Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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BYOB Podcast Episode 47

BYOB Episode 47 is available. For those of you not in the know, the Build Your Own Box podcast is for those of you who love to assemble your own PCs, Home Server’s etc. and this weeks edition has lots of chat on hardware (naturally), plus a short discussion on backups and clean uninterrupted power. […]

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Add-In: My Movies for WHS 2011 2.00 Pre Release 9

My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has had an update. Version 2.00 Pre Release 9 (released June 15th 2011) includes the following changes: Fix: Issue with license user, where the license wasn’t available for the services. Fix: Notification addition is now running in own thread. Fix: Monitoring now only runs when language and country […]

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Add-In: My Movies for WHS 2.00 Pre Release 3

My Movies for Windows Home Server (v1) has an update. Version 2.00 Pre Release 3 (released June 15th 2011) includes the following changes: Fix: DataLanguage was missing in Settings Fix: Monitoring now doesn’t run without a datalanguage. Fix: Removed Firewall settings button to make room for language configuration. The download for this media management add-in […]

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool Build 1856

Build 1856 of StableBit DrivePool is available for download. This latest release has the following changes: Free space in the drives list is now updated periodically. Sometimes a task wizard would report success before the task finished. More details on this Drive Extender replacement add-in are available from here.

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 140

Another mix of debate and news from the guys at The Home Server Show podcast, and this weeks episode is packed full of Windows Home Server goodness: Alex Piskarev from covecube.com dropped by to talk about StableBit, DrivePool, Scanner, and some interesting tools he developed for WHS v1′s backup database.  We have news and meetup […]

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StableBit DrivePool Build 1838

Build 1838 of StableBit DrivePool is available and includes the following changes: Increased logging disk free space limit to 200MB. Increased daily log file size limit to 50MB. ETW logs were being reset when entering the about window. More details on StableBit DrivePoo can be found here.

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Problems Installing WHS 2011 Connector Software?

Microsoft have released a Find My Server Wizard tool which helps you find your WHS 2011 server on the network. Ideal if you are having problems finding your server using http://<ServerName>/connect , enabling you to install the connector software: “If you type http://<ServerName>/connect in the address bar of your web browser (where <ServerName> is the […]

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Installing Drivers on the Intel Media Series Motherboard

The Intel Media Series motherboards which include Intel NICs are ideal for a Windows Home Server 2011 build but installing drivers can be a problem with these boards. Luckily for Intel Media Series owners, Andrew Van Til has written up the details on how to get these drivers installed especially for the the network interface […]

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HP ProLiant MicroServer for £122

For those of you in the UK HP have extended their £100 cash back offer on their ProLiant MicroServer. The offer which originally started on the 1st of February is now extended until the 30th June, which means after cash back the MicroServer can be got for less than £122. The cheapest we have found […]

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Acer RevoCenter Announced and Demoed at Computex 2011

At Computex 2011 (a computer trade show in Tiawan), the Acer RevoCenter powered by Windows Home Server 2011 was announced: “The Acer RevoCenter was connected with a variety of devices showcasing a true always on Connected Home experience.  Many people were interested to see scenarios where they could access their media anywhere in the world […]