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 Windows 7: Internet access to home media
By linking your Live ID to your user account in Windows 7 (from build 7048), you can now stream your home media to your another PC/laptop connected to a work or public network.
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12.3.2009 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 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 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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19.11.2007 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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21.7.2008 Microsoft to unveil Windows Home Server at CES
Microsoft is definitely going to talk at long last about its plans for Windows Home Server (code-named Quattro) at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, according to my sources.
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4.1.2007 Microsoft unveils Windows Home Server beta 2
Microsoft has released a second beta of its Windows Home Server back-up and media server application.
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13.2.2007 Windows Home Server nearly ready for prime time
A typical household with two adults and three children can easily have three or more computers. Since each of the users wants access to the Internet, their PCs are likely to already be connected to a router -- but sharing media files and other data among the computers often remains an arduous task.
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2.3.2007 Windows Home Server Beta/CTP Preview
Back in January, I posted a preview of Microsoft's Windows Home Server, a product that should send shivers of delight down the spine of any home computing enthusiast.
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19.4.2007 Wake-On-LAN Add-in for Windows Home Server
One of the great things about Windows Home Server is it can act as a "proxy server", giving you access to any Remote Desktop capable machine on your LAN.
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3.5.2007 New Windows Home Server Hardware and Software Partners
In his keynote address at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates today demonstrated Windows Home Server and announced new hardware partners for the upcoming product, which include Gateway Inc., LaCie and Medion International.
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15.5.2007Windows 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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09.11.2007Microsoft 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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16.07.2007Vudu takes a shot at the home theater crowd
On-demand video service Vudu has released its second generation player, and this time it's not targeting the average set-top box consumer, it's
targeting the high-end media consumer with its rackmount XL2 HD streamer...
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18.11.2008At last, a bridge between Windows Home Server and Media Center
With this week's release of Power Pack 2 for Home Server, Microsoft is filling a very important gap. Up until recently, the company had been
maintaining that the place for users to store videos and multimedia was on their Media Center computers (generally Windows Vista Ultimate-based
systems), and the place for their "everyday files" was their Home Server. But the biggest and most cumbersome "everyday files" are multimedia
files, including those that deserve to be streamed and accessed by Media Center. While setting up Media Center to include a Home Server folder as one
of its "watch folders" is one option for getting files listed, that's not as rich as setting up a streaming connection...
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25.03.2009Windows Home Server: Power Pack 2 now available for download
The Windows Home Server Team has announced the availability of Power Pack 2 update for Windows Home Server. The English version of Power Pack 2 will
be available on March 24 and will automatically install as part of Windows Update if Automatic Updates is enabled on the Home Server. Power Pack for
Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish will be available before the end of April. Power Pack 2 will also include support for Italian language.
Power Pack 2 includes enhancements for remote access configuration and computers running Windows Media Center, along with content streaming support
for Windows Media Center Extenders.
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24.03.2009Microsoft: 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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07.04.2007Download 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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15.06.2007Hands-On: Alienware High Definition Media Server
When is a home server not a home server? When you blow $7000 on the Alienware High Definition Media Server, running Windows Vista Home Premium, you
can call it whatever you please! Richard Hay is the lucky guy who got hands on with the unit for We Got Served - read his full review to see what kind
of performance that money buys.
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29.05.2008My Movies Plugin, Now For Home Server
The upcoming My Movies plugin for Windows Home Server has a lot of people excited. Already available for
Windows Media Center users, the plugin will soon allow Home Server
users to organize their extensive movie collections and use their Home Server as more of a media server. According to a new post on the
We Got Served blog, the plugin will function as a
standard server for My Movies clients, will include an automated Disc Copier, will automatically monitor movie folders added to or located on a WHS
share, and will function as a metadata provider without the need for a My Movies client for Microsoft DVD library, Niveus Movie Library, Open Media
Library, Media Portal, and hopefully soon XBMC. The plugin isnt available in its final form just yet, but if you just cant wait to try it out, a
pre-release version is now available for download from
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08.10.2008TV Manager for Windows Home Server Now Out of Beta
Sarah Perez: In July,
we told you about a new plugin for Windows Home
Server called TV Manager. This plugin lets you copy your recordings from a Vista Media Center PC or XP Media Center 2005 over to your Home Server for
storage and management. At the time we originally wrote about it, the plugin was still in beta. But now, the first version of the plugin
has been officially released: TV Manager 1.0. With TV
Manager, you can view your recordings stored on your WHS in Media Center as if they physically resided on your PC. Recordings can also be deleted from
either the WHS Console or Media Center.
