Category: Windows Home Server

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Defrag WHS and Save $10

If you signup for a copy of PerfectDisk 10 for Windows Home Server you are currently eligible to 20% of off the purchase price. The defragmentation tool for our Home Servers normally sells from $49.99 but using the coupon code* SUMMERFUN20 brings that price down to $39.99 – A great saving! More details on PerfectDisk […]

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WHS ProductID GUID and More

jcarle.com has published a list of undocumented Microsoft ProductID GUIDs. Each Microsoft product is identified internally using a ProductID that is in the form of a Globally Unique Identifier or GUID. For those that ever want to develop software that digs into some of Microsoft’s software internals, you’ll quickly find that without a way to […]

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Save Upto $100 off HP MediaSmart Server

neowin.net have a 5 minute video with Glen Roberts from HP explaining about the MediaSmart Server’s EX480, EX485 and the LX195. The post also has discount codes for $100 off the EX48x and $75 off the LX195 from hp.com which are valid from now through July 14th. More details here.

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Could Family Comment on your WHS Stored Photos – Perhaps

Website Spackle has an article discussing – Perhaps there’s a way to use Opera Unite to create a richer experience around WHS. Opera Unite is a socialization program which helps users create micro-social networks enabling friends and family to not only access your pictures, video, music etc, but also comment and interact with others, as […]

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Acer Aspire Easystore H340 Reviewed

Website rgb filter has a review of the Acer Aspire Easystore H340 system. This write up looks at the inside as well as the outside of the unit and takes a look at the software which makes up the Easystore H340 – Windows Home Server. You can read about it here.

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Caddie Overload?

Enthusiast Brian Frost has assembled his own Windows Home Server using the Atom powered D945 mini ITX motherboard. Brian completed his installation with 7 drive caddies. You can read the details here.

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Add-In: @WHSTweet 1.2.0.969

The add-in which monitors your WHS health status and sends a twitter update has been updated.   As well as the following enhancements and bug fixes version 1.2.0.969 of @WHSTweet also includes a Direct Messages (DM) feature which will allow you to send messages to a particular user, likely yourself, instead of sending public tweets […]

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Increase the Security of your Files on WHS

The securing your WHS and network series of articles continues over at HomeServerLand with part 10 "HTTPS and Secure Web Hosting Threats". This part looks at how to configure the router’s HTTPS rule,  how to configure the user’s remote access and the home server’s secured domain, as well as the configuration to address threats and […]

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Undocumented QSMMgr Class Functions

If you are a Windows Home Server add-in developer then check out Asoft’s Blog which has details on the undocumented functions in the QSMMgr class which is located in the HomeServerControls.dll If this makes sense to you then author Nick Asseloos also has a 7 page PDF document which is also available for download. More […]

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Geek Talks Windows Home Server

Chris Pirillo’s Geeks website has a video by a Ron Knights who talks for 10 minutes about his Windows Home Server setup and shares a few tips and insights.