Try Windows Home Server for 120 days
Microsoft is offering a 4 month trial of Windows Home Server for evaluation purposes.
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3.11.2007 Home Computer - Home Network - Home Server
In the 1960s & 70s the idea of a home computer was unheard of outside of science fiction circles. Before the late 1980s home networks were unheard of.
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2.12.2007 Two Server Releases, One Day
It's a busy day on Microsoft Connect today, as two new, and anxiously awaited downloads appear. It seems that both Beta 2 of Windows Home Server as well as the February CTP of Windows Server codenamed "Longhorn" have been released.
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17.2.2007 Vista Trick Theorist Defends Loophole Claims
The Windows expert who originally speculated that Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) deliberately included a 'trick' in Windows Vista that lets users install the OS from the upgrade version on Wednesday defended his position.
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17.4.2008 Easily Login to Windows XP with No Password Administrator Account Backdoor Trick
In password-protected Windows XP Home or Professional edition system, each user logs on to his or her own user name and password to have full access to the Windows computer.
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25.11.2006 Home Server: The best kept secret ...
Windows Home Server was a secret for a long time. We had over 1,000 internal testers at Microsoft prior to announcing the product at CES 2007, some of these people used the product for over a year without leaking anything about it.
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26.7.2007 Windows Home Server Preview
At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week Microsoft previewed its long-awaited Windows Home Server (WHS) product, a Windows Server 2003 R2-based server for consumers that dispenses with the complexities of most Windows Server versions and provides the core storage, sharing, and remote access functionality that digital media and home networking enthusiasts require.
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8.1.2007 New information on Windows Home Server
Joel Sider, Senior Product Manager, Windows Server PR Microsoft Corp. provided some new information about Home Server.
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17.1.2007 Windows Home Server Blog
The Microsoft Home Server Team started Blogging, some interesting facts from the first posts.
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5.2.2007 Microsoft: Build Your Own Home Server
Microsoft this week released a beta software development kit for Windows Home Server, the company's newest operating system version for connecting multiple PCs and digital devices in a home.
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8.4.2007 Windows Home Server patch is out
Hewlett Packard now has its hands on the Windows Home Server (WHS) update for which it decided to delay its MediaSmart Home Server.
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20.9.2007 Windows Home Server goes on Sale in the US
Windows Home Server is finally available in the US! You can pick it up at
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11.10.2007 Serious Windows Home Server concerns
As is the case with my problems with the Xbox 360's Fall 2007 Dashboard Update, where I am having many issues that no one else seems to be having, I'm sort of hoping that what I'm seeing on Windows Home Server (WHS) lately is just me.
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22.12.2007 Windows Home Server - Now available on MSDN
A key benefit of Windows Home Server is the versatility and power it offers as a development platform. Even when Windows Home Server software was still in the beta stage, we published a software development kit (SDK) so that 3rd party developers could develop interesting add-ins for the product. See the original post, "Developers, Developers, Developers".
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25.3.2009 Microsoft home server rumours grow
Rumours that Microsoft is planning to unveil a home media server at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are starting to intensify.
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5.1.2007 Gates sees a home server in your future
LAS VEGAS--Having helped get PCs into most American's homes, Bill Gates now wants people to bring in a server.
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8.1.2007 Windows Home Server Press Release
Posted earrlier on Bink.nu, but here is the Microsoft's Official Press Release:
Bill Gates Unveils Windows Home Server at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show.
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9.1.2007 Microsoft to keep Windows Home Server simple
Bill Gates unveiled Windows Home Server last Sunday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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12.1.2007 Windows Home Server Beta Screenshots
Our member, who wishes to remain anonymous, has kindly submitted a few screenshots of one of the latest beta's from Microsoft, Windows Home Server.
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17.2.2007 Microsoft unlocks Windows Home Server
As momentum grows around its new Windows Home Server line, which is due for release towards the end of this year, Microsoft is looking to keep the love flowing with its hardware partners, software developers and end users alike.
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31.3.2007 Windows Server for Consumers: Is There a Place in the Home?
With the near-ubiquity of network architecture as a fundamental part of nearly all computing and digital communications, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft would develop a SKU of Windows Server directed toward the consumer.
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27.5.2007 Windows Home Server, RC Next week?
