Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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How to Install phpMyAdmin on Windows Home Server

How-To: Install phpMyAdmin on your Windows Home Server is a new tutorial posted on We Got Served. phpMyAdmin allows you to easily manage your databases for your websites, including creating new databases, tables, entries and even deleting or editing them. Read it here.

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Remote Desktop and XP SP3 Workaround

If you missed the story over at We Got Served regarding XP SP3 and remote desktop, here’s the details. Some users cannot get RDP connected through Internet Explorer after installing Service Pack 3 (SP3) on Windows XP machines due to the ActiveX control being disabled by default in the Service Pack. Luckily the Terminal Services […]

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The Home Server Show – 2

The 2nd episode of The Home Server Show is now available for your listening pleasure. Apart from covering news, this weeks 40 minute Podcast also covers add-in updates and an interview with Terry Walsh of WeGotServed.co.uk Download or listen from here.

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F-Secure Home Server Security Beta 2

Beta 2 of F-Secure Home Server Security is now available for download which includes the following enhancements and bug fixes: Enhancements: Sidegrade – conflicting products are automatically detected and the user is prompted to uninstall a conflicting product before proceeding with installation. Configurable notifications – it is now possible to configure when the product sends […]

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Add-In: KeepVault 2.21

KeepVault, the online backup solution for Windows Home Server has been updated again. This time version 2.21 includes the following additions: Added a status field showing the total number of files in the queue waiting to be protected (displayed while KeepVault is active). Added a “Pause Protection” link directly to the main KeepVault status window […]

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Add-In: WHS Mobile 0.0.0.2

You can now Remote Server configuration from anywhere in the world from your Pocket PC (PPC) or Smartphone.    Say your forgot to port forward something when you’re out of the house. Then fire up your Smartphone or PPC, connect to the server via it, and then add the UPnP port to the list. Current […]

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Add-In: FTP Manager 0.0.1.2

FTP Manager is an add-in that allows you to install and configure the IIS FTP component for Windows Home Server. It includes the following features: Install (or uninstall) the FTP component Create/Remove FTP Sites Start/Stop FTP Sites Create/Remove FTP Virtual Directories List FTP Sites List FTP Virtual Directories Adds firewall exclusion for the FTP component […]

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Add-In Developer to Microsoft Employee

Developer Brendan Grant gives us the heads up on what its like to work with the Windows Home Server team at Microsoft’s HQ. Brendan who has created many add-ins including Media Connect Controller and Tab Manager adds: I hate to use the word again… but it’s an amazing experience being there where I’m surrounded by […]

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Hockey Puck v2?

Look Familiar? Looking similar to the Windows Home Server “Hockey Puck” is Sony’s white “Liblog Station” due to launch  in Japan on May 17th. The compact home server device comes with either 1TB (500GB × 2) of storage on the VGF-HS1S model or 1.5TB (750GB × 2) on the VGF-HS1 model. Alongside Gigabit Ethernet, 3 […]

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Add-In:KeepVault 2.20

KeepVault, the online backup solution for Windows Home Server has been updated to version 2.20: Added a per-file “percent complete” status field to view the progress of the current file being protected Added archive-bit method to optimize file scanning and CPU access (Note: you must run the referenced utility to convert your existing KeepVault database […]