Category: News

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Podcast with author of the Windows Home Server Users Guide

The Media Center Show Podcast this week features Andrew Edney author of the book Windows Home Server Users Guide. He talks about his new book and some of the features of Windows Home server. Listen and/or download from here.

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Tranquil PC Available in EU Countries

By the end of this week Tranquil PC home servers will be available in Germany, France and Spain for a very modest £24 shipping charge and this will include their latest Intel powered T2-WHS-A3 model as well, which is due for release this Wednesday. The servers will be supplied with the local language version of […]

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Web Review Roundup

Five more reviews from around the World Wide Web regarding our Windows Home Server: Microsoft’s Windows Vista Blog has a post entitled Rolling out Windows Home Server with a HP MediaSmart Server, which details using Vista with the HP MediaSmart Server. PC World Magazine online has an article entitled Microsoft’s Best New OS (Hint: It’s […]

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WHS Uses Xceed

Top-of-the-line COM and .NET software component company Xceed used Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed Chart for .NET  in WHS and had this to say in a press release: Xceed’s components figure in the client-side and the server-side of Windows Home Server, providing both UI elements and data manipulation capabilities. First, in the Windows Home […]

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New Windows Home Server Website

A welcome to new site MyHomeServer.com dedicated to following the home server revolution. I practically like their tutorial, Upgrading the RAM on your HP MediaSmart Server. Welcome aboard guys!

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Sync WHS

SyncToy is now available as version 2.0 Beta for download from the Microsoft Download Center. SyncToy allows you to synchronize folders between your home computers and your Windows Home Server by creating multiple folder pairs that you can keep synchronized. I use it to synchronize my photos and music on my laptop and my Windows […]

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Vista SP1 RC Faster with Windows Home Server

Good news for those of you that are using Windows Vista on client machines with Windows Home Server. The release candidate (RC) of Windows Vista SP1 is available via Microsoft Connect to beta testers, and to subscribers to TechNet and MDSN.  In addition, the RC will be available to the public next week via Microsoft’s […]

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WHS Real Time Test and Tips

Two sites for you today that have information on how Windows Home Server has saved their day and some usability tips too. First up is WindowsObserver.Com with a real time test: “Well, I woke up this morning to a dead computer.  Actually it was not so much dead as it was locked up (screens were […]

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Stay-At-Home Servers Book Upgraded to Full Version

As discussed in our last post the book at Stay-At-Home Servers has now had pages added to it, and is now the complete 24 page version. The same as what will be available to buy at Amazon.

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Would you need a Home Server if you were, say, a better mother?

The Windows Server Solutions division of Redmond’s Microsoft is producing a 24-page children’s book, Mommy, Why Is There a Server in the House? that will be sold on Amazon.com. While Microsoft plans to distribute the children’s book at events, it hopes that people will purchase a copy on Amazon.com. “It’s designed for the technical enthusiast,” […]