Well WHS websites seem to have lit up with the news of Vail and many questions have been asked, so now I have finally got the preview beta version of Vail I am going to go through the WHS Website, Remote Access, Final Thoughts and then try and answer everyone’s questions. Going to http://yourservername/ will […]
Since yesterdays announcement on the public availability of VAIL there has been many posts available across the internet. We wont mention them all, but here are the ones which we think are worthy of a mention: To install Vail from a USB flash drive – Check out the tutorials here and here. To install Vail […]
To quickly have a look at Windows Home Server code name VAIL you can install it virtually using one of the virtualization software packages which are available. There are many options available which luckily for you all the details have been written up already by fellow WHS geeks. Program Name Paid or Free Guide Link […]
ITS HERE! Your first chance to see the new public preview beta of Microsoft’s next Windows Home Server Codename “VAIL” released today. Over the next few days we will be bringing you an insight into the new OS day by day, starting with Installation, setup and the new dashboard which replaces the old console. Now […]
Openfire is a piece of software which enables you to have an instant messaging (IM) server running on a Home or Small business network, enabling you (in this case) to have Yahoo, AOL and Windows Live (MSN) running directly from Windows Home Server. HomeServerLand takes you step by step through the process of getting the […]
ServeTheHome.com has a guide to using the AutoExit Add-in from ASoft. The guide takes you through the installation of the add-in plus it takes a look at the various features available too. AutoExit is a must-have Windows Home Server add-in for anyone using their WHS to manage multiple PC’s. The amount of electricity one can […]
The How-To Geek has a nice tutorial in getting the add-in Addin Central up and running. The tutorial also takes you through the various settings available for the add-in which enables you to find add-ins right from within the Windows Home Server console as well as notifying you when updates to your installed add-ins are […]
Website "lifehacker" has a post on how to whip your music’s metadata into shape by using tagging software. The good thing about doing this is that your music will be better organized on Windows Home Server and easier to search. various tagging software are taken a look at including Jaikoz for primary tags and Mp3tag […]
One of the online backup solutions for Windows Home Server which I have been using for the last several months is CrashPlan Central. Although there are other dedicated offerings for Home Server users, such as KeepVault and CloudBerry Backup, I find that these can work out expensive for my 500GB of data which needs to […]
One of our readers Thomas Schindler posted a comment to our "MediaSmart and Twonky Media – Still High CPU Issues" article, with a solution to the problem. The latest update from HP for the Twonky Media Server is version 5.1.1 whilst the version from TwonkyMedia is 5.1.2 which rectifies the high CPU utilization issue. Tom […]
