PC Magazine’s enthusiast tech site ExtremeTech has a 5 page guide on building a Windows Home server. First up is a build list, followed by assembly and installation instructions and finally how to configure the system. As ExtremeTech states: “In the end, for the same price as an HP MediaSmart Server, a home built server […]
Scott Hanselman’s has written a series of articles on his blog on wiring for a new Windows Home Server network. Scott’s articles start with some Q&A’s followed by why you should use Cat6 cable and not Cat5. Other useful info includes why you should enable Gigabit Jumbo Frames using the NIC Driver Level settings for […]
Another Windows Home Server review and this is from tech site Connected Internet. Their 4 page review explains why the author went from NASLite-2 to WHS detailing the installation, the connector software and the features in more detail. In his summery he states: “Overall I’m stunned by how good Windows Home Server is.” Read the […]
We reported back in November of a live demo taking part in Singapore which was a warm-up event for a worldwide product launch aimed at connecting the digital home with the networked world via “killer” applications, based on Microsoft Home Server. Well on December 13th (2007) that product launch has taken place alongside the release […]
Blogger Scott Hanselman has taken some power measurements of the HP MediaSmart Server EX475 using a professional power logging meter. For the green details head over to Scott Hanselman’s ComputerZen.com.
Microsoft’s Windows Home Server Solution Center is the first place to start if you are having problems with your home server. Error messages and top issues are listed alongside installation info and links to paid phone support and the update packages for WHS. Visit the Windows Home Server Solution Center.
Daniel Escapa’s OneNote Blog has details that there is a problem with Windows Home Server corrupting OneNote files when the OneNote files are stored in a shared folder like \\whs\NotebookShare. This has been happening whether folder duplication is on or off and even occurs after the latest November (2007) update for WHS is installed. More […]
Two more parts of the video making up the Stay-At-Home Servers website are up, bringing the total to four. The final two are Clash of the Generations where the father loves his home server but he is not feeling the love from his own father and the Dueling Experts where the author of the book […]
MyHomeServer.com reports that if you have copywritten digital music files on a shared folder then the RIAA may soon visit you. The article states: “So, warning to those folks that plan on sharing files and folders via their home server…Beware, the RIAA could be making a visit to your home server soon to look for […]
Now what can you do with a briefcase bought off eBay and a copy of Windows Home Server? Five months later with over $1000 of cash spent on it Christopher Guertin and his buddy David Kosloffsky, both known as the Mod Bros have made what is known as The Windows Home Briefcase. Wow, that […]
