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!
Continue reading...Monday, June 9, 2008
After a long wait, the community can now download Windows Home Server Power Pack 1, which includes a fix for the much-loved Data Corruption bug. Go download it and beat those last few bugs out of it!
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Further to this week’s review of the Tranquil PC T7-HSA Harmony Home Server, the system is now available to ship with a 1Tb Western Digital Caviar GreenPower hard drive. The GreenPower drive is positioned as an eco-friendly solution with a reduced energy requirement, saving you money and of course, lowering your carbon footprint. If you’re looking to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 13, 2007
If you’ve been running the Windows Home Server beta releases, you’ll be eagerly awaiting your copy of the Windows Home Server RTM final release to drop through your letter box. Whilst the upgrade from the Release Candidate to the final release is pretty straightforward, there are a couple of watch-outs to pay attention to, which [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The Windows Home Server team blog has announced that the Release Candidate build has now been removed from Microsoft Connect in preparation for the 120 day evaluation edition of the final RTM build being made abailable in the next 4-6 weeks via microsoft.com. Existing RC beta keys are still valid, but no new keys will be [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 14, 2007
Further to my post a few days ago previewing a new TiVo Publisher add-in for WHS, Rob has now released the add-in on his blog. The add-in installs as a service, which makes your WHS music, photos, and videos shares browsable from any TiVo that supports home networking. Full installation notes and known issues are included [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 13, 2007
ESET Smart Security is an integrated security solution containing Antivirus / Antispyware, and adds Personal Firewall and Antispam functionality - it’s a little (a lot) like Windows Live OneCare, and according to this forum post the beta version works fine in Windows Home Server, adding another Anti-Virus option for the community. The product is currently at [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 8, 2007
Andrew Grant’s written an excellent “How To” guide on using his Whiist add-in to create a website, hosted on your Windows Home Server, that friends and family around the world can access remotely. The guide is a great introduction to Whiist and discusses some of the options in Whiist, the files that compose your website, and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 6, 2007
If you have attempted to access your home server remotely from a computer that hasn’t had the WHS Connector software installed (your work PC for example) then you will have encountered a warning page in your browser stating that there’s a problem with your website’s security certificate. Phillip Churchill has more details and a potential [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 1, 2007
Speaking of supporting non-English languages, Christoph and Lars over at the MS Homeserver Blog have been doing a brilliant job of supporting the German Windows Home Server community over the past few months. I really hope their work gets recognised by the WHS Team at some point in the future. Today they’ve posted a German [...]
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