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Teach Yourself Visually: Windows Home Server Now Available

Saturday, February 2, 2008

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Paul McFedries’ second title for Windows Home Server, “Teach Yourself Visually: Windows Home Server” has now been published and is available to order at Amazon. The book is a visual guide to using Windows Home Server, with many more screenshots and images and walkthroughs compared to other titles. Here’s what Amazon have to say: Are you [...]

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How To… Run a Mail Server on Windows Home Server

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

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Whilst users have been excited about the backup and remote access capabilities Windows Home Server brings to the home, many have cited the lack of a mail server as a major weakness of the product. Clearly, the WHS team are aware of the community’s desire for a mail server within Windows Home Server, but this [...]

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FAQ: Windows Home Server and Port Forwarding

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

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Next up in the series of FAQs from the We Got Served forums is a common issue with router configuration. Windows Home Server has the ability to automatically configure many routers to permit access to your home server when away from home, using a technology called uPnP. Unfortunately, not all routers are compatible with uPnP and [...]

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Add-In: WebGuide for Windows Home Server

Thursday, January 10, 2008

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Great news for those of you who have been hanging on for Microsoft to do something with WebGuide for Windows Home Server since their acquisition of the product earlier in the year - from today you can download it as a free add-in for WHS. Webguide for Windows Home Server enables you to remotely access, listen, [...]

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Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 In Depth: WHS Connector Installation Walkthrough

Monday, January 7, 2008

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Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 brings a number of enhancements and fixes to the WHS Connector. The Windows Home Server Connector can now be installed on home computers running Windows Vista x64. Functionality is added to detect that the version of the Windows Home Server Connector software is aligned with the version of Windows Home Server [...]

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Windows Home Server “How To” Tutorials Updated

Thursday, December 27, 2007

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I’m whizzing through the holiday tasks now on the site - the WHS How To page has now been updated with links to a bunch of new tutorials that have been written for Windows Home Server by enthusiasts over the last few months - great work guys! More Info: WHS How Tos

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Great Set of How To Guides Over at MyHomeServer.com

Thursday, December 27, 2007

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Eric over at myhomeserver.com has written a great suite of tutorials for extending the use of your home server, including setting up a printer to allow you to print over the internet, setting a static IP adress for your home server, and upgrading the RAM in a HP MediaSmart Server (a task I’m increasingly thinking [...]

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Windows Home Server for Dummies Now Shipping

Sunday, November 18, 2007

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Just in time for the holidays, Woody Leonhard’s Windows Home Server for Dummies is now available and shipping from Amazon. The book provides a guide to using Windows Home Server, sharing and storing files will hints and tips to help you get the most out of your home server. Here’s the blurb: If you work in [...]

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Check Out the HP Mediasmart Server Reviewer’s Guide

Thursday, November 1, 2007

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   Whilst you’re waiting to hear news about the release date and other news on the HP Mediasmart Server, HP sent through a Reviewer’s Guide for the system, which is being sent out to the press right now, and they’ve kindly given permission for me to post it up on the blog for you to download. So now you [...]

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Windows Home Server User’s Guide - Available Next Week

Sunday, October 21, 2007

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Over the summer, I was lucky enough to be invited by Apress to be the Technical Reviewer on Andrew Edney’s Windows Home Server User’s Guide. The job entailed ensuring Andrew’s text was technically correct, all walkthroughs, hints and tips did what they were meant to, and generally give a steer on ensuring that the technical [...]

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