Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Windows Home server Review – Sysadmin Made Easy!

Another comprehensive review of WHS is online. Entitled Windows Home Server – Sysadmin Made Easy!, the 7 page article can be found at the Asian HardwareZone Community website. The review first looks at the minimum requirements for Home server and then goes through the client installation. Backup and restore and user accounts are looked at […]

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Installing software direct on the server – where to install

When installing software on the Server directly, it is fine to use the default installation directory (usually C:\Program Files) especially for utility software like defragmentation tools, anti virus solutions and third-party backup software. But remember the system drive C: has only 20GB allocated to it (in the RTM version), so installing too much software on […]

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WHS Version Information 1500.0 or 1500.6 – We have the Answer

I posed a question to you readers a couple of days ago regarding the version information displayed on the Resources tab within the console. My clean OEM install after Windows Update showed the following: Whilst my friends server and others from the WHS forums were showing: As you can see my “Windows Home Server Backup […]

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High Quality Audio Patched to Stereo – Does WHS have any Features in that Area?

I received an email from one of our blog readers Scott Mathews, who asked the following: Hey Philip, I’m in the middle of a total redesign of my home network, and only just discovered WHS (I was goggling for “NAS vs USB” and some posts favored WHS).Part of my goal is to get high quality […]

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avast! WHS Edition Antivirus Updated to Beta 2

The windows Home Server edition of avast! Antivirus has been updated to beta 2  (WHS: 4.7.18, Home/Pro: 4.7.1066). Beta 2 has: Resolved the problem with inaccessible WHS shares Improved code for setting Windows firewall exceptions Minor GUI changes/improvements Scheduled to be released in the first half of November 2007, you have only a couple of […]

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Copy Data to your Home Server the Correct Way

When copying data to your Home Server always use \\<server name>\<share name> rather than D:\shares\<share name>. Files copied to the shares via \\<server name>\<share name> are managed through Drive Extender but if you copy files directly they may not be put in the correct location (particularly if you have more than one drive in your […]

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Bits and Bobs

  Home Server Linux Style Now that Windows Home server is available to buy, two Linux projects have come to my attention that ain to have a piece of the pie. The Linux Home Server HOWTO by Miles Brennan explores the concepts and configurations for establishing a fully functional Internet connected network environment for your […]

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Come and Blog with us – Apply Within

If you are a geek and obsessed with Home Server then we would like you to join our blogging team. We are looking for motivated people to join mswhs.com, writing skills are not essential BUT enthusiasm is. You would be writing reviews, how-to’s or just about anything, as long as the focus is on Windows […]

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Windows Home Server – The Pirate Copy

Well it didn’t take long. Windows Home Server has only been out for a month and a pirate copy of the final RTM OEM version has been leaked out onto torrent indexing sites The Pirate Bay and Demonoid.com. The 1.54 GB torrent package even includes scans of the installation DVD, connector, restore and OPK CDs […]

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After Windows Update 6.0.1500.0 or 6.0.1500.6?

I have a question for you readers, that will hopefully cure my problem. Since upgrading Windows Home Server with the update from Windows Update on the 25th September my Resources tab within Settings on the Console shows that only the “Windows Home Server Backup & Restore” item was updated to version 6.0.1500.6. All the other […]