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How To: Build a Maxed Out Home Server

A number of websites have run articles featuring ways to build the cheapest, and greenest home servers – we thought it would be fun to pull together a guide on building a hardcore, maxed out home server, that would blow everything else away in terms of power. Intel's Stephen Murha rolls up his sleeves, sharpens his screwdriver and shows us how.

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F-Secure Home Server Security 2009 Release Candidate Available

Yesterday, Finnish security specialist F-Secure announced the availability of F-Secure Home Server Security 2009 Release Candidate to beta testers. The anti-virus software protects content stores on your home server from viruses, worms, trojans and other spyware.

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A Guide to Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Beta - Part 3

By now, you probably have Power Pack 1 Beta installed. I know I do. But what exactly are you supposed to do with it? What does the team want from you? Well, as ever they want your input. But first, we are going to go over how to gather that feedback and properly submit it to the Microsoft Connect site.

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A Guide to Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Beta - Part 2

We are going to go over some of the options of how to test PP1 and how to backup your data Remember, you are supposed to break it, so bad things don't happen when it is released!

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A Guide to Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Beta - Part 1

If you've been an active part of the Windows Home Server community, I'm sure you've already heard about the upcoming Power Pack 1 Beta and are anxious to try it out! Among a list of things that have been fixed, tweaked and optimized is that nasty data corruption bug. But that isn't just it. So first, lets go over exactly what has been improved in Power Pack 1 and see why people are so eager to test it out!

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How-To: Install phpMyAdmin on your Windows Home Server

So far, we've shown you how to install php on your webserver, and how to install a number of great software packages for your website. But what we haven't done yet is show you how to easily manage your databases for your websites. Managing your database includes creating new databases, tables, entries. Or even deleting or editing them. phpMyAdmin gives a much nicer and easier to used interface for interacting with MySQL than a command line.

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Turn Your USB Flash Drive into a Windows Install Disk

Many of us more technically-inclined poeple have probably built our own Windows Home Server systems by now or are considering it.  But one of the more tricky problems with building your own Home Server is how to install it.  Sure there is picking up a spare DVD drive just to install Home Server intially, but most [...]

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Exclusive Discount for WGS Readers On the Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo Home Server

If you’re in the market for a home server, and liked the look of the Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo Home Server we reviewed last week, you’ll be definitely interested to know that FSC are offering WGS readers a small, but perfectly formed exclusive discount on both the Scaleo 1900 and 1500 models. To activate the discount, all you [...]

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Hands-On: Chenbro ES34069 Home Server Chassis

 Model: Chenbro ES34069   Manufacturer: Chenbro  Price: £175 (inc VAT) More Info: www.mini-itx.com With only a few OEMs releasing dedicated Windows Home Server systems to the market, many enthusiasts have taken it upon themselves to build their own home servers, either through recycling old systems and components lying around the house (Windows Home Server’s hardware requirements a far more [...]

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Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo Home Server FAQ Published

Fujitsu-Siemens today released a FAQ page for their Scaleo Home Server - these are now shipping in Germany, but right now, I’m still waiting to receive our review system. More Info: Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo Home Server

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