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How to… Upgrade Windows Home Server RC to Windows Home Server RTM

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 [...]

HP MediaSmart Home Server - Pricing, Availability, Add-ins Confirmed

Thursday, September 6, 2007

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Further to last month’s online leak of pricing for the HP MediaSmart EX470 and EX475 home servers, HP yesterday confirmed final pricing and availability for the systems in a press release. Seems that the leak was accurate, and the 500Gb EX470 will retail at $599, whilst the 1Tb EX475 will hit the market at $749. The [...]

Tranquil PC T7-HSA Harmony Home Server - Manual Now Available for Download

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

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Things are starting to hot up here in the UK this week, with the Windows Home Server OEM software landing (latest news, distributors still don’t seem to have it, but it’s “imminent”), and as a result, hardware being prepared for shipping. With HP delaying the MediaSmart, and no other OEM releasing WHS hardware until October, Tranquil [...]

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

Saturday, September 1, 2007

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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 [...]

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

Saturday, September 1, 2007

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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 [...]