Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Windows Home Server Connect site allowing feedback again

The Windows Home Server Connect site is allowing feedback and suggestions to be posted again. The Windows Home Server team wants your suggestions and ideas of how to make WHS better.  They rely on the community to vote and rate suggestions to help the team prioritize what is important.  Before posting take the time to […]

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AnandTech Previews Windows Home Server

AnandTech, the leading IT source for hardware analysis and industry news has a great 10 page preview on Windows Home server including performance data. Head on over there because Ryan Smith’s article is well worth a read.

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Windows Eventlog Client/Server Application to monitor your server

for those of you who are Windows Home Server developers schrankmonster has an article on an Eventlog Client/Server application which enables you to monitor your Home Server via its logs and sits in your system tray. So if you are technically inclined the source code is available for you to use.

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Add-In – Windows Home Server Download Manager

There are many download managers for Windows XP and Vista. FlashGet, GetRight, Go!Zilla, ReGet, the list goes on. Coming soon to our Server’s is add-in Windows Home Server Download Manager. Now you will be able to download files even when your PCs are turned off. This information came courtesy of the forums at the German […]

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Windows Home Server Unleashed Available to Read Online

Paul McFedries book Windows Home Server Unleashed is now available to read on O’Reily’s Safari Books Online service.   Thanks to Ian Bevan for the info.

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UK has stock – UK has no stock

At 18.50 UK time ebuyer had 9 copies of Windows Home Server for sale. Of course these went in minutes and the lucky 9 people paid a whopping £129.62 including VAT. Thanks to Simon Smith aka Dancing Bear for the details as posted on the WHS forums and as he says “Steep or what” my […]

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Medion MD 90110 Home Server

For more details on the new MD 90110 Home Server from Medion we have a PDF file courtesy of the Microsoft Press Office.    PDF file (Right Click and Save Target As)

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WHS Hardware Release Dates

After the IFA show in Berlin, Germany we have made the following chart to show when Windows Home Server manufacturers will have their hardware available. Manufacture Release Date Medion October 2007 MaxData October 2007 Chili Green October 2007 Fujitsu Siemens November 2007 Lacie November 2007 Leo November 2007 HP January 2008 As we can see […]

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Windows Home Server listed in USA – $178.99

Online retailer FadFusion.com in the United States have Windows Home Server listed for $178.99. It is not in stock as yet, but this is the first online retailer in the USA to have Home Server pricing.

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Diskeeper 2008 for Windows Home server

Our friends at Diskeeper have given us some more info on their defragger specifically for Windows Home Server. Available in the 4th quarter on this year Diskeeper 2008 Home Server edition will be the first dedicated defrag tool for our Home Server’s. I have been using a pre-release version for the last few weeks and it has been excellent. […]