The first public release of the add-in Router Control has been released that allows you more control over your UPnP Internet gateway. Its current main feature is the traffic graph as well as RouterControl online update check and schema upload. More features are to come in future updates, including: Show and modify UPNP port forwards […]
In the October issue of the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription will be one licence for Windows Home Server. The Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (or MAPS) is an annual subscription for Microsoft Registered Partners that provides full-version software and sales resources for their internal-use. From this link click "Welcome Kits and Quarterly Update Kits" and then […]
Busy blogger Joe DiFiglia ran across an issue where an existing hard drive was imaged to a larger one but the original disk name remained in the Windows Home Sever Console. As Joe states: This poses no problems, but is more of an annoyance than anything. If you want to change the name, you can. […]
Microsoft has just published a new technical brief. The "Windows Home Server Technical Brief for User Accounts and Shared Folders" is a 22 page document in the .docx format which looks at the features, functionality and benefits of the User Accounts and Shared Folders. First of all we are shown how to create, remove and […]
How do you fancy testing upcoming products from HP and giving feedback on product usability, features, and roadmap plans? If so, HP is after your input and suggestions to help design and build better products. Just send a private message from the MediaSmartHome.com site including your name, phone number, email address and mailing address. More […]
Joe DiFiglia recently had some issues with the Windows Firewall on his Windows Home Server. Even using the "Restore Defaults" under the advanced tab did not restore the firewall to its shipped state. Hours later Joe found the necessary settings within the registry on his Home Server and has made a registry file for those […]
“Camera Owners of the Bay Area” has posted a series of slides from their meeting which they had the other day on Windows Home Server which you may find interesting. They can be downloaded from here.
Over on YouTube, we found a video demo for those of you in Denmark. The demo of the Windows Home Server software is presented by a Danish Product Manager
Taimur Asad from website Redmond Pie has written a tutorial on how to access your Windows Home Server shares using a Mac OS X. Taimur shows us step by step how to setup your Mac to access all the shares on the Home Server. Read it here.
Ade Miller a Microsoft Development Manager in the patterns & practices group (p&p) has published a series of 4 articles on building a green energy efficient Windows Home Server using low power consumption components: Choosing the Hardware – Choosing low power consumption components for your server. Putting it Together – Assembling the pieces. How anyone […]
