The Week in Review – Sunday’s Summary

Here is a summary of everything we have posted here on MS Windows Home Server for the last 7 days, just in case you missed something that we posted throughout the week. The Week in Review – Sunday’s Summary:

• Information about the automatic router configuration feature in Windows Home Server
  • There is a new Knowledge Base article from Microsoft. Article ID 944993 is entitled “Information about the automatic router configuration feature in Windows Home Server”. The article contains information about automatic router configuration in Windows Home Server and also describes the steps…
• Windows Home Server – More Reviews
  • The reviews for Windows Home Server are a plenty. Here we have 5 more for you. News 8 Austin from Texas has a news cast on the HP MediaSmart Server, which is available for viewing from the following page. One of the team at Connected Internet, the site dedicated to the latest technology is building…
• Technical Brief for Home Networking Available
  • Microsoft has released a new white paper, “The Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Networking”. This PDF document provides an in-depth look at home networking and how it applies to WHS. Within it’s contents we are shown a recommended home network configuration, are taken through a…
• HP MediaSmart Manuals Online
  • On the HP customer care site there is now lots of technical support information for the MediaSmart Server EX470 and EX475. There are 14 FAQ’s and over 150 technical support documents. The main categories from their support site are: Solve a problemSetup and installHow to useProduct…
• HP MediaSmart Server in Stock and Shipping
  • The HP MediaSmart Server’s are now in stock at hpshopping.com. HP are $10 cheaper than Amazon.com for the EX470 and the same price for the EX475, but you don’t get the $20 discount that Amazon are providing and you must pay taxes too. Still, it’s a good deal, with free standard shipping and it…
• Review – Expert Guide to Windows Home Server
  • UK Magazine PC Pro have an Expert guide to Windows Home Server on their website. The 4 page article covers the features of WHS. Read it here.
• Diskeeper Winners Announced
  • Well done to those of you that entered our competition to win 1 of 5 copy’s of Diskeeper 2008 HomeServer Edition, the defrag tool for WHS. We had many entries to the question:What is the maximum supported volume size supported in Diskeeper2008 HomeServer Edition. Is it:A) 768GBB) UnlimitedC)…
• KeepVault Updated
  • KeepVault the online backup solution for Windows Home Server has been updated. The original version for WHS 2.10 was released on 5 November (2007). This latest update 2.12 dated 11 November (2007), incorporates the following: Optimize retry attempts after network connectivity issues Set file…
• High-Priority Updates for WHS
  • Two updates are available for our server machines today:Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool – November 2007 (KB890830)After the download, this tool runs once to check your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove…
• Whoops – It’s Silly Error Message Time

  Here we have an error message during Windows Home Server installation that caused us to laugh.      Many thanks to digWin and Antonio for the pic.

• Windows Home Server Toolkit – The User Manual
  • In this post we hope to give you the information you need to get the most from Microsoft’s Windows Home Server Toolkit, a tool and an add-in with many advanced features. It’s important to note that the Toolkit will not make any changes to your computer, it will point out where the problem(s) lie…
• Tranquil T7-HSA Home Server Video Review
  • The Digital Lifestyle.com Video Show takes a look at Tranquil’s T7-HSA Home Server. The 14 minute video can be viewed from the following location.
• Remote Desktop for Mac available for WHS
  • I would like to bring to your attention an RDC Client for the Mac. It enables you to to remote desktop into your server from a MAC machine, and it works really well. As their blurb states:Remote Desktop Connection Client lets you connect to a Microsoft Windows-based computer and work with programs…
• Exclusive: Windows Home Server Tool Kit Updates
  • For those of you that don’t know, the Windows Home Server Tool Kit is a collection of utilities that can help you diagnose Windows Home Server product installation and operation related issues within your home network, it is not just an add-in.Today we can tell you about what is planed for newer…
• HP MediaSmart Stuff
  • If you missed the HP and Microsoft MediaSmart Server Webcasts from November the 8th and 9th, then thanks to one of our readers Allen who has supplied the replay links.Nov. 8 Replay Link:https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=1032357734&role=attend&pw=ASD879Nov. 9 Replay…
• Questions – We need your Answers
  • We have some questions from our readers that we are posting here so (hopefully) you can help answer them. First off we have Jacques from Switzerland, who asks the following:Do your PC’s wake up each night and go to sleep automatically after being backed up by WHS ?I have three PC’s, all with…
• Duplication Info Add-in for WHS Updated
  • The Duplication Info Add-in for Windows Home Server has been updated to version 1.0.1.3. The add-in allows you to see how files are duplicated between hard drives.Change Log: New icon Fixed “CreateFile() failed.” problem with path which contains some non-ASCII characters More information and the…
• EX475 MediaSmart Server Available for Pre-Order in the UK
  • A search for Hewlett Packard EX475 on Google.co.uk brings up 2 retailers that are taking pre-orders for Windows Home Server. First is Amazon.co.uk selling the EX475 for £456.51 with free UK delivery. Interestingly they also have a 3 and a 5 year extended warranty available for an additional…
• Windows Home Server on Computer Talk Show
• Let’s Talk Computers which has been broadcasting computer news and reviews since 1989 has an interview with Joel Sider, Senior Product Manager for Windows Home Server, who discusses the features of WHS.The 15 minute interview from November 10, 2007 is available for Real Audio or Windows Media…

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