Avast have updated some of their Anti Virus products to version 5 but not avast! WHS Edition, so what’s happening? WeGotServed originally posted the answer and on further investigation we found the required info on the avast! Blog. The three products currently at version 5 are avast 5 Free AV, avast 5 Pro AV, and […]
Brent Friedman developer of WHS Mobile is asking if he should make his add-in free. WHS Mobile lets you manage Windows Home Server from your Windows Mobile device or from an iPhone/iTouch and currently costs a couple of Dollars (£1.19) from Apple’s App Store. So do you use the add-in? Should it still be a […]
MediaSmartServer.net is reporting that TwonkyMedia have resolved an issue with TwonkyMedia Server 5.1.2 concering high CPU utilisation. TwonkyMedia suggest a patch was delivered to HP in December so we could expect that patch in “early March” from them. More details here.
The Smackdown (also known as Developer Smackdown) is a podcast by Mark Nichols and Clark Sell who use their consulting experiences as a base for discussing how software is designed and created. Their latest musing #13 is all on Windows Home Server and why the guys like it, which is a great listen. Its available […]
WeGotServed and the German www.home-server-blog.de site have been reporting issues where owners of the 1500 and 1900 Series Fujitsu SCALEO Home Servers have had problems when using the Home Server recovery disc to perform a server recovery. This is due to incorrect labeling within the restore wizard confusing users by not letting them know whether […]
If you are coping a large amount of data to your shared folders in Windows Home Server then Tranquil PC have discovered that you need to do it via the shares using your normal LAN connection and NOT by using a Remote Desktop Connection (RDC). By transferring files using RDC the files actually transferred 90% […]
For those of you with your tuner cards in Windows Home Server using the DVBLink software solution (network tuners) then JayC has a great post on the CPU and network utilization from Windows Home Server. The good news is that with 2x dual tuner cards in Home Server with four recordings active the CPU usage […]
Episode 75 of The Home Server Show podcast has John, Jim, Chris, and Dave give us their views on the latest Home Server news and this episode has Tom Sydow talking about virtualization and the hardware your going to need to get started. You can find episode 75 here.
Maximum PC has a review of the HP MediaSmart EX495. The unit gets the "Kick Ass!" award after getting an impressive 9 out of 10, with the Large File Upload/Download being quicker than Maximum PCs custom home built Windows Home Server. You can read their review here.
The Feature Focus continues for the Advanced Admin Console add-in, and the latest focus is on Windows PowerShell. The post takes you through installing PowerShell on Windows Home Server and launching the PowerShell command prompt from within the Advanced Admin Console UI. You can read it here.
