Windows Home Server administrators surely know about Drive Extender which can be used to combine multiple hard drives into one combined virtual hard drive. This simplifies the accessibility and management of data on the Home Server. A music or video buff with split the collection on multiple drives because of space constraints could use Drive [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows Home Server 2011 Release Candidate Download
Microsoft yesterday made available the release candidate of their upcoming Home Server product Windows Home Server 2011. The product, formerly known under its codename Vail, is expected to ship later this year. An update to the Windows Server Solutions SDK has been released along with the release candidate which “which provides tools and information to [...]
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Windows Home Server Vail Beta Download
The first official public beta release of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Home Server codenamed Vail is now available via Microsoft Connect. Vail, which leaked about three months ago, is now officially available for users with a valid Windows Live ID. Windows users interested in testing the latest iteration of Windows Home Server can visit the Microsoft [...]
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Windows Home Server Power Pack 1
The one thing that you might have been looking forward to as a Windows Home Server user was the Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 which was just released by Microsoft. Home Server users can compare the Power Pack 1 to service packs for Microsoft operating system. It combines patches, fixes, improvements and additions to [...]
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Windows XP SP3 Update Breaks Windows Home Server Remote Access
Here is another problem that arises after installing Windows XP Service Pack 3. Windows Home Server Remote Access is not functioning anymore after installing the Service Pack 3. An attempt to access the updated computers using Windows Home Server’s Remote Access function displays a dialog that is prompting the user to add their homeserver domain [...]
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Windows Home Server has a problem
Windows Home Server is probably the Microsoft product that they had high hopes for. It basically adds a server to a home network of computers that can distribute files easily among other things. It has come to light however that files can become corrupted when editing them in several applications and saving them to the home server afterwards.
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Try Microsoft Windows Home Server for 120 Days
I’m really skeptical about Microsoft’s Windows Home Server which is based on Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 but created with simplicity in mind. Many households have more than one computer and Windows Home Server is intended to be of use for those households. It provides remote access, sharing, streaming and storage solutions for home networks.