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03.09.2008Microsoft to unveil Windows Home Server at CES
Microsoft is definitely going
to talk - at long last - about
its plans for Windows Home
Server (code-named
"Quattro") at the Consumer
Electronics Show in January,
according to
Mary Jo
Foley's ZDNet Blog.
Code-named
"Quattro", the new product
was originally to be "a
scaled back and customized
version of Windows Small
Business Server, running on
specialized hardware, and it
would simplify home networking
to the point where everyone
could enjoy the benefits of
modern network management,"
said blogger Rick Hallihan
back in 2005.
But
now the word on the street is
Windows Home Server won't be
Windows-Server-based at all.
Given the heavy Vista push
expected at CES, coupled with
Microsoft's undoubted plans
to put a damper on anything
Apple Computer might have to
say around home networking at
MacWorld Expo, Foley suggests
that "Quattro" will now be
Vista-based, not Windows
Server-based as initially
expected.
Home
media sharing is one area
where much is expected of
"Quattro". "As long as
there is some kind of
integration with (Windows)
Media Center," I don't care
what it's based on, said one
Windows tester. "I want it to
store all your media for your
home?. to be able to network
multiple Media Centers and PCs
and save all your stuff on one
back-end home server. That's
what I've been dreaming
about."
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30.12.2006Microsoft 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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04.08.2007Windows 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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21.11.2007Windows 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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26.05.2007Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA Includes enhancements for Win 7-based computers
Update: It appears that Microsoft has removed the blog post regarding the Power Pack 3 Beta.
Windows Home Server Team: We
are pleased to announce the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta which improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media
Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running
Windows 7,
Windows 7 Libraries integration,
enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for
netbook computers.
If you are running Windows 7 on your home computer and are a current Windows Home Server user, we need your help!
Important : You will need to sign up as a beta participant of the Windows Home Server program on
Microsoft Connect in order to download the Power Pack 3 Beta.
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17.07.2009Windows 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 Home Server Vail to get more entertainment hooks
Mary Jo Foley: While Microsoft has shared
some details (and code) for its upcoming minor update
to Windows Home Server, it has said next to nothing about the next major version.
(Like the rest of the Windows client and
server teams, the
Home Server team is alternating between “major” and
“minor” releases with its rollouts.)
I’ve tracked down (thanks to sources) a couple of new bits, however.
The next major version of Windows Home Server is codenamed “Vail,” I hear.
And Vail is going to include more
entertainment “capabilities.” What that means, precisely, I don’t know. Does it mean Windows Home Server will somehow become one
with Windows Media Center? Again, not sure. Last year, in response to a question about
Microsoft’s plans to integrate (or continue to keep separate) Windows Home Server and Windows
Media Center, Todd Headrick, WHS Product Planner said...
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25.02.2008Windows 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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05.11.2007Paul Thurrott: 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. But I'm concerned enough about these issues to at
least just throw them out there and see what happens. Here's what's up. First, I've literally just completed my switch-over to WHS and
have taken down my previous Windows Server 2003-based server. I'm using HP's Media Smart Server and have added two 512 GB drives for a total
of 2 TB of storage. I really only need 1 TB but I do use WHS's data duplication functionality extensively, so what the heck. Plus it's backing
up several PCs regularly. The point of all this is that I'm really using this thing. It's not a best test or an experiment. My data is all on
this server.
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23.12.2007Microsoft Warns Home Server Users Not to Write to Server or Use Media Managers
Acknowledging the "data
corruption bug" that's been ravaging Windows Home Servers since Christmas, Microsoft today
warned users NOT to:
"Use applications to directly edit or change files stored on Windows Home
Server"
"Use media management programs, such as Windows Media Player, to import files to the Windows Home Server"
"Redirect applications to access files stored in the shared folders"
Instead, users are instructed to move files to and from the server only by
hand, using Windows Explorer or a command line tool. Promise of a fix was cautiously optimistic, but not exactly speedy:
The issue
can now be reliably reproduced and a fix is in development. Once the patch has passed internal quality bars, external participants will be asked to
help test the fix. Our current plan is to release beta test versions of a fix over the next few months, with a final version currently estimated for
June 2008.
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