Category: News

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Is Home Server Heading for the Nearest Cloud?

Media Center MVP Ian Dixon has special guest Ed Bott on episode 250 of "The Media Center Show". Best-selling author and award-winning journalist Ed, gives his views on where technology is heading including Windows Home Server , which in his opinion has no future as it is heading to the cloud! Ed’s comments on WHS […]

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The Dropbox Sync App on WHS

Minnaar Pieters installs the popular file sync app Dropbox on his Windows Home Server. Ex lecturer Minnaar has Dropbox installed on his Macbook, a Windows 7 PC, WHS and his iPhone enabling him to keep all his documents in sync and backup up. I also have a Windows Home Server at home, so I was […]

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Another ASUS TS mini Home Server Review

SmallNetBuilder has a review of the Asus TS mini Home Server. The review looks at the unit, both inside and out as well as looking at the value added software Asus has included on top of the Windows Home Server platform. Specifications and performance charts for file copy read/write performance are also included. …the TS […]

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Don’t Get a Drobo Build a Server

Don’t Get a Drobo (Build a Server) is a post by Ian Aleksander Adams, who states: …I’ve also recommended the Drobo product in the past. After lengthy use, I’m revoking my recommendation entirely. Make some kind of home server out of an old shell or buy something that doesn’t use a proprietary data format. Yes, […]

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Backup, Share, Listen and Watch – The Librarian Explains

The Shifted Librarian (also known as Jenny Levine) decided it was time to investigate a centralized backup solution, a way to listen to her music collection from anywhere, and the ability to listen to different music in different rooms of the house. Ideally she also wanted similar access for her video, with an easy way […]

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Asus TS mini Home Server Arrives in Japan

The Asus TS mini Home Server in now available to the Japanese market. It finally has reached Japan (26 March 2010), and costs 49,800 Yen ($536). Powered by an Atom N280 1.66GHz processor, with 1GB of RAM (Max 2), 1TB of HDD (3.5”), an Intel 945GSE Express Card, Gigabyte Ethernet, 6x USB 2.0 ports and […]

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Mislabeled MediaSmart Server 3.0 Discs

Some MediaSmart Server 3.0 Upgrade users received their discs with the labels on the PC restore disc and server recovery disc swapped, naturally causing confusion. The error has now been corrected which affected North American English 3.0 upgrade discs for the EX470/EX475 series only. No other models, countries, and languages were affected.  If your set […]

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TV series Designing Spaces to Feature WHS

The Windows Home Server team have filmed a 10-minute feature story for the national TV show Designing Spaces, the show for homeowners and do-it-yourself enthusiasts. Entitled “Innovations for the Connected Family, Solutions for Managing and Protecting Your Media”, it was filmed to educate families and home office users about Windows Home Server. It features Senior […]

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LAN Driver Package for Easier Recoverys

If you have ever needed to restore your Windows Home Server you would have inserted the recovery cd and carried on the recovery process from there. If you are one of the unlucky ones, your LAN device may not have the necessary drivers on the CD and the restore process will pause waiting for you […]

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10 Reasons Why You Need a Windows Home Server

The top 10 reasons why you need a Win?dows Home Server is a list on CompTronicsTec.com. A site dedicated to all the tec in your digital home, which you can read here.