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New HP MediaVault NAS Announced For Small Business

30. March 2007

HP yesterday announced a new version of their Media Vault specifically designed for Small Business. Christened the HP StorageWorks Media Vault Pro, the system is an affordable (sub-$1000) NAS solution with 1 TB of disk space, and interestingly, 2 GB of free online storage space from Spare Backup. The form factor looks the same as [...]

Where is Your Home Server?

28. March 2007

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As I’ve mentioned previously, we’re moving house in a few months time, and will be knocking the house around a little which gives ample opportunity to design my home network properly - this time (I think) using a combination of wireless and ethernet. THe positioning of my home server and router is going to be [...]

New HP Form Factors

28. March 2007

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My main desktop died at the weekend - we had some kind of power cut in the week, and no, I don’t currently use a UPS so it went pop! Fortunately, Windows Home Server had everything backed up, (and I have all my important stuff on an external hard drive too just in case). Fortunately, [...]

Windows Home Server Website Live at Microsoft.com

26. March 2007

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Microsoft.com now has a minisite up and running for Windows Home Server. There’s a few nuggets of new information available: Windows Home Server will be available in English, German, French and Spanish at release. Microsoft are expecting third-party virus and malware protection, media sharing, home security and automation products to be made available. Confirmation that remote access to [...]

3400 Bugs Submitted

23. March 2007

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The Windows Home Server Team blog announced today that almost 3400 bugs have been submitted on Beta 2 by testers over the past few weeks - great work! Of those bugs, 992 are suggestions for new features (Media Center streaming, anyone?) leaving 2385 bugs which are slowly being worked through. There’s a breakdown of the [...]

Selling the Sizzle

22. March 2007

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Interesting post a couple of days ago on the Windows Home Server blog. “How do you explain the benefits of Windows Home Server to the “end user” (not the administrator of Windows Home Server, but the person who you may need to convince or explain why this software is important, cool, or some other adjective [...]

Windows Home Server - Autumn Availability at 500 Euros?

17. March 2007

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I’m not usually one for speculation, but a German Press Agency article from this years CeBIT trade show is reporting that the entry price for Windows Home Server devices will be 500 euros (£342), with OEM machines being released in the Autumn. Given that we’re at the Beta 2 stage, a mid/late summer release to manufacturing [...]

Update for TALQ at Connect

17. March 2007

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If you’ve been using Windows Home Server and have submitted a bug, it’s likely that you’ve used the TALQ application. TALQ generates a logfile on your Windows Home Server computer, and home computer which is sent with your bug to help Microsoft understand what caused your bug to happen. An updated version of TALQ is now [...]

Removing Home Computers from Your Windows Home Server Beta 2 Setup

16. March 2007

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Windows Home Server Beta 2 has a known bug that prevents you from removing home computers (“client” computers) from the list of computers that appear in the Windows Home Server console. You can physically remove the computer from the network, but WHS still thinks it’s there, and will report the computer as “At Risk”. Doug Knox [...]

Back in the UK

16. March 2007

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Well, I’m now back in the UK following a pretty exhausting work trip taking in Athens, Hong Kong and New Zealand. I won’t bore you with the details, but it was a great experience, and one which I’m actually repeating in April (as long as I can handle the jet lag!). Normal service now resumed!

Archive | March, 2007

New HP MediaVault NAS Announced For Small Business

Where is Your Home Server?

New HP Form Factors

Windows Home Server Website Live at Microsoft.com

3400 Bugs Submitted

Selling the Sizzle

Windows Home Server - Autumn Availability at 500 Euros?

Update for TALQ at Connect

Removing Home Computers from Your Windows Home Server Beta 2 Setup

Back in the UK

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