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 Microsoft WGA phones home?
Analysts over at the German web site Heise Online have uncovered a curious behavior with the latest Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) update.
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10.3.2007 Microsoft clarifies WGA Notifications "phone home"
Microsoft responds to "WGA Phones home" issue, on the MSDN blog.
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9.3.2007 Microsoft: Oops, We Forgot to Mention, WGA Calls Home Daily
Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users that its tool for determining whether a computer is running a pirated copy of Windows also quietly checks in daily with the software maker.
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8.6.2006 About WGA, WGA Notifiction and WGA Patcher
Thanks to Matt for this article in our forum. Current WGA version- 1.5.723.1 As Of 12/18/06. Current WGA Patcher version-WGA Patcher Permanent Kit v1.0!
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19.2.2007 RemoveWAT or Chew-WGA Bypass Activate Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Forever
Despite already has perfect and reliable Windows 7 activation crack based on royalty-OEM mechanism, hackers have managed to come out with a new activation crack method as an alternative to BIOS loader and OEM BIOS mod, which effectively bypass the activation requirement of the installed Windows 7 system, by removing and disabling Windows Activation Technologies (WAT).
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16.11.2009 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 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 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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19.11.2007Microsoft Responds to WGA
Concerns
Microsoft late Friday publicly
responded to widespread
reports that a recent change
to its Windows Genuine
Advantage program caused the
software to contact Microsoft
servers on a daily basis. The
company says it will soon
release an update to make WGA
only call home every 14 days...
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10.06.2006Windows 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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21.11.2007Microsoft WGA phones home?
Analysts over at the German
web site Heise Online have
uncovered a curious behavior with the
latest Windows Genuine
Advantage (WGA) update. The
update is intended to patch
the latest hole that hackers
have used to work around the
WGA utility, which checks to
see if the users' copy of
Windows is genuine or pirated.
According to tests conducted
with an Ethernet sniffer
program, if the user clicks
the close button to cancel the
installation of this WGA
update, Windows sends some
information back to Microsoft
over the wires.
This information
includes version numbers of
both Windows and WGA, the
language of the operating
system, some registry
information, and a cookie.
Some hackers are worried that
Microsoft is going to use this
information to identify
potential pirates, but
Microsoft claims that the data
is only used to try and
diagnose failures with the WGA
utility itself. The outgoing
data can be blocked, if
desired, by personal firewall
software or hardware router.
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13.03.2007Microsoft: 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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07.04.2007Microsoft 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 Genuine Advantage: Learning and Improving
WGA Team: While some time has passed since the WGA temporary service outage we had back in August, I wanted to share some more about what we've
learned since then and the steps we've been taking to prevent this sort of thing from happening again.
First off, we've been
taking another hard look at our operations and the tools and processes we use to run the validation service for WGA, and we've made some changes
including to how we roll out updates to the back-end servers (it was a specific upgrade to our system that analyzes product keys that caused the issue
in August) and we've been adding to and improving the tools used to make sure our infrastructure is solid. As part of that, we've revamped the
monitoring that is used to track what's happening within our server infrastructure so that we can identify potential problems faster - ideally before
any customer gets impacted. But also as part of that, we've been making changes in how we can help our customers when an issue does arise that
impacts them.
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22.11.2007Microsoft clarifies WGA 'phoning home'
A
post has
been made to the Windows
Genuine Advantage team blog,
explaining why the latest WGA
Notifications package sends
install telemetry when
installed or canceled.
Article continues
at source...
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13.03.2007Windows 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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26.05.2007XP Pro to receive WGA similar to Vista SP1
Remember how everyone was excited about how Vista SP1 received a WGA update to not block you from your computer?
Well, the same is coming
to Windows XP. (Professional only, though. Who would want to pirate XP Home?)
From the WGA Blog:
With this update to
WGA Notifications in Windows XP, we've implemented a couple of related features that draw on the notifications experience we designed for Windows
Vista SP1. After installing this version of WGA Notifications on a copy of Windows XP that fails the validation, most users will discover on their
next logon that their desktop has changed to a plain black background from whatever was there previously (see below).
The desktop
background can be reset to anything else in the usual ways, but every 60 minutes it will change back to the plain black background. This will continue
to happen until that copy of Windows is genuine.
Also, the user will see the addition of what we call the "persistent desktop
notification." This notification is similar to a watermark but works a bit differently. The image (see below) appears over the system tray and is
non-interactive in the sense that you can't click on it or do anything to it.
As with previous releases, if a copy of Windows fails
validation, notifications will appear above the system tray regularly - and we will continue to have the pre-logon message, the logon interrupt
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27.08.2008Microsoft Admits WGA Phones
Home
Microsoft acknowledged reports
Wednesday that its latest
update to Windows Genuine
Advantage, an anti-piracy
program implemented to detect
counterfeit copies of Windows
XP, phones home to the Redmond
company on a daily basis...
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09.06.2006Microsoft 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 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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12.06.2007New Beta of Windows Home Server Arrives
Microsoft on Wednesday
released a new Community
Technology Preview of Windows
Home Server, the company's
new version of Windows that is
designed to enable families
with multiple PCs connect
their home computers, digital
devices and printers...
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19.04.2007Windows Home Server Update on the way...
Windows Home Server Team: Hi all. Next week on Tuesday, Nov 27 we will release a new update for Windows Home Server software. This is a scheduled
update - part of the ongoing process of continually enhancing the customer experience with Windows Home Server. The new functionality will be
downloaded via Windows Update and made available to existing Windows Home Server customers.
Details are available
here, but the main benefit of the
update is that it will improve the remote access experience for Windows Home Server users by providing them with a trusted SSL certificate for their
home servers. That means customers will be able to access their home server from outside the home more seamlessly, without any security warnings. The
Windows Home Server team worked closely with Windows Live Domains and GoDaddy, a leading provider of Web domain addresses, to provide the certificate
for the homeserver.com web pages customers use for remote access.
In addition, this months update provides a new Delete All
button to let users delete all home computer backups that are stored on the home server, as well as a few improvements to the Shared Folders and
Server Storage components of Windows Home Server.
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21.11.2007How to Build (or win) a Tiny Windows Home Server
Donavon from Home Server Hacks has put together
instructions on how to build a tiny little Windows Home
Server using an ARTiGO Pico-ITX kit. It's an interesting read and an especially good pick if your main concern is low power consumption - the Pico
uses a staggering 13-watts of power at idle. While the board isn't the most plug and play compatible hardware out there for Home Server, this will
show you how to make it work.
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