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The Home Server Show 183

The Home Server Show 183

We are back with another edition of The Home Server Show.  It’s episode 183 and this week we will be talking with Patrick Kennedy from servethehome.com. He goes over all the new options on the Intel Ivy Bridge platform.  We also have some cloud news, follow up, and more.  Enjoy. You can also view this [...]

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The Home Server Show 182

The Home Server Show 182

We can’t stop talking about Windows 8 and Media Center. It all comes back to storage though. Plenty of server conversation as well as some follow up on cloud options and HD Home Run streaming.  This show was recorded on Google On Air Hangout and we had a lot of fun with it.  While your [...]

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The Home Server Show 181

The Home Server Show 181

The Home Server Crew is back and we have a marathon for you. There was plenty to cover since we missed a week.  We have a lot of media related news and gadgets to talk about but the big topic is cloud services.  How many do you have? Use?  It was eye opening just trying [...]

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Perfect Disk for Windows Home Server 30% off

Perfect Disk for Windows Home Server 30% off

PerfectDisk promotion for Home Server Show readers and listeners.  Any product offered by Raxco is now 30% off if you use this link and coupon code. The coupon code is: SERVERSHOW30 Raxco makes plenty of software to speed up your PC’s but they also make PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server.  There are versions for both [...]

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Go from podcast listener to creator

Go from podcast listener to creator

It’s time.  The Home Server Show has enjoyed producing 180 episodes and BYOB is running great at over half that much.  Nope, we are not folding shop we are looking for more!  I’m putting the call out for all enthusiasts in whatever category you might want to talk about for two reasons.  The first is [...]

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The Home Server Show 180

The Home Server Show 180

I crawled out from underneath my rock and found out how popular this Hunger Games stuff is.  Also, Microsoft drops a bombshell on the Media Center enthusiast crowd.  Media Center is now an add on software only on the Windows 8 Pro edition.  John, Jim, and Dave are dropped into the Hunger Games arena to [...]

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Review: Zalman VE200 External Hard Drive/Virtual Drive Enclosure

Review: Zalman VE200 External Hard Drive/Virtual Drive Enclosure

Guest post by forums member: ikon Zalman (http://www.zalman.com/eng/main.asp) is pretty well known for their computer accessories, particularly their CPU and GPU cooling products. Over the past few years they have expanded their line to include cases, power supplies, VGA cards, hard disk enclosures, and others. Recently, Zalman released a 2.5” hard drive enclosure that brings [...]

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The Home Server Show 179

The Home Server Show 179

There are those shows you remember and some you would rather forget.  Episode 179 will not be forgotten by me due to two things.  The first, Skype hates me, and two, Susan Bradley joined us for some conversation.  It was hard for me to wrap the show because we all wanted to hear more from [...]

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UR2 Computer Monitoring Error Hotfix now available from Microsoft

UR2 Computer Monitoring Error Hotfix now available from Microsoft

If you are one of the fortunate few (i say that tongue in cheek, see warning below) plagued by the computer monitoring error bug from UR2 a hotfix is now available for you.  This bug was introduced by Update Rollup 2 for Windows Home Server 2011, SBS Server 2011, Storage Server 2008 R2, and Windows [...]

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The Home Server Show 178

The Home Server Show 178

We have two servers to talk about.  The Lacie 5big Network 2 and the HP Microserver N40L.  Lots of other hardware to talk about and I’ve got a deal for you on Raxco’s PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server 2011 and version 1.  I’ll also show you how to transfer photos from your iOS device directly [...]

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