Loads of components are listed on the Hardware section of the WHS Forums for home built Windows Home Server’s and David McCabe of the Windows Home Server Podcast has put together his own build list for a home built Home Server. At just under $600 (£300) and using some pretty nice components, you can view his build sheet here.
The German, French and Spanish language versions of Power Pack 1 are now available from the Microsoft Download Center. So, if you don’t want to wait till August 12th when they will be available from Windows Update, then here are the manual download locations.
Great news for those in Asia, yesterday the Windows Home Server Team signed of the Japanese language build and the 3 Chinese language builds* of Windows Home Server. Great news!, ?????, ???.
* Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional and Chinese Traditional Hong Kong.
If you order the free 120-Day Evaluation Kit of Windows Home Server from Microsoft they will now ship it to you free of charge as well. And this also applies to international orders, so wherever you may be in the world, now is the time to order a copy.
The Evaluation Kit comprises the Windows Home Server Installation DVD, Connector CD and the Home Computer Restore CD.
The Duplication Info Add-in for Windows Home Server has been updated to version 1.2.0.0. The add-in allows you to see how files are duplicated between hard drives.
Change Log:
Download from the author’s site here. Thanks to We Got Served for the details.
MediaSmarthome.com have a step by step guide to installing the Microsoft 64bit Vista connector software for Windows Home Server on to your PC, which can be viewed here.
If you would like an easy way to access your Windows Home Server stored music, then We Got Served have a great how-to on installing the FireFly Media Server along with the Firefly add-in just like HP did on their MediaSmart Server’s.
Read it here.
A great video has been posted about Windows Home Server. Based around Dave who owns a successful plumbing and heating company and Heather, who is a ballet instructor and the love of Dave’s life; who live in their home with Devo the dog and Saison the cat. The video looks at Dave’s business without and with a Windows Home Server and Heather’s laptop, again without and with.
It’s really small and cute says Heather, talking about the MediaSmart Server. This video case study is defiantly worth a watch, after which you’ll agree with the narrator let Windows Home Server bring peace into your home.
The Home Server Show Podcast #12 this week discusses the HP MediaSmart Server update including PVConnect and McAfee, as well as the latest news and lots more. Listen here.
We discussed yesterday about the new media refresh of Windows Home Server being available from September and since then the Windows Home Server team have published a list of part numbers (SKU’s) for the different language versions of WHS which will be available within the system builder channel.
Remember there is no need to wait until the new media refresh is released. If you buy a copy today the PP1 update is free and will be applied via a Windows Update.
| Language Version | Old SKU No | New SKU No |
| Spanish | CCQ-00018 | CCQ-00057 |
| French | CCQ-00016 | CCQ-00058 |
| German | OSB CCQ-00017 and CCQ-00038 |
CCQ-00060 |
| English | CCQ-00015 | CCQ-00061 |
| Japanese | ————- | CCQ-00019 |
| Chinese Simplified | ————- | CCQ-00068 |
| Chinese Traditional | ————- | CCQ-00069 |
| Chinese Traditional Hong Kong | ————- | CCQ-00070 |
