Windows Home Server has been hard to find on retail shelves, but Microsoft product manager Joel Sider has stated that HP’s MediaSmart Server will be available in the US at Circuit City stores this week and is expected to be on Best Buy shelves later in the month.
The Windows Home Server Team Blog have details on Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server, the first minor release for WHS that will ship in the first half of this year (2008).More details later today. In the meantime, check out the post here.
The German Home Server Blog has the details that developer Alexander Köplinger has updated his add-in OnTheFlyUnzipper for January (2008). The add-in allows you to zip up (or rar) hundreds of files together and upload them to your Windows Home Server. The add-in will then automatically uncompress the files. Saving you time, bandwidth and of […]
We Got Served has a tutorial on how to integrate Windows Update Services v3 (WSUS) into Windows Home Server. WSUS is a local copy of Windows Update/Microsoft Update that is stored on the server and automatically installs the updates to all the other machines on your network. The tutorial is written by Windows Small Business […]
Developer Jay Hinrichs has developed a settings add-in for Windows Home Server called WHS Customizer. Jay’s goal is to add little utilities and hacks that will allow you to customize your server machine. The first utility he has included allows you to change the servers home page website image via a simple 3 step process […]
Yikes! The MediaSmart Server has been chopped in half….or has it? Actually no. It’s the new Linux powered NAS device from HP known as the Media Vault. Available in 2 configurations the entry-level mv2100 comes with a 500Gb hard drive, and the mv5100 has two 500GB or 750GB drives. Additional capacity is available via two […]
Two new Knowledge base articles have been added for Windows Home Server. The first is How to troubleshoot the “Backup service is not running” error message in Windows Home Server (946339) and covers five different methods to troubleshoot the “Backup service is not running” error message or backup database inconsistency error in WHS. The second […]
HP has got some more enhancements coming to its MediaSmart Server this February for free which will be available via download. The 3 updates include server protection via McAfee Antivirus which will be free for the first seven months. PacketVideo technology will enhance the the media streaming process from MediaSmart Server to other digital media […]
One of the benefits of now being an MVP is that tonight I had the opportunity to take part in the monthly discussion with the WHS Team which highlighted that the data corruption issue which affects some users will NOT effect those using just the one hard drive. So, only those of you using multiple […]
If you have looked at the Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Home Server page lately you may have noticed that they have but up a flash demo that takes you through the features of the unit. View the demo from here.
