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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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Windows XP SP3 Update Breaks Windows Home Server Remote Access?

Some Windows Home Server users are reporting Remote Access problems after updating their home computers to Windows XP Service Pack 3, although with successful installs also being reported, it is unknown at this point how widespread the issue is.

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Under the Hood… Tranquil PC’s Plan for Resolving a Home Server Failure

Great post from David at Tranquil around a topic that has created lots of debate over at the Microsoft WHS Forums - whilst Windows Home Server does a great job of backing up and protecting your home computers, so you can restore them quickly and easily in the event of a system failure, what happens [...]

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HP MediaSmart Delay: Improvements to Initial WHS Setup, Remote Access Configuration, Firewall Conflicts and Help Files

Over the past two days there have been a number of reports about HP delaying release of their HP MediaSmart Servers due to enhancements that are currently being worked on at Microsoft, to make the product more “user-friendly”. Delaying a hardware release for a few months is a pretty big decision, and I was initially concerned [...]

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