Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Wiring for a Windows Home Server Network

Scott Hanselman’s has written a series of articles on his blog on wiring for a new Windows Home Server network. Scott’s articles start with some Q&A’s followed by why you should use Cat6 cable and not Cat5. Other useful info includes why you should enable Gigabit Jumbo Frames using the NIC Driver Level settings for […]

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The Week in Review – Sunday's Summery

Catch up time again… What’s been on the site this week – Here is an overview. Another WHS Review Another Windows Home Server review and this is from tech site Connected Internet. Their 4 page review explains why the author went from NASLite-2 to WHS detailing the installation, the connector software and the features in […]

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Another WHS Review

Another Windows Home Server review and this is from tech site Connected Internet. Their 4 page review explains why the author went from NASLite-2 to WHS detailing the installation, the connector software and the features in more detail. In his summery he states: “Overall I’m stunned by how good Windows Home Server is.” Read the […]

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WHS Launched in Taiwan alongside Digital Home Alliance

We reported back in November of a live demo taking part in Singapore which was a warm-up event for a worldwide product launch aimed at connecting the digital home with the networked world via “killer” applications, based on Microsoft Home Server. Well on December 13th (2007) that product launch has taken place alongside the release […]

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Power Consumption of the HP MediaSmart Server

Blogger Scott Hanselman has taken some power measurements of the HP MediaSmart Server EX475 using a professional power logging meter. For the green details head over to Scott Hanselman’s ComputerZen.com.

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Speed Up Windows Home Server File Copies?

Steven Kerr Lindsay has written an article on how to speed up your WHS file copies and his top tips for fast file copy are: Ensure your primary hard disk on your WHS is at least the speed of the fastest disk on your network. Ensure your primary hard disk on your WHS is at […]

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Microsoft's Windows Home Server Solution Center

Microsoft’s Windows Home Server Solution Center is the first place to start if you are having problems with your home server. Error messages and top issues are listed alongside installation info and links to paid phone support and the update packages for WHS. Visit the Windows Home Server Solution Center.

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Add-In: KeepVault Updated 2.16

The Online backup solution for Windows Home Server, KeepVault has been updated to version 2.16 which fixes potential duplicate file upload problems which were introduced in version 2.15. Download now to correct this issue.

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OneNote Files Corrupt on WHS

Daniel Escapa’s OneNote Blog has details that there is a problem with Windows Home Server corrupting OneNote files when the OneNote files are stored in a shared folder like \\whs\NotebookShare. This has been happening whether folder duplication is on or off and even occurs after the latest November (2007) update for WHS is installed. More […]

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Stay-At-Home Servers Website Complete

Two more parts of the video making up the Stay-At-Home Servers website are up, bringing the total to four. The final two are Clash of the Generations where the father loves his home server but he is not feeling the love from his own father and the Dueling Experts where the author of the book […]