Remember if you are restoring a 64-bit computer using version 1 of Windows Home Server you will manually have to find drivers for your hard drive and network card manually. Microsoft blog "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" has the details.
Matthew Hodgkins has been in touch to let us know that he has posted part 2 of his article on running VirtualBox directly on Windows Home Server 2011. In this 2nd installment Matthew explains how to automatically start and stop virtual machines on both boot-Up and shutdown and how to use the Windows Home Server […]
The File History feature in Windows 8 is an easy way to restore previous versions of files but if you want to try it out do you know what to do? If you don’t then not to worry as the How-To Geek has a tutorial on setting up File History using a shared folder which […]
Matthew Hodgkins used to run a few Virtual Machines under Hyper-V for testing purposes when he was using a Windows Server 2008 R2 file server, but now since he is using WHS 2011 he wanted another solution. That solution was VirtualBox and Matthew explains in part 1 of "How to run VirtualBox on WHS 2011" […]
Don’t forget that the TechNet Wiki Resource for Windows Home Server 2011 is available to help you with any WHS 2011 issues you may encounter. The resource tracks all the Wikis published for Windows Home Server 2011 and has lots of great info in the following categories: Server Deployment and Configurations Client Deployment Remote Web […]
If you are using Windows Home Server with Windows 8 then Paul Thurrott has two solutions for overcoming viewing your other PCs on your home network. Paul explains in detail how to configure your Homegroup and how to access your network shares which will enable you to view your other PCs in Windows 8. You […]
TheDigitalMediaZone has a post on how to setup a VPN for Windows Home Server 2011: “Windows Home Server allows you remote access to your files and some limited functionality related to managing the server. Out of the box there is no notion of being able to remote desktop into your home desktop, laptop or HTPC. […]
Mike Faucher has another video for us, and this one explains how to setup a mirror and a stripe in Windows 8 Storage Spaces. These are also referred to as a Two-way or Three-way mirror and resiliency type none in creating a storage space. Creating a Stripe and a Mirror in Storage Spaces
A great post on a HP MicroServer N40L build and Bios Modification. John V. Stutsman goes through his HP MicroServer N40L Build and bios setup which includes flashing a custom bios, installing an SSD and installing Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. Even if you are going to install Windows Home Server on the HP MicroServer […]
if you are using Windows Home Server with Windows 8 then you might encounter the following 2 issues: The Windows Live ID credential used in Windows 8 is not recognized by Home Server The Home Server Client Connector setup may not install the OEM client software .This is caused because the Client Connector setup […]
