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Changing Blocked Ports

Philip Churchill — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:46:41 GMT

Troubleshooting Remote Access for your MediaSmart or Windows Home Server is a guide available from MediaSmartHome.com. The tutorial details what to do when your server ports are blocked by your ISP and how to overcome this problem. The guide is available here .

Yet Another Windows Home Server Parts List

Philip Churchill — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:10:38 GMT

Another Windows Home Server parts list. This time self proclaimed geek and Microsoft Student Partner, Paul Jenkins shows us his single 1TB build list with power usage details, and all for $566. Here are the details.

The Home Server Show #14

Philip Churchill — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:03:00 GMT

David McCabe is the compiler and host of The Home Server Show and this week he takes a well deserved vacation. Whilst David is away show #14 is a re-broadcast of show #1 with Ian Dixon minus the news and pre-interview chit chat Listen here .

Why doesn't Windows Home Server use RAID?

Philip Churchill — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:37:08 GMT

Following on from our Fear the Cowboy’s post on Windows Home Server Drive Extender v RAID , the Windows Home Server Team Blog has a follow up posting explaining the WHS storage system design requirements and why RAID is not a consumer technology and why it?s not in Windows Home Server. Read it here .

Power Pack 1 Training for OEM's

Philip Churchill — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:26:14 GMT

Microsoft has added a Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 product support training course for free download ( registration required ) on their OEM Partner Center. The 1 hour course describes the changes introduced in WHS with PP1. Modules: Overview Installation through Windows Update Manual installation Troubleshooting Fix for data corruption issue Windows Home Server Client Connector 64-bit connector for the Windows Vista operating system Upgrading the Client Connector software Video: Walk-through of the Client Connector upgrade Video: Repeated prompts to upgrade Client Connector Warning about mismatched time Backup in Windows Home Server Configuring a drive for Server Backup Using the Server Backup function Restoring data from a Server Backup Waking the client computer from Sleep Using the Backup Database Repair Wizard Remote Access Improvements to upload functionality Download as self extracting .exe Improvements to Remote Access diagnostics New options for Remote Access permissions Thumbnail view for photos Updates Introduced Previously by QFE2 Remote access Home computer backups Fix for data corruption issue More information is available from here .

Add-In: WHS Backup Database-Backup

Philip Churchill — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:56:59 GMT

A new add-In called WHS Backup Database-Backup (WHSBDBB), allows you to backup the WHS Backup Database which stores all your client PC backups. This is a feature MS promised back at CES 2008 but unfortunately it did not make it to Power Pack 1 PP1. Author Alex Kuretz has basically automated the manual steps defined in the WHS Backup documentation . Features: Enable duplication for the WHS computer backup database Enable duplication of Backups created by BDBB stored in Server Storage Backup the WHS Backup Database to an Application Folder within the WHS server storage, a WHS Backup drive, or another drive connected to the server Restore backups created by BDBB Known Issues: Canceling a backup can take a while (several minutes), as the copy of the current 4GB chunk must complete before the cancel can be completed. Your server is under a heavy load during this process, and so may have decreased performance for streaming, slow Console response, etc. While relatively simple in design and application, this software has not been tested very extensively, so please report bugs and feedback! English is currently the only supported language, though this add-in should install and work correctly on non-English versions of...