Category: News

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WHS – One guys insight into the future

Over at CNET, a guy by the name of Greg Hoza posted this under a thread for 2008 predictions on their forums: I predict that (qualifying): For families with more than 2 computers in the home that the WINDOWS HOME SERVER will become as common as the IPod. I say this in light of the […]

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MediaSmart Server hits Circuit City and Best Buy Shelves

Windows Home Server has been hard to find on retail shelves, but Microsoft product manager Joel Sider has stated that HP’s MediaSmart Server will be available in the US at Circuit City stores this week and is expected to be on Best Buy shelves later in the month.

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Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server Announced

The Windows Home Server Team Blog have details on Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server, the first minor release for WHS that will ship in the first half of this year (2008).More details later today. In the meantime, check out the post here.

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HP Media Vault mv2100 and mv5100

Yikes! The MediaSmart Server has been chopped in half….or has it? Actually no. It’s the new Linux powered NAS device from HP known as the Media Vault. Available in 2 configurations the entry-level mv2100 comes with a 500Gb hard drive, and the mv5100 has two 500GB or 750GB drives. Additional capacity is available via two […]

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2 New Knowledge Base Articles

Two new Knowledge base articles have been added for Windows Home Server. The first is How to troubleshoot the “Backup service is not running” error message in Windows Home Server (946339) and covers five different methods to troubleshoot the “Backup service is not running” error message or backup database inconsistency error in WHS. The second […]

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HP adding Streaming, Vista 64-bit Support and Anti-Virus

HP has got some more enhancements coming to its MediaSmart Server this February for free which will be available via download. The 3 updates include server protection via McAfee Antivirus which will be free for the first seven months. PacketVideo technology will enhance the the media streaming process from MediaSmart Server to other digital media […]

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Latest Data Corruption Status

One of the benefits of now being an MVP is that tonight I had the opportunity to take part in the monthly discussion with the WHS Team which highlighted that the data corruption issue which affects some users will NOT effect those using just the one hard drive. So, only those of you using multiple […]

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Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Home Server Demo

If you have looked at the Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Home Server page lately you may have noticed that they have but up a flash demo that takes you through the features of the unit. View the demo from here.

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More MVP's

Today four new MVP’s were announced, bring the total to seven. MVP’s or Microsoft Most Valuable Professional’s are people that have made significant contributions to various technical communities (in this case WHS) throughout the year. So congratulations to Andrew Edney author of the Windows Home Server Users Guide, Woody Leonhard author of Windows Home Server […]

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Monitor WHS Events and Auto Reboot Server

How would you like a piece of software that monitors your Application, System, Security and WHS event logs on Home Server, and then sends an alert to your email address or mobile device and then even has the ability to reboot Home Server if a critical system failure is detected. Well we have info for […]