I just got out of the Windows Home Server lunch session and wanted to get some quick info up for folks. If you aren't familiar with Windows Home Server you should check out the product page first
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8.6.2007 Windows Home Server Completed, Microsoft Says
On Monday, Microsoft announced that it had completed development of Windows Home Server, its upcoming OS for home servers, a new type of PC that will be made by various hardware manufacturers. In addition, Microsoft announced two new manufacturers that will be shipping home server hardware in time for the holiday season: Iomega and Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Previously, Microsoft had highlighted other partners, such as Gateway, HP, LaCie, and Medion.
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21.7.2007 Could Windows Home Server be Microsofts iPhone?
Microsoft just might have a hit on its hands with Windows Home Server when the first Home Server models debut this fall.
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2.8.2007 Windows Home Server: About $150-250
The pricing of Windows Home Server hasnt been released, and it never officially will be. Officially, there is no retail version of Home Server, just the version made for the system builder/OEM channel.
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22.8.2007 Windows Home server Evaluation Comming Soon!
With the closing of the Code2Fame Challenge for Windows Home Server, the Connect site has been updated so that beta participants can no longer download the Release Candidate (RC) version of the software.
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28.8.2007 Windows Home Server Web Site
The Windows Home Server web site was updated today to a new look and feel, and over the next few weeks/months additional content, links and other great stuff will be added to the site.
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13.9.2007 Building a Windows Home Server - the easy way!
So, youre thinking about building your own home server based on Microsofts latest OS, Windows Home Server and want some pointers as to the best hardware to use. Youve come to the right place!
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19.11.2007 avast! Windows Home Server Edition
avast! antivirus WHS Edition has the same ICSA Certified scan engine as all avast! antivirus products, offering best-in-class protection against the latest and legacy virus, malware, trojan and spyware risks.
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23.12.2007 Windows Home Server Power Pack 1
Microsoft has just released Power Pack 1 for their Windows Home Server software. Similar to a service pack for other versions of Windows, the Power Pack includes a number of bug fixes and improvements designed to enhance the overall experience the consumer has with the software.
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21.7.2008Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit Available
Can't wait to centralize and showcase your family's memories and media? Order the Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit today. You're just a
few clicks away from a new digital life.
What will you receive?
- Windows Home Server Installation DVD
- Windows Home Server Connector CD
- Home Computer Restore CD
Are you ready?
This software is
intended for evaluation purposes only. In order to preserve your existing data, you must backup prior to installation. The setup process for server
installation will erase any existing data.
To install the Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit, you
need...
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02.11.2007Try Windows Home Server for 120 days
Microsoft is offering a 4 month trial of Windows Home Server for evaluation purposes. The Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit includes a
Windows Home Server Installation DVD, a Windows Home Server Connector CD and a Home Computer Restore CD. A backup is recommended prior to installation
as the setup process for server installation will erase any existing data. Microsoft provides the minimum specifications, which aren’t very high
at all, and minimum requirements on the website below. The software giant also notes that a wireless connection between Windows Home Server and the
network is not supported, although home computers connected wirelessly to the wireless router can access the Home Server.
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04.11.2007Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Computer Backup and Restore
Windows® Home Server will automatically backup your home computers to the home server and allow you to easily restore the entire computer or an
individual file or folder to a previous point in time. The Windows Home Server Backup solution backs up only the data that has not already been backed
up. Even if you have several copies of the same data on different computers, the data is backed up only once on your home server and your home server
keeps track of what data was stored on each home computer on each day. This makes it efficient in the time it takes for backups to complete and the
amount of space that is used on your home server.
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21.11.2007WinHEC 2007 Day 3: First Glimpses Inside Windows Home Server
WINHEC DAY 3 A
standing-room only crowd
appeared late Thursday morning
to see Windows Home Server
lead developer Chris Gray
answer technical questions on
the subject of how the company
will make its latest
permutation of Windows Server
2003 usable by people who have
enough difficulty with their
microwaves and universal
remotes...and how developers
will be expected to help them...
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18.05.2007Windows Home Server Finalized
Today, Charlie Kindel over at
Microsoft announced that they
have finalized Windows Home
Server, the next version of
Windows Server operating
systems targeted at home
users, and have released it to
manufacturing.
