A while back, we showed you how to Install PHP on IIS on your Windows Home Server. Thanks to feedback from the community, it has been cleaned up, cleared up, and refined - the section on how to install MySQL has been expanded to include details and brief descriptions. What we didn’t show you in [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 2, 2008
SHOUTcast is a free application which anbles you to access thousands of internet radion stations from all over the world. Did you know you can set up Windows Home Server to be your own, personal SHOUTcast server, so you can listen to internet radio anywhere in your home? We’ll show you how, thanks to Drashna’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Here at We Got Served, we’ve featured quite a few Windows Home Server related books which help you build, install, configure and manage your new home server. Some people are much more visual thinkers however, and if you’re one of these type of people, or you don’t have the time to read a manual, a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 6, 2008
A common question we see popping up all over the Internet is how to upgrade from the beta version of Windows Home Server, or the 120 Day Evaluation version of the software to the standard, licensed product. Many people have tried out WHS, have their hardware setup just right, and are impressed by what it [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 5, 2008
So you’ve bought a Windows Home Server (WHS), now every PC on your network is backed up, you can access shared folders from any PC and stream music and video, as well as show holiday snaps on your TV. Your digital life couldn’t be looking much brighter! But is this it? Can more be done [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 6, 2008
Windows Small Business Server MVP, Kevin Royalty has written a detailed walkthrough for integrating Windows Update Services v3 (WSUS) into Windows Home Server. WSUS is a local copy of Windows Update/Microsoft Update that you control what gets “approved” for installation on the PCs that report to it. Why would you want to do this at home [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 27, 2007
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
Continue reading...Thursday, December 27, 2007
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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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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