PC Pro is a UK monthly magazine on…, PCs. They also have a monthly Podcast to complement the mag available over on their web site. On this months show they discuss whether Windows Home Server is set to be another Microsoft operating system flop or the unexpected success of the year. Thanks to We Got […]
I got an email from George Hayles regarding the info I posted the other week regarding ATT, Comcast and Time Warner blocking ports that can affect our Home Servers. He has asked if I can get your juices flowing and bring up the subject again, he adds: “Since we are dealing with an oligopoly here, […]
Today Microsoft published a Technical Brief for Windows Home Server Drive Extender. The 20 page PDF document explains the features and functionality of the drive extender, highlighting the benefits of the technology. The document also looks at the drive extender filter and migrator service, tombstones and the balancing of storage. http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/F/C/2FC09C20-587F-4F16-AA33-C6C4C75FB3DD/Windows_Home_Server_Drive_Extender.pdf
HP and Microsoft are making available four free webcasts that will unveil and demo the long-awaited MediaSmart Server. In addition to a live demonstration at these educational events, you’ll also hear from consumer technology industry experts, like Rob Enderle, Rick Doherty, Paul Thurrott from SuperSite for Windows, and Ed Bott from ZDNet on how the […]
Over on the HP MediaSmart Server page at HP, they now have a link to the data sheet for the EX470/EX475 models. Thanks to Josh Pearl for the info.
On the SuperSite for Windows back in January 2007 Todd Headrick, the WHS Product Planner told Paul Thurrott in his Windows Home Server Preview that Mac users could access the WHS shared folders as they would any other Windows share and that WHS would be a great back-end store for Time Machine. The name of […]
The Microsoft Knowledge Base has been updated to include new article 943908, How to turn off the Backup feature in Windows Live OneCare. When a computer that is connected to the network is running Windows Home Server, it is recommend that you turn off the Backup feature in Windows Live OneCare and use the Backup […]
Windows Home Server for Dummies author Woody Leonhard is also the contributing editor to the email newsletter Windows Secrets. I have been a subscriber to this newsletter that describes its self as everything Microsoft forgot to mention for the last 2 years. It is available weekly for free, although they do a premium version as […]
Thanks to Terry Walsh from We Got Served for the details on the new HP demo. The 6 minute online demo contains audio and gives details on the HP MediaSmart Server and Windows Home server in general. To go to the demonstration from HP, click on the picture below.
With the latest information about ATT, Comcast and Time Warner using or about to use data filtering, we thought it would be a good idea to collect some data from you. In our forums we have opened a thread regarding which ISP’s have Restrictions on using a Server at Home and/or are blocking ports. The […]
