This morning at the CES conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft will announce the forthcoming release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (formerly known as Windows Home Server Update Release 1). This is a feature update pack that will be released as a free upgrade through Windows Update to all Windows Home Server users in [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 6, 2008
Windows Small Business Server MVP, Kevin Royalty has written a detailed walkthrough for integrating Windows Update Services v3 (WSUS) into Windows Home Server. WSUS is a local copy of Windows Update/Microsoft Update that you control what gets “approved” for installation on the PCs that report to it. Why would you want to do this at home [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 3, 2008
At CES next week, HP will be making a number of announcements regarding their MediaSmart suite of products, which includes the HP MediaSmart Server. We Got Served was sent early details of those announcements today (you’ll see that CNET and Engadget have covered this too today). In Spring 2008 (Engadget reckon February, but that’s not confirmed) a free [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 30, 2007
Those of you tracking the data corruption issue which was reported last week will be interested to know that the Knowledge Base article outlining the issue has been updated. The update provides more details on how the issue occurs and reassures users that computer backup and restore is not affected. Update as of December 28, 2007 This issue [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 27, 2007
I’m whizzing through the holiday tasks now on the site - the WHS How To page has now been updated with links to a bunch of new tutorials that have been written for Windows Home Server by enthusiasts over the last few months - great work guys! More Info: WHS How Tos
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Once you update your home server with the November update, there’s a few tasks you need to complete to get your homeserver.com domain rocking again, this time without any SSL Certificate issues. Fear not, though, as the WHS team have done a quick How To Guide on the team blog to ensure everything ticks over [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Good morning! Today is Tuesday 27th November 2007 and your home server will, at some point in the next 25 hours, receive the Windows Home Server November Update which will make it and you feel a little better. Keep an eye on Windows Update, and shout if you see if it’s available. Here’s what you’ll get.
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The next in the semi-regular series of planned updates for Windows Home Server will be available to download via Windows Update on Tuesday November 27th. There are a few fixes in the forthcoming update, the most visible being a resolution to a long outstanding problem with Windows Home Server throughout the Beta and RTM releases - [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 4, 2007
A few weeks ago, I invited readers of WGS to submit any questions they had for the Windows Home Server team. Questions were submitted from all over the world, and I’m delighted to say that the team have come back with detailed and candid responses, including a lot of news for the community, including: A new Windows [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 27, 2007
A few people have reported problems with re-installing the WHS Connector software on their home computers, after running the Windows Home Server September Update (I guess I was lucky as mine installed without a hitch). Microsoft have identified an issue with the update and are currently working to resolve it - meanwhile, a workaround has been [...]
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Monday, January 7, 2008
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