TomOnTech explains how to remove your Mac from being connected to Windows Home Server 2011. Tom explains why you may want to do this: “If you’re like me and have multiple servers that all use the same type of connector software and are testing things out or just want to remove your Mac from being […]
A user on the MediaSmartServer.net forums monitors his Home Server by using the hard drive monitoring and analysis tool Hard Disk Sentinel with a Windows Desktop gadget. With this gadget it enables him to view information from HD Sentinel on his client PC. Its a little difficult to setup but luckily for us instructions are […]
If you are not in the US and have been trying to access the online evaluation experience for WHS 2011 than you may have experienced problems trying to access it. The Evaluation Guide asks you to log into the user account screen and the Dashboard using the password "pass@word1", but upon doing so I got […]
Microsoft have just launched the online evaluation experience for WHS 2011. As Microsoft stated on its launch, there would be no evaluation media or download for WHS2011 as was the case for v1, but this time a virtual experience would be made available for users to demo and experience the product, in the following areas: […]
Family Diary is a suit of applications to allow you to set up a database of appointments and contacts for family and friends. Currently the suit consists of the Windows Service, a Windows client application, an Outlook Add-in, a Windows Phone 7 application and a Windows Home Server Add-in. All the applications in the Family […]
Transfer-Manager is an add-in for WHS2011 which enables you to make your Home Server the central transfer station for all your up and download needs. The add-in is currently in beta and a new build is released every Sunday with new bug fixes and new functions. Build 0.5.410 from the 8th May adds the following […]
Episode 265 of the Hanselminutes Podcast is all about Windows Home Server and network attached storage. Host Scott Hanselman and guest Travis Illig talk about NAS options, their Windows Home server’s which they both own, Drobo and the Synology DS1010/DS1511 Home Storage System. Travis explains why using Western Digital green drives in a server capacity […]
My Movies for Windows Media Center and it’s associated My Movies Collection Management service have both been updated to version 4. With My Movies you can manage your movie collection and browse and watch by genre and rating and with the WHS add-in you can automatically copy and index your movies or CDs onto Home […]
The guys are back for your weekly dose of The Home Server Show, and this weeks podcast has Home Server news including add-in updates plus views and debate from Dave and the gang. Episode 134 can be found here.
Richard Hay from WindowsObserver.com decided to try WHS 2011 on his home network Richard’s files: …are stored on the server’s 1.5TB internal drive (J: drive) are mirrored on the second internal 1.5TB hard drive plus the J: drive is backed up once each day to the external 1TB hard drive. So that data is also […]
