Jul 21, 2008 | Home_Server
Microsoft has released Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server, fixing a rare but embarrassing data corruption bug, adding new features, and improving stability. Reports of occasional data corruption were enough to seriously tarnish the reputation of a new product that...
Mar 16, 2008 | backup, computers, hardware, Home_Server, Microsoft, network, remote
The products developed using Microsoft’s Windows Home Server software do a number of extremely useful things – backups, remote access, file and photo sharing, and file storage – using a very smart mixture of new and old technology. Here are...
Feb 13, 2008 | Home_Server, search, Vista
Windows Home Server includes Windows Desktop Search 3.1 – connecting remotely to the WHS shows it sitting down on the toolbar. It’s not obvious why it’s there – you’d never do a search directly on the WHS console, right? It turns out to...
Jan 24, 2008 | backup, Home_Server, photos
I’ve been involved in the setup of two HP MediaSmart EX475 Windows Home Servers recently. The Windows Home Server software is simply elegant, and HP has enhanced it to make setup go remarkably smoothly. At a couple of points I marveled at the technology that...
Nov 9, 2007 | hardware, Home_Server
Here’s a review worth reading of HP’s MediaSmart Server, built on Windows Home Server. It’s got a nice summary of Windows Home Server features and the added features supplied by HP to both simplify and extend it.
Nov 8, 2007 | backup, computers, hardware, Home_Server, Microsoft, network, photos, remote
Microsoft’s Windows Home Server just arrived on the market – and it’s what you want for Xmas.I’ll give you a short overview and some links for you to click on, but let’s do some superlatives first. Windows Home Server is the coolest...
