Category: Windows Home Server

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Pricing for WHS in Norway

Norway now has pricing for Windows Home server. It is priced on Komplett.no at 1.795 Kroner and at pcutstyr.no at 1.665 Kroner. Thanks to Roger Liavaag for the info.

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Microsoft Connect Removes WHS Release Candidate

Beta participants can no longer download the Release Candidate (RC) version of the software at the Microsoft Connect web site.  Beta testers will be able to continue to use the beta product keys they downloaded from the Connect site, but no more product keys for the RC software will be issued. The posting on the […]

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Add-In AutoExit 2008 RC Available

Add-in AutoExit 2008 has been updated to Release Candidate status. The add-in enables you to manage your home computers via the Windows Home Server console.Shut down/reboot clients, boot them up via Wake On Lan remotely and even send messages and all actions can be saved to a log. More information on AutoExit 2008.

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Home Automation add-in Updated

Thanks to the German Homeserver Blog the Home Automation add-in ipsHomecontrol has been updated. Version 0.12 has added support for more automation products and older versions of pocket PC’s. More information is available at their site and a PDF install guide is also available. Please note: The add-in, site and documentation is only available in the […]

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Upgrade to RTM Properly!

For those of you wishing to upgrade from the Release Candidate to the final RTM version of Windows Home Server Tom Ziegmann in the WHS Forums has the following advice for you: To upgrade from Windows Home Server Release Candidate (RC) to Windows Home Server RTM, you must boot from the RTM DVD, and select […]

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Sweden has Pricing

Thanks to Windows Home Server forum poster Christian Johansson we have some pricing info for the Swedes. Two Swedish retailers have it listed, komplett.se has it priced at SEK 1.995 and shg.biz for SEK 1.414. That’s approx $291 and $206 respectively. Hopefully we will see more countries following with their pricing details.

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Packaging and Disc Pic

Thanks to James Slack from down under in Australia we have a pic of the Windows Home Server packaging and discs which he kindly took for us. If only I lived in Oz!

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WHS in the States $179-$189

In the WHS forums are details that PC Magazine’s AppScout has details on when Windows Home Server will be available in the States. It will be available from Newegg by the beginning of September 2007. Newegg expects that WHS will retail for about $179-$189 depending on their wholesale costs. The company will sell the standalone […]

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Xbox Community Feeds Add-In

Terry from We Got Served has information on a new add-in called Xbox Community Feeds which allows you to stream podcasts, blogcasts and RSS feeds to your Xbox 360 video game console from your Windows Home Server.   So if you are an Xbox user, more information and the download is available now.

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Pre-Release of the next version of Whiist

Andrew Grant has released a pre-release version of Whiist. Whiist is a an Add-In that allows you to create and manage websites on your server. Once installed Whiist adds a new ”Website Management” option to your WHS Console where you can create new websites and links for your family in a few simple steps. Andrew states […]