Started in February 2004 as
the "Quattro project" or
Windows Server Code Name "Q"
and introduced by Bill Gates
at CES 2007 in early January,
Windows Home Server is
designed to deliver sharing,
back-up, storage and remote
access capabilities within a
home network.
While only the English
version has been finalized,
French, German and Spanish
versions are expected to be
finalized shortly. The
evaluation version with a 120
day evaluation period will be
available in the next couple
of months while OEM products
will hit retail shelves this
fall.
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17.07.2007Windows Home Server has been released to manufacturing (RTM)
Woo-hoo! We did it. Today we
are announcing that Windows
Home Server has been released
to manufacturing (RTM). We
have finalized the software
and now handing it off to our
OEM partners.
The
evaluation version (with 120
day evaluation period) and the
system builder version are
also heading into the
distribution channels and will
be available in the next
couple of months. French,
German and Spanish versions
will be finalized shortly, and
OEM products will hit retail
shelves this fall.
We're also excited to
announce Iomega and
Fujitsu-Siemens Computers
(FSC) as new OEMs planning to
ship Windows Home Server
products later this year.
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16.07.2007Windows Home Server Connect Site Update
With the closing of the
Code2Fame Challenge for Windows Home Server, the Connect site has been updated so that beta participants can no longer download
the Release Candidate (RC) version of the software. Beta testers will be able to continue to use the beta product keys they downloaded from the
Connect site, but we will not be issuing any more product keys for the RC software.
The System Builder version of Windows Home
Server is already available in some countries, with additional countries expected to come online in the coming weeks. Additionally, a 120-day
Evaluation Edition will be orderable from the
Windows Home Server product
pages for a cost recovery basis to cover shipping and handling in the next 4-6 weeks.
In the future, the Windows Home Server
team will continue to use the Connect site for interacting with the Windows Home Server community by releasing additional items that we want people
to get an early look at. All of the suggestions submitted by the community will continue to exist, as we are busy digging through all of the great
ideas as we start planning the next release of Windows Home Server.
Please check back at the
Windows Home Server Connect site from time to time to see if there is
additional stuff to download and test.
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28.08.2007Download Windows Home Server RC1
As we detailed earlier this
week, Windows Home Server --
Microsoft's latest iteration
of Windows designed for
linking together multiple
computers in a home network
and sharing media -- has
reached Release Candidate 1
status. A 30-day trial
download is now available...
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15.06.2007Microsoft: Build Your Own Home Server
Microsoft this week released a
beta software development kit
for Windows Home Server, the
company's newest operating
system version for connecting
multiple PCs and digital
devices in a home. The SDK
will enable developers to
build custom applications for
Home Server, which could range
from system protection and
home security to media
sharing...
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07.04.2007Windows Home Server, RC Next week?
Two bits of information on
Windows Home Server were
releaced at TechEd 2007 "Day
3".
First there are only going
to be two ways for people to
get the SKU. First is from an
OEM like HP the other method
will be from System Builders.
If you were hoping for picking
this up at your local big box
off the shelf, like me, we are
out of luck. there might be
one exception to this and that
could be the current beta test
population. He was hopeful
that they would be able to
provide RTM to the existing
beta testers, but as with all
things there is no guarantee.
The
second bit of really useful
information was that we might
see an RC version of Home
server as early as next week.
If you have been holing out
rebuilding your home server on
RC, like me, then with any
luck next week is what you
have been waiting for.
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09.06.2007Microsoft Partners Eagerly Awaiting Windows Home Server
Microsoft's partners are
chomping at the bit to get
their hands on Windows Home
Server, but some feel it's
going to make its biggest
initial splash with tech-savvy
users.
Due to launch this fall,
Windows Home Server connects
multiple PCs in the same
household, and stores,
manages, backs up and protects
digital audio, video and
photos.
In addition to centralized
storage and backup, Windows
Home Server also lets users
access their digital content
remotely, and is built on the
secure platform of Windows
Server 2003, says Joel Sider,
senior product manager in the
Windows Home Server group at
Microsoft.
Although Windows Home
Server is designed to be easy
to install and use, the
software fits well into the
toolbox of home integrators,
who can wrap it into a smart
home solution along with home
automation and networking
technologies, Sider noted...
