If you would like to know how to use the new advanced format hard drives with Windows Home Server then we know where there is a guide just for you. MediaSmartServer.net has a guest article written by their forum member “TechVet” aka James who demonstrates, with the proper setup how to get advanced format drives […]
Pravesh Soni has an update to an article we wrote back in 2007 on installing uTorrent on Windows Home Server. Pravesh has updated the article for Vail and installs uTorrent as a service, which you can find here.
Writer "Lantern" explains how to configure Windows Home Server as a domain controller. By going step by step through Lantern’s 20 step process you will be able to add your client computers to the domain controller finally creating a domain network. You can read Configuring Windows Home Server as a Domain Controller here.
If you would like to know how to install the Squeezebox Server software onto the HP MediaSmart Server then MediaSmart Home has the details for you. Squeezebox enables your stereo system to connect to your home network enabling you to play your audio files from your Windows Home Server in this case around your house. […]
It’s another use Time Machine with Windows Home server article, this time courtesy of graduate student Filip Mares. Filip takes us through the necessary steps to get Time Machine working with Vail and a Apple Machine with Snow Leopard installed, which you can read about at FilipMares.com
If you are the owner of an Acer easyStore Home Server and have all 4 hard drive bays full then the temperature inside the case could be a little hot. One way of making things a little cooler is to replace the Acer’s case fan with a more efficient model which "Saxamo" from HomeServerLand did, […]
Introduction This article will cover installing VMWare Virtual Server 2.0 on Windows Home Server and setting up guest operating systems. Part 1 covered the steps in upgrading the hardware in an HP MediaSmart Server EX490 to deal with virtualization. You will need a copy of VMWare Server 2.0.2, a License Key (given for free after […]
Introduction This article is based around upgrading the hardware in an HP MediaSmart Server EX490. Later articles will cover installing VMWare Virtual Server 2.0 and guest operating systems. Say What? There are a lot of articles and posts on the internet showing you how to run Windows Home Server in a virtual environment. I did […]
Site contributor Andy Mills is running his current Windows Home Server setup, along with two Linux servers (used for an online gaming server) and a private WordPress website development environment all with VMware ESXi. Andy explains how he created a virtual Windows Home server and setup the optical iSCSI storage for it too. A very […]
Did you know that you can customize the health and monitoring alerts built into Windows Home Server Vail? Vail allows you to insert a “SmartHost” email server that you can send mail through, which could be an email server that lives out on the Internet that you have access to, or the one at your […]
