Beta 3 of BitDefender Total Security 2009 has just become available, the security package add-in for Windows Home Server. New in Beta 3: Online backup for Windows x64 systems Vulnerability scanning Wizard to create new antimalware scan tasks from basic view History events for several modules IM Antiphishing not implemented Known issues: Pppoe connections and […]
Beta 2 of BitDefender Total Security 2009 has just been released and includes an enhanced feature set: Online Backup: BitDefender 2009 offers users the ability to backup sensitive data online to ensure it is secure if something goes wrong – like your computer is stolen or a hard drive failure. Unlike competitive offerings, BitDefender Online […]
Beta 2 of F-Secure Home Server Security is now available for download which includes the following enhancements and bug fixes: Enhancements: Sidegrade – conflicting products are automatically detected and the user is prompted to uninstall a conflicting product before proceeding with installation. Configurable notifications – it is now possible to configure when the product sends […]
Another Windows Vista Sidebar gadget for Windows Home Server users. This two in one gadget enables quick access to the shared files by clicking on one of the six icons which will open Windows Explorer to the share in question. The other feature is the ability to to drag and drop files onto the […]
Donavon West from Home Server Hacks has written a headline ticket sidebar gadget for Windows Vista. Called Home Server Blogs it scrolls scrolls news headlines on your desktop just like on the bottom of your television screen from mswhs.com, the Windows Home Server Team Blog, We Got Served and Home Server Hacks. If you […]
PerfectDisk 2008 Service Pack 2 (Build 52) is now available for download. As well as bug fixes, boot time defragmentation performance has been significantly improved. You can “Check For Updates” under the Product Resources tab in PerfectDisk, or wait for for the Autoupdate. New Feature Improved boot time defragmentation performance — up to 5 times […]
A beta of a security suite specifically for Windows Home Server users is available from F-Secure. Home Server Security beta protects Windows Home Server against all kinds of malicious content, such as viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware and riskware. Installation, configuration and management is performed through the Windows Home Server Console and notifications are sent […]
File Alert Monitor is a Windows application, which will display a pop-up Window or optionally play an audio alert whenever your home server files are created or updated by monitoring specified directories on your server. Within the options of this freeware application the user can specify which events (creation, update and / or deletion) are […]
The defragmentation tool PerfectDisk 2008 has been updated to build 43. The following features and fixes are for all versions of PerfectDisk 2008. eg Professional, Server, WHS etc: New Features Improved defragmentation speed. Added ability to work in lower screen resolutions, such as 800×600 or 1024×768. Added print statistics functionality. Updated help files. Added ability […]
The blog “Bite my bytes” has details on their particular Windows Home Server setup and lists third party software that they use including Hamachi, FolderShare and TrueCrypt. They also use mRemote to remote access their WHS, instead of using the default option. The blog entry.