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04.08.2007Microsoft Finishes Windows Home Server
Microsoft on Monday announced
that Windows Home Server has
been released to
manufacturing, with systems
using the new operating system
expected to go on sale this
fall. Home Server, code-named
"Quattro," is designed
for easily linking together
multiple computers in a home
network and sharing media...
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16.07.2007Windows Home Server - Media Sharing
This Technical Brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Media Sharing. Learn about configuring your
home server to share photos, music and videos with your home computers and media playback devices attached to your home network.
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09.11.2007Windows Home Server System Builder Software Price Decrease
Windows Home Server Team: On November 1, Microsoft will introduce a 30% price reduction of the Windows Home Server software for the System Builder
channel. After a successful year in the market, Microsoft is reducing the price of the System Builder version of Windows Home Server to provide
additional value to the system builder community and further promote the home server category. Momentum for Windows Home Server remains strong.
During the first year, Windows Home Server has been embraced by System Builders in over 50 countries. The list of hardware partners continues to grow
and third-party software developers have released or have announced more than 60 Add-in programs extending Windows Home Servers capabilities. Thanks
for all of the great support over the last year, and we look forward to working with you all in continuing to grow the home server marketplace!
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01.11.2008Windows Server for Consumers: Is There a Place in the Home?
With the near-ubiquity of
network architecture as a
fundamental part of nearly all
computing and digital
communications, it was only a
matter of time before
Microsoft would develop a SKU
of Windows Server directed
toward the consumer. BetaNews
spoke with Windows Home Server
group product manager Joel
Sider, in an effort to pin
down how thoroughly Microsoft
has actually planned for the
repercussions of marketing
Windows Server for the home
user...
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26.05.2007Microsoft struggles to fix data corruption bug in Windows Home Server
Microsoft still has not issued a fix for a problem within Windows Home Server that will leave some files corrupted if edited on a networked PC and
saved to the home server...
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28.02.2008Add-In: AutoExit 2008 R2 for Windows Home Server Beta
Asoft are seeking beta testers for a limited beta release of AutoExit 2008 R2 for Windows Home Server Beta.
AutoExit is a very
popular, highly rated add-in for Windows Home Server which allows remote administration (Shutdown, reboot, message or open a Remote Desktop session)
of any home computer attached to your home server from within the Windows Home Server Console, as well as Wake on LAN functionality.
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28.05.2008Windows Home Server Debuts
Microsoft said Monday that the first product under the Windows Home Server line, HP's MediaSmart Server, is now available for pre-order and will be
released later this month...
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05.11.2007Windows Home Server Now Generally Available
Windows Home Server, a new solution to help families easily protect,
connect and share their digital media and documents, is generally available today. The
HP MediaSmart Server, powered by Windows Home Server software, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com, Best Buy.com,
Buy.com, Circuit City.com and CompUSA.com. It will be shipped to customers and available via other leading retailer Web sites later in November.
Additional Microsoft hardware and software partners are also delivering new consumer products and solutions designed to work with Windows Home
Server.
Digital devices and content are everywhere in our day-to-day lives and they are more important all the time, said Bill
Gates, chairman of Microsoft. With the launch of Windows Home Server, Microsoft and its partners are creating a new consumer product category that
will help people keep their digital media safe and make it easier for them to enjoy it with friends and family.
Windows Home
Server is a stay-at-home server that delivers the benefits of powerful server technology used by many people at work within a simple, easy-to-use
solution for the home. It automatically backs up Windows XP-based and Windows Vista-based home computers each night, provides a central place to
organize digital documents and media, and includes a free Windows Live Internet address to access the home server from virtually anywhere and share
content with friends and family. It also monitors the health and security status of home computers and can stream media to other devices in the home,
such as Xbox 360, allowing people to enjoy digital music, photos and videos on their television.
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05.11.2007Windows Home Server hits Release Candidate beta milestone
On June 12, Microsoft
http://connect.microsoft.com/W
indowsHomeServer>made
available for download the
Release Candidate (RC)
near-final test build of
Windows Home Server.
According to Microsoft,
there are currently more than
100,000 Windows Home Server
beta registrants. As of the RC
build, Microsoft is making the
Windows Home Server code
available to any existing or
future beta-program
participant.
Windows
Home Server is designed to act
as a central hub for storage
of music, photos, and other
files. It will include
automatic backup and restore,
as well as remote file-access
capabilities...
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