Category: News

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Microsoft’s Netbook-Like Server Software

Microsoft now believes that there is a lot of people who are not willing to spend much on server software let alone hardware, but may actually be interested in a basic Windows Server. Chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said in a conference call with financial analysts that within the next two month, Microsoft plans to […]

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Windows Home Server on TV – Your Questions Answered

The Windows Home Server Challenge continues on internet television channel Tekzilla. This weeks episode has viewers questions which will be followed next week by the WHS benchmarks and the real world differences between 100Mbps and 1000Mbps gigabit Ethernet speed. The part on Windows Home Server starts approx 21 minutes into the video which you can […]

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February 2009 Update for Windows Home Server

The latest update for Windows Home Server (KB961030) is available and will be automatically deployed via Windows/Microsoft Update. This February 2009 update resolves 3 issues with Windows Home Server: If the Home Server Connector shared software folder had been improperly modified or deleted then the user may have encountered problems on their home computers after […]

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Add-In: WHS Outlook – IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If you are running version 1.0.2.28 (Beta 3) or version 1.0.3.30 (Final Release) of the add-in WHS Outlook or have tried these versions in the past then you may need to install the latest version or do some registry editing. NOTE: The problem has now been corrected in version 1.0.3.31 and higher. You can identify […]

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Enclosure Free Windows Home Server

  Another build list, this one by Carlo Mendoza which is currently enclosure free and is based around the DQ45EK mini-ITX board which offers cool, compact and silent operation and is also low power. Read it here.

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HP MediaSmart v Drobo

Carl Tyler bought a Drobo and Droboshare last year and told a Microsoft friend that he thought a Drobo combined with a Windows Home Server (WHS) could make a great device, his friend rightly replied that WHS did all that Drobo did and more. A few days later at home was a HP MediaSmart EX470, […]

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Another EX487 Review and Build List

A couple of articles which caught my eye today, the first being another Windows Home Server build list with the requirement of being low energy and cheap. The build list is here. The second article is blogger Tim Heuer’s review of the EX487 Home Server from HP. You can read it here.

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Home Server Meet – Connecticut in the US

A session on Home Server will be held at DACS, which is several local computer organizations on March 2nd 2009 in Connecticut in the US. Presented by Jay Ferron, who is a CIO for Interactive Security Training, LLC the free event is taking place at the Danbury Hospital auditorium in Danbury, CT. Activities begin at […]

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EX485 MediaSmart Server Review

Website “Creative Lifestyle Review” has a review of the HP EX485 MediaSmart Server and goes through the various software features and specifications of the new unit form HP. Read it here.

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SharePoint on Windows Home Server Update

Tom Ziegmann has updated his guide and scripts for installing SharePoint on Windows Home Server. The document is now at revision 2.02 and the scripts at 1.1 and include the following changes: Scripts have been updated to correct a typo in the filename location of the Search Database and Log files Guide has been linked […]