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Good news for those of us who use Advanced Admin Console for Windows Home Server Version 1. A new version (0.5.4) is available which is a maintenance release that fixes some bugs. Here’s what the developer Andreas Miceli has to say about the update: “This is a maintenance release which fixes a number of minor [...]
If you’re new to WHS, there may be times where you want to shutdown or restart it for various reasons. It’s an easy process, and you probably already figured it out, if not, here we’ll take a look at how to do it through the WHS Console. This is another post in the WHS-101 Series. [...]
One of the cool things you can do with Windows Media Center is connect it to WHS to access your media content. Here we will take a look at the process of using WMC Connector in Windows 7 to access WHS media. This is another post in the WHS-101 Series. Connect Windows Media Center with [...]
So, you have your brand new WHS version 1 box up and running and want to access WHS from other PCs on your network. Today we take a look at how to install the WHS Connector software so can control the server and its functions. By installing WHS Connector software on the other Windows PCs [...]
If you ever find you need extra storage for your WHS, one of the cool things you can do is add an external hard drive. If you’re a beginner and aren’t comfortable adding an internal drive, an easy solution is adding an external drive and here’s how. This is another post in the WHS-101 Series. [...]
With WHS there are definitely a lot of ways to get your media content around your home network. If you own an Xbox 360 you might want the ability to access content from WHS from the Xbox to use it as part of your media center in another room. Setup WHS for Library Sharing The [...]
If you want to save power and energy and still have access to PCs on your network, a good solution is to use Wake-on-Lan. Today we take a look at a new WHS Add-in called Magic WOL that does a great job of remotely waking up your PCs for RDP sessions. Magic WOL is a [...]
Windows Home Server is an awesome way to share and store files on a home or small office network. However, if you’re constantly moving files between different machines on your network to WHS, after time you’ll undoubtedly end up with duplicates. After time, this can waste valuable server space. This is where the Duplicate File [...]
From what we have read, HP is out of the WHS market as far as it pertains to the new version “Vail” and their Media Smart Server Line. According to the WHS blog, HP Media Server is set to retire. Ouch…. we will keep tabs on this news throughout the day…. but if you have [...]
Yes…we all know the decision MS has taken about potentially taking Drive Extender out of ”Vail” or WHS 2 as one might call it. Keep in mind that WHS Version 1 will be supported through 2013, and the current Beta of Vail supports drive extender. No matter how you feel about the issue, these are [...]
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