As you may be aware Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) does now work with Windows Home Server 2011, but the second best thing does. Microsoft Forefront Client Security which also does heuristics based scanning works fine but the installer file can be hard to locate. To make life easier for you here is a Download/Install/Update Guide […]
AWIECO are looking for beta testers for their WakeOnLAN Pro add-in. AWIECO WakeOnLAN allows you to remotely turn on a computer. It enables the Server to start up every computer attached to your network and also power off a computer out of the Launchpad. The Pro version adds giving users individual rights to turn computers […]
Lights Management for Windows Home Server 2011 has been updated to version 1.06. This driver allows the lights on the front of the following hardware to continue to work after upgrading these units with WHS 2011: HP: EX48x, EX49x, X510, X310, X311, X312 Acer: H340, H341, H342 Lenovo: D400 Here’s what’s new in version 1.0.6: […]
Four new updates for the Drive Extender replacement add-in StableBit DrivePool over the last few days. 1.0.0.3959: When FolderLinks had no security set, setting permissions on a folder issued an access denied error. Now fixed. 1.0.0.4039: Change permissions on C:\ServerPool\ServerFolders.Mount to prevent file / folder creation when DrivePool is not running. Before sharing a folder, […]
If you would like to rip your DVD and CD collection to Windows Home Server using only freely available tools without manual interaction then a user by the name of Phil2011 may have the answer for you. Using an external USB DVD player, a copy of DVDFAB DVD Copy and ExpressRip, a batch file and […]
Some WHS enthusiasts are using a Drobo alongside their Windows Home Server’s, so if you would like to read an out-of-box experience on this impressive piece of hardware then Byte online have such an article for you. Drobo FS: Safe, Uncomplicated Network Storage For Non-Techies is a three page article by David McCabe which can […]
A viewer asks the question FreeNAS or WHS 2011 for streaming media Patrick Norton and Robert Heron answers that question on Tekzilla:
Episode 154 of The Home Server show podcast is up, which this week has a little of everything: …Skype bugs, Home Server news, Drive Extender Add-In’s, RAID, Amazon Fire, MyMovies speculation, Windows 8, and more Media Center talk than normal. You can find it here.
For those of you running either Small Business Server 2011 Essentials or Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials (as well as Small Business Server 2011 Standard Edition) you will be notified of an update to the Best Practices Analyzer. The September update to the Windows Server Solutions BPA adds 59 new rules. Currently the total […]
The Digital Lifestyle Show podcast this week talk Windows 8, Acer’s time traveling home server, DVBLink updates plus lots more. You can find episode 322 here.
