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WHS Product Manager Interviewed

The official Windows Home Server blog has a video interview with Senior Product Manager Mark Pendergrast. Mark works with WHS partners and manufacturers like HP, Acer, ASUS etc. and in this video he tells us more about his role on the Windows Home Server team and explains how he uses his server at home for […]

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Windows Home Server Yells Foul

Take 1 elder daughter and 1 NON updated computer and you could end up with some nasty viruses flying around your network. And that’s what exactly happened to Jim Furie, but thank goodness it was the Windows Home Server that picked up on the issue and yelled foul. You can read Jim’s story here. UPDATE: […]

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Fix for Acer easyStore H340 Randomly Shutting Off

Gadget and computer hardware website CruchGear remind us that if you own the Acer easyStore H340 and it keeps randomly keeps shutting off to update the LightsOut add-in which comes pre-installed on the unit. The latest release of the add-in fixes a critical bug which affects users of the ACER Aspire easyStore H340 models. After […]

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Waking up one Morning and Finding a Dead Computer

Microsoft "Clubhouse" member Richard Hay tells his story of waking up one morning and finding a dead computer on his desk. That same night Richard had all his data back with copies which were less than 24 hours old. You can read his story here.

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 67

Power Pack 3 in depth is what’s being talked about this week in The Home Server Show podcast including a live PP3 install. But as well as PP3 John, Jim, Chris and Dave have the latest news for Windows Home Server fans. Catch episode 67 here.

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WHS – Stable and Mature to Attract a Small-Business Audience

ZDNet UK First Take reports on new IT products with their initial impressions, and under the spotlight today is Windows Home Server Power Pack 3. …this service pack could be an important milestone for WHS for business users…WHS should now be sufficiently stable and mature to attract a small-business audience — it certainly has features […]

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An Expensive WHS Home Build

AnandTech has a great 4 page article by Loyd Case on his Windows Home Server home build. Using the Chenbro ES32067 mini-ITX case and some expensive enterprise versions of Western Digitals GreenPower 2TB drives the build came to $970 – Wow! Read the details here.

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WHS Event in Japan

Over in Japan on the 23rd December there are a series of sessions on Windows 7 and Windows Home Server in the Great Together Fiesta.   To celebrate the launch of Power Pack 3 the sessions look at PP3 and how it integrates with Windows 7 as well as add-ins amongst other things. More details […]

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Is a HP DataVault Used in your Business?

HP and Microsoft are after your help. If you have bought or setup the HP DataVault in a small/medium business environment or in a home office they would like to hear from you about your experiences. Which ever industry your business may be in, what sort of impact has the DataVault made to it (Although […]

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Stream Music over the Internet using Hamachi

If you would like to share and/or stream your music from Windows Home Server over the Internet then the Tranquil PC Weblog may have the answer for you. Using the VPN software LogMeIn Hamachi² is a free simple solution and this post explains how to set it up and configure it.