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Review: F-Secure Home Server Security (Beta)

Monday, May 5, 2008

Up until now in the world of the Windows Home Server, when it comes to anti-virus products there really has only been one choice - Avast! windows Home Server Edition. Now there’s a bit of competition with the recent release of the F-Secure Home Server Security beta. When I was planning this article I thought I would [...]

Add-In: EasyRadius (Beta)

Monday, April 28, 2008

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Brent Freidman is keeping himself and the rest of us busy with another add-in release this week. EasyRadius allows the simple installation and management of a Radius Server to provide added security for your home server. Features: Install (or uninstall) Internet Authentication Services Configure IAS for Radius use (on install) Create the Radius User Group Manage Radius Users Add/Remove Radius Users Change [...]

Add-In Update: Firefly WHS 0.0.2

Sunday, April 27, 2008

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Nic Bedford has updated his Firefly WHS add-in which controls the settings for Firefly Media Server running on Windows Home Server. Version 0.0.2 fixes a problem whereby the add-in stated that the service needed restarting even when no settings had been changed. Download: Firefly WHS | Forum

HP MediaSmart Server and Windows Home Server - Analysts React

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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HP have passed us through a YouTube video with interviews with noted Tech Analysts Richard Doherty and Rob Enderle singing the praises of Windows Home Server and, of course, the HP MediaSmart Server. If you have a spare five minutes, check it out below:

What Windows Home Server Hardware Do You Have: Poll Update

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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Which WHS System Are You Using? We’ve been asking our members and visitors to the WGS forums what WHS systems they are using for just over two months now. We believe this is the best source of data available anywhere on what people are using for WHS. As well as the limited numbers of commercial systems available [...]

HP’s Managed Home Team Answer Your Questions

Monday, April 21, 2008

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A few weeks ago we invited WGS readers to submit the questions they want answered by HP’s Managed Home Team - these are the people who brought you the HP MediaSmart Server, as well as HP’s MediaSmart TV, the HP MediaVault and the forthcoming HP MediaSmart Connect media receiver. As you’ll see, the team provide a [...]

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

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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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 [...]

Hands-On: Fujitsu-Siemens SCALEO 1900 Home Server

Thursday, April 10, 2008

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Model: SCALEO 1900 Home Server Manufacturer: Fujitsu-Siemens Price: £469.99 Website: www.fujitsu-siemens-shop.co.uk Despite the fact that we’re almost six months into the general availability of Windows Home Server, one of the most worrying statistics that must be keeping Microsoft awake at night is that HP are the only major OEM partner to have come on board with a bespoke hardware solution [...]

HP Announce HP Upline Remote Backup Service

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

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HP today announced the launch of HP Upline, an online back-up and data storage service open to individuals, families and small businesses. ehomeupgrade.com has full details of the service. HP Upline users have access to a variety of tools, including: File sharing and remote access – share files of any size by emailing a password protected and time-limited [...]

Weekend Home Server Maintenance - MediaSmart Server and Squeezebox Upgrades

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

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At the weekend, I worked through a couple of much needed upgrades for my home server. First off was upgrading the memory on my HP MediaSmart Server - the 512Mb of memory bundled with the server is fine if you want to just use the base functionality of Windows Home Server. However, if you want [...]