By on September 10th, 2009

Add-In: Update History 0.3.0 Beta

The add-in Update History has been updated to version 0.3.0 Beta.

Update History 0.3.0 Beta

This add-in displays the complete system update history so that Windows Home Server owners can make sure their machine is fully patched and up to date.

New Features:

  • Search for new updates. This will search for high priority updates for your Windows Home Server system. This is similar to doing an ‘Express’ search on WindowsUpdate.com
  • Install updates. This will install all high priority updates. In fact, this is the same as clicking ‘Update now…’ on the ‘General’ tab of the WHS console’s settings dialog. Note: You don’t need to search for available updates prior to clicking on ‘Install updates…’.
  • Launch Windows Update: You can visit Windows Update directly from the newly introduced ‘Troubleshooting’ menu.

More details are available from here.

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By on September 09th, 2009

Backup WHS to a Friends Computer – Part 2

The Home Server Show website is back with part 2 of using a friends computer to backup Windows Home Server using CrashPlan.

CrashPlan

This second part explains simply how to setup and configure the application onto your Home Server.

Read it here.

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By on September 09th, 2009

Alex Kuretz Interviewed

Alex-Kuretz

Add-In developer and fellow Windows Home Server MVP Alex Kuretz is interviewed by Home Server Land in their continuing series of the Add-In Author Interview’s.

Alex is best known for his add-ins Remote Notification, MSS Fan Control, WHS BDBB, WHS Port Forward and his website MediaSmartServer.net, a community for the HP MediaSmart enthusiast.

You can read the interview here.

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By on September 09th, 2009

Must Have Add-Ins

Technology evangelist Spencer Scott lists 4 of his must have Windows Home Server add-ins which he has tested on his machine.

Spencers Add-Ins

Spencer lists LightsOut, Advanced Admin Console, FTP Manager and WHS Web Logs as his favs, which you can read more about here.

What about yours?

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By on September 08th, 2009

Shuttle K45 Review

sv_6694_2_1If you have ever had a desire to build your own PC from scratch, the biggest hurdle to overcome is the choice of motherboard; for a beginner there is a bewildering array of sizes, chipsets and manufacturers. Where should you start?

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By on September 08th, 2009

Another Undocumented WHS Class

Add-In development company Asoft has a new 5 page PDF document on the undocumented WHS class QShutdown and ShutdownDialog which is located in HomeServerControls.dll.

“This class is a very tiny and simple one that can be used to shut down / reboot / log off the server.
It is also responsible for showing the shutdown dialog when shutting down the server via the settings dialog in the Windows Home Server console itself.”

You can download the PDF here.

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By on September 07th, 2009

Atom Powered Home Build

Another home build but this time with an Atom Processor and all for $190.

Atom Powered Home Build

Listed is the build list and the other additions which the Home Server will be put to, including streaming using Orb and online backup using iDrive.

Read it here.

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By on September 04th, 2009

Using WHS for Exceptional Backup Operation

The How To Be Mobile website have now published parts 3, 4 and 5 of how to Back up with Windows Home Server.

Part 3 looks at configuring WHS by using the Console to create user accounts whilst part 4 looks at configuring shared folders, computer backups and how to add additional storage.

The latest part 5 shows how to configure Windows Home server for remote access.

Listed below are also parts 1 and 2 in case you missed them.

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By on September 04th, 2009

PP3 to Ship 4th Week of October

Ars Technica have been listening carefully to the Power Pack 3 video with CJ Saretto we mentioned the other day.

In the video CJ states that the English version of PP3 will ship in the forth week of October so right at Windows 7 general availability – The countdown commences.

Story courtesy of Ars Technica.

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By on September 03rd, 2009

From Norton Ghost to WHS

“…it occurred to me that most people only begin thinking about recovering data AFTER their hard drive has crashed.”

From an extra hard drive and a copy of Norton Ghost, Adman then progressed to a copy of Windows Home Server. Although he initially could not get his PCs to wake up to do their automatic backups, he now has successful backups.

Read Adman’s story here.

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