For those who dream of acquiring a Synology NAS but lack the financial stamina, a solution may be available if you do not mind tinkering. XPEnology brings the DiskStation Manager to your PC/Server which also includes native support for the HP Proliant N40L MicroServer. Interested? If so more details on how to download and install […]
A user explains how he upgraded his Acer easyStore H342 from v1 of Windows Home Server to WHS2011. The article explains how to change the workgroup name using PowerShell and includes links to the relevant drivers which you will need. The author explains that the reason he created the post is that in a short […]
The groovyPost have a blog post on how to play videos from Windows Home Server directly to an Xbox 360: “The Play To feature in Windows 8 and Windows RT allows you to stream music, movies, and photos from your PC to Xbox 360 and other compatible devices. If you have a home server or […]
Windows Server 2012 Essentials is enabled out of the box to run on a network with the DHCP Server service running on the router. But you can also configure the DHCP Role on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials instead, and the Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog describes how to accomplish this. A […]
Dell’s TechCenter have an article on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials client restore process. The article explains how to create a Client Restore USB Flash Drive and how to use it on a client system to perform a restore of that client system. All 26 steps are presented to us with plenty of pics to […]
If you have the Office 365 Integration feature enabled before installing Update Rollup 1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials then after you apply UR1 and reboot the server, you may get the following Health Alert when opening the dashboard: “One or more services are not running The following important Windows services are not running. Windows […]
You may be aware that there is a registry hack to stop WS2012e setting up its own Active Directory domain which stops client computers from automatically being added to that domain, but performing the hack can lead to the WSE Connector software altering the network settings on the client computer routeing all DNS requests through […]
A series of articles from the Petri IT Knowledgebase on WS2012 Essentials. Their first article explains how to to configure WS2012e. Additional articles will explain how to use the Office365 Configuration Wizard and how to run through the WS2012 Essentials backup and Anywhere Access configuration and user management. You can read part one here.
The Home Server Show have a great post by Joe Miner on how to flash a modified bios to the HP Proliant N40L MicroServer. As well as explaining how to get the modified bios, Joe also explains how to setup the bios after the flash: …and had no problem flashing BIOS-MODS modified BIOS that would […]
Folder redirection will fail on Windows Server 2012 Essentials if there is already a folder in C:\ServerFolders\Folder Redirection, that matches the username. Folder redirection will fail if you delete and recreate a user with the same name. This is due to the new user not having the permission to create redirected folders since the client […]
