Category: News

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Review – Expert Guide to Windows Home Server

UK Magazine PC Pro have an Expert guide to Windows Home Server on their website. The 4 page article covers the features of WHS. Read it here.

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Diskeeper Winners Announced

Well done to those of you that entered our competition to win 1 of 5 copy’s of Diskeeper 2008 HomeServer Edition, the defrag tool for WHS. We had many entries to the question: What is the maximum supported volume size supported in Diskeeper2008 HomeServer Edition. Is it: A) 768GBB) UnlimitedC) 2TB For those of you […]

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High-Priority Updates for WHS

Two updates are available for our server machines today: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool – November 2007 (KB890830)After the download, this tool runs once to check your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove any infection found. If an infection is found, the tool will […]

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Whoops – It's Silly Error Message Time

Here we have an error message during Windows Home Server installation that caused us to laugh.      Many thanks to digWin and Antonio for the pic.

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Remote Desktop for Mac available for WHS

I would like to bring to your attention an RDC Client for the Mac. It enables you to to remote desktop into your server from a MAC machine, and it works really well. As their blurb states: Remote Desktop Connection Client lets you connect to a Microsoft Windows-based computer and work with programs and files […]

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Exclusive: Windows Home Server Tool Kit Updates

For those of you that don’t know, the Windows Home Server Tool Kit is a collection of utilities that can help you diagnose Windows Home Server product installation and operation related issues within your home network, it is not just an add-in. Today we can tell you about what is planed for newer releases of […]

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Questions – We need your Answers

We have some questions from our readers that we are posting here so (hopefully) you can help answer them. First off we have Jacques from Switzerland, who asks the following: Do your PC’s wake up each night and go to sleep automatically after being backed up by WHS ?I have three PC’s, all with Windows […]

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Windows Home Server on Computer Talk Show

Let’s Talk Computers which has been broadcasting computer news and reviews since 1989 has an interview with Joel Sider, Senior Product Manager for Windows Home Server, who discusses the features of WHS. The 15 minute interview from November 10, 2007 is available for Real Audio or Windows Media Player formats from here.

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HP and Microsoft MediaSmart Server Webcast

Over 200 people attended the HP and Microsoft MediaSmart Server Webcast yesterday. The sixty minute event included a sideshow, live demonstrations followed by questions and answers.       If you missed it, the next event will be taking place on Tuesday November 27th with with Paul Thurrott from the Supersite for Windows site followed by […]

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HP MediaSmart Server – Pics and Review

The reviews are rolling in for the HP MediaSmart Server’s. CNET awarded the EX475 8.7/10 and concluded their review by saying: “…We recommend this system all the way to anyone looking to take full control of their data”. If you want to see what the inside of the MediaSmart Server looks like then SmallNetBuilder has […]