Would you like to install WordPress on to Windows Home Server?
WordPress is a blogging script which enables you to have your own blog which would normally be hosted by a web space provider, but some are hosting their WordPress blog on their Windows Home Server machine.
If you would like to learn how to accomplish this, then the digitalmediaphile blog has the details for you.
Website Home Server Land have a great series to securing your Windows Home Server and it’s network.
In part 1 of this series we are shown how to develop a security plan and what you should know about risk management. UPS and surge protection are also discussed.
You can read it here.
Version 1.0.0.3 of WHS File Manager is now available which now supports drag-n-drop and rename.
WHS File Manager is a simple dual-pane file manager for the WHS management console. It allows you to safely copy, move and delete files on your home server. It will only show your shared folders and it will use UNC for file copying. This means it will be slower than copying to/from local disks using remote desktop, but it’s also a lot safer.
Use command buttons in the middle to copy, move or delete files. Or you can drag and drop files and folders from one side to the other.
More info here.
The new features and fixes to Power Pack 2 (PP2) are explained to us by the Windows Home Servers Team CJ Saretto in this Channel 10 video.
The 6 minute video is hosted on Microsoft’s on10.net website.
Version 1.50 Build 1 (Pre Release) of My Movies for Windows Home Server is available which brings storage of meta-data for many different units, and fully automated disc copying from Dacal 100 disc media changers, as well as the following additions:
Storage of meta-data for TViX media players.
Storage of meta-data for HDI Dune media players. (Video)
Storage of meta-data for Popcorn Hour players YAMJ plug-in.
Storage of meta-data for Netgear EVA8000 players.
Support for Dacal PowerDrive DC016 Media Changer for automatic CD and/or DVD copying.
Support for copying audio CD’s to the new mp3HD format. Encoders must manually be copied to the storage area.
Unique disc identification (DiscId and OnlineId) in movie monitoring for DVD ISO and Blu-ray ISO files.
Option to search in the list views to easier locate an entry.
And Fixes:
Issue that caused Edit Data function to not work on unidentified discs.
Issue that could cause problems with some titles including unicode characters.
Issue preventing some CD’s from starting the copy process.
Issue causing CD’s with data tracks to fail on last track.
Issue that caused movie covers not to show in monitoring properties dialog.
Disabled autorun for CD-ROM drives, to ensure that rootkits, ect. from CD’s aren’t automatically installed.
More information on My Movies for Windows Home Server is available from here.
Computerworld has a great 7 page guide on how to build your own Windows Home Server by either recycling an old PC or by building a bare-bones system.
The guide starts off by showing us how to get a copy of WHS. Adjusting bios settings is taken a look at, then installation (including from a USB drive if you have no DVD drive) and finally setup and configuration of your Windows Home Server.
You can read the guide here.
Being April a new bunch of MVPs have been announced, so joining the Windows Home Server category are Jim Clark who helps with the We Got Served community and Alexander Köplinger who is active on the forums on the German Home Server Blog.
Congratulations to you both and welcome along.
More info on Microsoft’s MVP program.
The recently released media server which improves the audio streaming capabilities of Windows Home Server has been updated.
Version 1.1 of Asset UPnP includes:
To Update go to Windows Home Server >> Console >> Settings >> Asset UPnP click Update to 1.1
More details are available from here.
The add-in Router Control which enables you to get more control over your UPnP internet gateway (e.g. see and modify the dynamic port forwards etc) has been updated.
Version 1.1 CTP1 which is for testing purposes only includes the following new features:
More details are available from here.
The Home Server Show podcast #39 talks about replacing hard drives in your Windows Home Server and looks at the options available to you if you have a failure of the WHS system drive.
You can listen here.
