Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Windows Home Server Part Numbers

We have available for you the official descriptions and part numbers for all the available language versions of Windows Home Server as supplied by Microsoft. When ordering from your supplier be sure to quote the applicable Part Number. Language Description Part Number English Windows Home Server Win32 English 1pk DSP OEI CD/DVD 10 Clt CCQ-00015 French Windows […]

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Knowledge Base Page Added

We now have a page dedicated to the Knowledge Base articles from Microsoft relating to Windows Home Server. The latest update to be added is “How to manually select an Input Method Editor for a specific keyboard language in Windows Home Server Console on a Windows Home Server-based computer” (940885). This now brings the count […]

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WHS @ Microsoft's OEM Partner Center

For those of you that are registered with Microsoft’s OEM Partner Center, they now have a page up dedicated to Windows Home Server with a link back to us stating: Phill Churchill’s Blog. A non-Microsoft external blog where you can access information about installation, issues, configuration, and more. Thanks guys. They also have a “Windows […]

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The Books are Flowing

We have already posted details on four upcoming Windows Home Server books (here, here and here) and today we have details on another two. “Microsoft Windows Home Server Unleashed” and “Windows Home Server Bible”. “Microsoft Windows Home Server Unleashed” by Paul McFedries will be available from Sep/Oct 2007.   Published by Sams this $50 (£36) paperback should be […]

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Home Server Banner Mystery

Colin Walker from the tech blog Randomelements has posted details of the mysterious “Home Server Banner” link that appears in the Internet Explorer view toolbars menu. More details from Randomelements. UPDATE: After reading through Colin’s site I noticed on one of his posts that it displayed a weather gadget that displayed the temperature for Gravesend, […]

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Windows Home Server Cures Digital Amnesia Disappears

The Windows Home Server Cures Digital Amnesia web page has now gone. Instead readers are re-directed from http://stopdigitalamnesia.com/ to the Windows Home Server Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx. Microsoft has also pointed out that the following re-directs will also occur: http://blog.homeserver.com – redirects to the WHS blog http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/ http://forums.homeserver.com – redirects to the community forums http://forums.microsoft.com/windowshomeserver/default.aspx?siteid=50 http://www.homeserver.com – redirects […]

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Add-in AutoExit 2008 for Windows Home Server

Terry from We Got Served has published information about a new add-in which allows you to shut down and reboot machines in your home network from within the WHS console. The add-in AutoExit 2008 allows you to execute these actions per machine or for all machines. You can also send messages to the different machines, configuring […]

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Add-in Program Launcher Updated

Add-in Program Launcher has been updated to version 1.2 which has now had the blank settings tab removed. The add-in from Red D Solutions enables you to launch any application directly from the Windows Home Server Console just by entering the Program Path and Program Name.

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TiVo Publisher add-in for WHS

For those of you with a TiVo machine (USA), the TiVo Publisher Add-In for Windows Home Server installs as a service, which makes your WHS music, photo, and video shares browsable from any TiVo that supports home networking. Well done to developer Rob. I am sure those of you with a TiVo and a Windows […]

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Outlook Webmail Add-in for Windows Home Server

Brian Peek over at Coding4Fun has posted an article on how to create an add-in for WHS that will allow users to view their Outlook mail from a web browser. If you have not got the coding knowledge or the 2-3 hours free to complete the project Brain has also posted the sample code for […]