MS Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server Yells Foul

Take 1 elder daughter and 1 NON updated computer and you could end up with some nasty viruses flying around your network. And that’s what exactly happened to Jim Furie, but thank goodness it was the Windows Home Server that picked up on the issue and yelled foul.

You can read Jim’s story here.

UPDATE: It seems that the elder daughter was NOT at fault and instead it was the Avast Antivirus for Windows Home Server which was to blame – More details here.

Waking up one Morning and Finding a Dead Computer

Microsoft "Clubhouse" member Richard Hay tells his story of waking up one morning and finding a dead computer on his desk.

That same night Richard had all his data back with copies which were less than 24 hours old.

You can read his story here.

WHS – Stable and Mature to Attract a Small-Business Audience

ZDNet UK First Take reports on new IT products with their initial impressions, and under the spotlight today is Windows Home Server Power Pack 3.

…this service pack could be an important milestone for WHS for business users…WHS should now be sufficiently stable and mature to attract a small-business audience — it certainly has features that are perfect for many small branch offices.

You can read their report here.

WHS Event in Japan

Over in Japan on the 23rd December there are a series of sessions on Windows 7 and Windows Home Server in the Great Together Fiesta.

To celebrate the launch of Power Pack 3 the sessions look at PP3 and how it integrates with Windows 7 as well as add-ins amongst other things.

More details are available from here, in Japanese of course.