Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Windows Server R2 Essentials Preview Available

Microsoft have posted the preview versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 and more importantly to us Windows Server R2 Essentials. They are available for public download at the TechNet Evaluation Center as well as on TechNet and MSDN for the relevant subscribers. Windows Server Essentials is now available in two forms: In the Standard and […]

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The Home Tech Podcast Episode 123

This weeks episode of the Home Tech podcast has long time Home Sever Show host and Microsoft Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler and Paul Baran from Tinkertry.com talking WHS Addins, Windows Server 2012 Essentials and R2. Home Tech 123 can be found here.

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool v1.3.2.7556 Release Final

StableBit DrivePool 1.3.2.7556 Release Final is available for WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. Since the last release this release adds NFS server support as well as fixes. Here’s the full change log: Made the error message more clear when re-indexing is not working due to the Windows Search service […]

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool v2.0.0.280 BETA

An update for users of the beta version of StableBit DrivePool for WS2012 Essentials, with a few fixes based on user feedback: Fixed reboot required dialog on upgrade. [D] Fixed crash in FastIoQueryNetworkOpenInfo, as reported. Enabled CoveFs_ReportAsNtfs by default. There seem to be many applications that assume FAT32 limitations if the file system does not […]

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Add-In: Lights-Out v1.5.4

Lights-Out version 1.5.4 has been released today and now supports a third platform, Windows 7/8 and Standard Windows Server. Here’s the full change log: Fixed a timing problem in command line application Fixed scrambled task editor dialog Fixed default backup window for WSE 2012 Fixed a deadlock condition in service and dashboard Fixed detection of […]

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StableBit Scanner v2.4 Feature List

With the release final of StableBit Scanner version 2.4 being available, Covecube, the company behind it have published a blog post summarizing its new features which you can find here.

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Add-In: StableBit Scanner v2.4.0.2928 / 2929

StableBit Scanner for WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials and WS2012 Essentials has had an update. Version 2.4.0.2928 / 2929 has the following change: Fixed floppy access on UI open. You can download this release from here.

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Personal Online Backup Host (OBH) – Part 3

Installing and configuring the OBH client Previous articles in this series provided an overview of the OBH service, Archive Manager backup software, Explorer file-sync add-in as well as configuring your server for web hosting. This article assumes you have your server configured for web hosting. If you do hot have web hosting configured then please […]

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Video: Working with Storage Spaces in Windows 8

The Extreme Windows Blog have a video and write up on working with Storage Spaces in Windows 8: You can find their post here.

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Add-In: Drive Bender v1.9.1.0

Drive Bender for WHS2011, SBS Essentials 2011 and Server 2012 Essentials has had an update. Version 1.9.1.0 has the following change: Bug fix: Some folders shared by Windows are not visible at boot. You can download this latest version from here.