com has a write up on why and how one legal technology consultancy installed Windows Home Server. Capable network servers, equipped with Microsoft’s proven Windows Server 2003 or new 2008 Small Business Edition can be purchased for as little as $2,000 for a five-person practice. But even $2,000 for a basic server system […]

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Windows Home Server in VMware Workstation

Over at TechRepublic, Steven Warren has written how to use Windows Home Server if you can’t afford the hardware by running it in the virtualization software VMWare Workstation. Steven takes you through the configuration and installation with lots of screen shots to help you on your way. Read it here.

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Senior Product Manager Talks Windows Home Server

Steven Leonard, Senior Product Manager for Windows Home Server chats with hosts John Iasiuolo and Sharon Fry on the radio talk show Java with John. The core functionality of Home Server is discussed in this 45 minute show which is from the same people who bring you the radio talk show Computer Outlook, which is […]

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Setup an Email Server on Windows Home Server

If you would like to set up an email server on your Windows Home Server which also gives you the ability to use your Microsoft given WHS hostname as your email address (yourname@xxxx.homeserver.com), then we can lead to to a guide.   Joe DiFiglia lists all the steps necessary using the FREE version of the […]

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Using WHS for Longer Term Archiving

Developer Brendan Grant has written an article highlighting that some users are using Windows Home Server for longer term archiving. e.g.to safeguard the last state of a PC before it is scrapped. Brendan states while this is an option, there are a few areas that should be considered before relying on Windows Home Server for […]

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HP MediaSmart Server Price Drop

Great news for those of you in the US wishing to purchase a MediaSmart Server. Yesterday HP announced that it is dropping the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price for both models in the range, the EX470 and the EX475 of the MediaSmart Server.  You should see these price drops reflected in HP’s channel partner prices very […]

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WHS Vail to include Windows Media Center Integration

Blog iStartedSomething has posted details that on Microsoft’s Careers sub-site a job posting has appeared for a Software Development Engineer. Within the subject matter are some good hints of what is coming up for the next major release of Windows Home Server. On the heels of a tremendous reception by customers for version 1 of […]

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A Smarter Shared Folders on Server Icon

If your Windows Home Server is not made by HP then you have the boring plain "Shared Folders on Server" icon on the desktop. But how would you like to change it to the one that HP MediaSmart Server owners have, a picture of the MediaSmart Server itself. If you do, then your in luck […]

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How to Install PHP5 MySQL6 on IIS6 Windows Home Server

Apart from the numerous tutorials already out there for Windows Home Server users, Wandy sae-tan has added a couple more. The first is How to install PHP 5 and MySQL6 on IIS 6 Windows Home Server and the second is How to install WordPress on IIS 6 Windows Home Server.

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5TB of Storage

A software engineer by the name of bryanpeabody isn’t happy with his 1.5TB of storage space on his Windows Home Server, and is planning to upgrade it to 5TB! Read the full story here.