Further to yesterday’s post regarding the two new books announced for Windows Home Server, both authors have been in touch with the site separately to request your input. Andrew Edney, author of Windows Home Server User’s Guide, (US Link) emailed me yesterday afternoon to request your thoughts on what areas of Windows Home Server should be [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 18, 2007
For those of you looking for an in-depth looking into installing, configuring and running Windows Home Server day to day, two books have been announced which may just help. Windows Home Server For Dummies (US Link) is currently slated for the end of December, and promises 384 pages of Home Server tips and tricks. Here’s what Amazon [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 17, 2007
Andrew Grant has updated his Whiist (Windows Home IIS (Internet Information Services) Toolkit) add-in for Windows Home Server. Whiist allows you to create webpages and weblinks within WHS, which can be accessed from your home server’s remote access frontpage. New in v0.6: New folder picker dialog Added WHS “Look and Feel” to the UI Added Right-Click menu to Websites/Links Added option [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 16, 2007
The first beta release of WebGuide for Windows Home Server has been released for download and testing. WebGuide extends Windows Home Server to allow you to view and stream your media (DVDs, Videos, Music and Photos) remotely whilst away from home. If you have a Media Center PC on your home network, WebGuide also supports [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 16, 2007
One of the coolest features of Windows Home Server is the ease with which you can add additional hard drives to the pool of storage you have available on your server. Windows Home Server makes no reference to traditional hard drive letters - you simply have a poll of storage available to store data on, spread [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 14, 2007
Christophe’s pulled together a 14 minute video of the RC1 Installation Routine. Crack out the popcorn and check it out!
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Philip Churchill’s written a great “How to” guide on ensuring you can install Windows Home Server without those dreaded installation errors. From experience, both Windows Vista and Windows Home Server are both highly susceptible to errors caused by a problem with DVD burning, due to their use of the new “WinPE 2.0″ installation system. I remember [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 13, 2007
One of the big changes in Windows Home Server RC1 is a brand new look and feel for the installation experience. Nice to see the XP/Server 2003 installation process updated with a brand new look… Here a few quick screenshots.
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 12, 2007
So, you’ve been eager to try out Windows Home Server…. tried to get into the beta, didn’t manage it. Just stumbled upon WHS recently, and want a piece of it? Now’s your chance. Whilst the early stages of the beta were limited to a set number of managed beta testers, the Windows Home Server team [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 12, 2007
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1722401&SiteID=50 The Windows Home Server product team would like to ask everybody to opt in to the “Customer Experience Improvement” program during the RC release of Windows Home Server. The anonymous data collected will help us better understand how many servers are up and running as well as some basic data about those servers, number [...]
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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