The 2nd episode of The Home Server Show is now available for your listening pleasure. Apart from covering news, this weeks 40 minute Podcast also covers add-in updates and an interview with Terry Walsh of WeGotServed.co.uk Download or listen from here.
Beta 2 of F-Secure Home Server Security is now available for download which includes the following enhancements and bug fixes: Enhancements: Sidegrade – conflicting products are automatically detected and the user is prompted to uninstall a conflicting product before proceeding with installation. Configurable notifications – it is now possible to configure when the product sends […]
KeepVault, the online backup solution for Windows Home Server has been updated again. This time version 2.21 includes the following additions: Added a status field showing the total number of files in the queue waiting to be protected (displayed while KeepVault is active). Added a “Pause Protection” link directly to the main KeepVault status window […]
You can now Remote Server configuration from anywhere in the world from your Pocket PC (PPC) or Smartphone. Say your forgot to port forward something when you’re out of the house. Then fire up your Smartphone or PPC, connect to the server via it, and then add the UPnP port to the list. Current […]
FTP Manager is an add-in that allows you to install and configure the IIS FTP component for Windows Home Server. It includes the following features: Install (or uninstall) the FTP component Create/Remove FTP Sites Start/Stop FTP Sites Create/Remove FTP Virtual Directories List FTP Sites List FTP Virtual Directories Adds firewall exclusion for the FTP component […]
Developer Brendan Grant gives us the heads up on what its like to work with the Windows Home Server team at Microsoft’s HQ. Brendan who has created many add-ins including Media Connect Controller and Tab Manager adds: I hate to use the word again… but it’s an amazing experience being there where I’m surrounded by […]
Look Familiar? Looking similar to the Windows Home Server “Hockey Puck” is Sony’s white “Liblog Station” due to launch in Japan on May 17th. The compact home server device comes with either 1TB (500GB × 2) of storage on the VGF-HS1S model or 1.5TB (750GB × 2) on the VGF-HS1 model. Alongside Gigabit Ethernet, 3 […]
KeepVault, the online backup solution for Windows Home Server has been updated to version 2.20: Added a per-file “percent complete” status field to view the progress of the current file being protected Added archive-bit method to optimize file scanning and CPU access (Note: you must run the referenced utility to convert your existing KeepVault database […]
MediaSmart Drive Labeler is a new add-in from Jerry McCollom which updates the drive labels on the HP MediaSmart Server’s as follows: Drives are correctly labeled as SATA rather than SCSI. The drive bay location is appended to internal SATA drives External SATA drives are correctly shown as External rather than Internal. More info is […]
A couple of articles which may be of interest to you as a Windows Home Server user are Troubleshooting Motherboard Problems: 5 Real World Examples from enthusiast site ExtremeTech and the Digital Alchemy website has a list of Hard Drive Diagnostic and Repair Tools. All good stuff if our home Server’s go pear shaped!
