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Defrag Windows Home Server on the Cheap

Raxco Software the people behind PerfectDisk 10 for Windows Home Server have a limited time offer for their defragmentation software. A site license is for 1 x Windows Home Server and for up to 10 PCs and is currently on special at $59.99 instead of the regular $99.99, a massive $40 saving and only $10 […]

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LX195 MediaSmart Server Manual Available for Download

The manual for the new HP LX195 MediaSmart Server is now available for download. The 236 page PDF manual can be downloaded from here.

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Digital Content to hit 12 Terabytes by 2014

internetnews.com is reporting that two Market Research companies are predicting that digital content in the average US household could hit 12TB by 2014 – Now that’s terabytes or 11,175 GB (Gigabytes), which is a lot of data for our hard drives to hold 5 years from now. With all that data wanting to be backed […]

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MediaSmart Server LX195 Web Reviews

If you would like to learn more about HPs new offering – The LX195 MediaSmart Server then a good place to start is website "Using Windows Home Server" in depth review.   The review takes us through the unpacking, connecting, installation, configuration and usability of the budget unit, which you can read here. We Got […]

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Windows Home Server User’s Guide Winners Announced

Its time to announce the winners of the comprehensive guide to installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Microsoft’s Windows Home Server, the "Windows Home Server User’s Guide" by fellow MVP Andrew Edney. Andrew kindly gave us 2 copies of his book and we asked you to why you would like a copy, and many of you replied. […]

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HP MediaSmart Server LX195

HP has just announced a new addition to the MediaSmart family – Welcome the MediaSmart Server LX195. Housing just a a single internal 640GB SATA drive, it is a budget server with the option for expansion being via four USB 2.0 ports in the back, which is just as well as there is no additional […]

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iStream Application Working on iPod Touch Version 1

The iStream application from the Apple app store (link) now works on the v1 iPod Touch as well as on v2 and the iPhone. The app for users of the HP MediaSmart Server EX 485 and EX487 has been updated and will now work on the first generation iPod Touch as long as it has […]

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Home Is Where Home Server Is

Helping to bridge the gap in technology is website "Spackle" which has a series of articles on how Windows Home Server makes the technical home life functional and geeky. The first part in the series explains why you need a WHS and the writer explains how it saved his relationship with his parents, which you […]

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Part 4 of Securing your Windows Home Server and Network

Part 4 of Securing your Windows Home Server and Network provides a comprehensive explanation of computer security as it relates to your Windows Home Server and network, by looking at the role of the network administrator and by taking a look at computer user threats. You can read it here.

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Building Windows Home Server – Parts 2 and 3

We have mentioned earlier that network builder site "Practically Networked" had an article on how to build your own Windows Home Server, and the good news is that they have now published the final two parts to the article. The second part in the series talks about joining your Windows PCs to Home Server, setting […]