WHS Add-ins
Below youll find a list of published Community Add-ins for Windows Home Server.
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20.7.2007 CompUSA Guarantees Vista, Will Reinstall Old OS If Necessary
CompUSA will guarantee that customers are satisfied with their Windows Vista update or the retailer will refund the purchase price and reinstall the PC's original operating system, the company announced Monday.
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23.1.2007 How to Backup and Restore to Preserve OEM Offline Pre-Activation When Reinstall Windows XP
Most users of new computers with Windows XP pre-installed will notice that no activation is required after they unwrap and start up the new laptop or notebook PC, even though they need to go through the initial set up process, and a product key is found on the Certificate of Authenticity attached to the PC (COA Key). Large PC manufacturers known as Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) have the ability to pre-activate Windows XP operating system installed on new PCs via SLP (System Locked Preinstallation).
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3.9.2009Windows Home Server & OneNote
As some of you might know Windows Home Server (WHS) is a new product released from Microsoft that allows you to have a server at home. WHS does a
variety of things like backup all of your computers and makes sure you have your files on all of your machines and integrates with many other apps.
It is really cool and of course some people out there are interested in storing their notebooks up on WHS and they have been asking to see if this is
possible.
This is possible and you can store your files on your machine so it would be on a remote share in your house.
Something like
\whsNotebookShare and then you can open that in OneNote on all of
your computers in your house and you will have a nice little shared notebook.
As of mid-December we have been getting a few
reports that there is a problem where WHS will corrupt OneNote files...
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13.12.2007Windows 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.
HardwareGeeks.com got
Microsoft to confirm that HP now has
the WHS patch. The Windows enthusiast site also is reporting that Microsoft is planning an announcement on Tuesday, September 25, about the
availability of the WHS update.
At the end of August, Microsoft officials acknowledged they were working on a post-RTM
(release-to-manufacturing) WHS update would make the platform more appealing to developers. Microsoft said at that time that it planned to make the
update available in a couple of weeks.
HP admitted in late August that it planned to delay its initial WHS shipments in order to
incorporate the Microsoft WHS update leading some to question exactly what was in the update and why it seemed to impact HP more than other WHS
vendors. HPs new official due date for its MediaSmart Server: Holiday season 2007. (Originally, HP was expected to be first out of the WHS gate,
shipping MediaSmart Server on September 15.)
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21.09.2007He likes it: Linux guy gives Windows Home Server a (qualified) thumbs up
Mary Jo Foley: It seems every time I do a Windows Home Server (WHS) post, the comments end up evolving/devolving into a debate over whether Linux or
Windows is a better home-server platform. I decided to ask a Linux aficionado, Jason Perlow, to provide his take on WHS. Heres Perlows WHS
review...
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24.12.2007How to troubleshoot Windows Home Server problems
Things don't always go according to plan when using any networking hardware or software, and Windows Home Server (WHS) is no exception. If you run
into trouble installing or using WHS or the Windows Home Server Connector and Console, check out these tips (and be sure to
read my review of WHS).
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08.11.2007Avast Anti-Virus for Windows Home Server - Beta Now Available
The worlds first anti-virus product for Windows Home Server is now in beta and available to download!
avast! WHS Edition is a
product designed specifically for antivirus protection of the upcoming Microsoft Windows Home Server platform. Besides providing the protection of the
WHS machine, it also supports simple management of other avast! products on the home network. This is performed directly through the WHS console, by
means of a new configuration page.
Note: This is a very short beta; the product is scheduled to be released in the first half
of November 2007, i.e. by the time the first WHS-based systems ship.
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11.10.2007Windows Home Server team readies next 'UR1' release
The
first
version of Windows Home Server (WHS) is barely out the door, but Microsoft already is readying another set of fixes to launch in November, as well
as the next minor release, which it is calling UR1, for Update Release 1.
The WeGotServed site served up
a great Q&A last week with a
few of the top execs from the WHS team. In whats becoming a trademark of the Windows Server team, the WHS officials were forthcoming with helpful
guidance on what to expect from the team. Todd Headrick, WHS Product Planner, shared the following tidbits...
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09.10.2007Windows Home Server on a virtual machine
jaybaz WebLog: Here at Microsoft, when we talk about Windows Home Server, one
of the things that comes up pretty often is a question about hosting WHS in a virtual machine under Virtual Server. Most often people want this
because they already have one always-on machine (a doman controller, a media center PC, etc.), and they don't want another.
In
discussing the problem, a few key bits of advice have come up, and I thought it would be a good idea to write them down here.
One
of the key problems appears when you consider using the WHS to back up the host. It can certainly be done, but when the host goes down, restoring it
is a catch 22.
Dedicate whole drives
Take whole drives & put only one file on each - the .VHD. Make it as
large as possible.
Use external drives
Make all of WHS's drives external. Consider putting them all in a
single enclosure for convenience. eSATA w/ port multipliers may be a good choice.
Have a 2nd physical machine ready
It should already have Virtual Server or Virtual PC installed. A laptop is fine. Make sure it has appropriate ports for the WHS drives.
Recovery strategy
When the regular host goes down:
- Unplug the WHS drives
- Carry them to the 2nd host, and plug in
- Boot the WHS virtual machine. (You may need to create a new VM with the existing
.VHD files.)
- Restore the primary host
- Unplug the WHS drives
- Carry them back to the primary host, and plug
in
- Boot the WHS virtual machine
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18.10.2007Paul 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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23.12.2007Windows Home Server Beta/CTP Preview
Paul Thurrott: 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. Windows
Home Server, or WHS, is the
product we've been waiting
for quite a long time, and
then some: In addition to the
expected digital media sharing
features, WHS also offers a
pervasive platform for
full-home PC backups, hot-add
expandable storage, and remote
access. And best of all, it
will be made available both as
a standalone software package
(which you can install on any
PC or server) and as a bundle
with specially-made home
server hardware.
WHS is expected in late
2006, but since my initial
preview, Microsoft has made a
number of improvements to this
product. First, the company
released Beta 2 (
see my
screenshot galleries), the
first beta version of WHS to
ship to users outside of
Microsoft. WHS Beta 2 offered
a decent look at the features
I'd described back in my
preview, so I didn't provide
an overview of that version.
But since then, most recently,
Microsoft has shipped another
beta release. Dubbed the April
2007 CTP (Community Technology
Preview), this WHS release
offers dramatic improvements
and a near-feature-complete
look at this evolving product.
The April CTP also comes on
the heels of news that
Microsoft has shipped a
software development kit (SDK)
that will allow enterprising
third party developers to ship
WHS software add-ons that will
extend this product in
exciting ways. Taken together,
we now have a much better idea
of how WHS is shaping up.
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19.04.2007AVG update breaks iTunes
A recent AVG signature file update is incorrectly identifying iTunes/iPod files as viruses, as reported by forum users on the Apple website. The AVG
Virus scanner identifies all iTunes/iPod related files as the 'Small.BOG' trojan - a trojan which does not seem to exist, as revealed by a
quick Google search. The update, which is unidentified, but confirmed to be a false positive, is removing all files, and deleting them. Once these
files have been "cleaned", iTunes will not run, and is not fixable by a reinstall. A fix has been pushed by AVG in the latest signature update -
but users may need to reinstall iTunes. A fix can be found here on the Apple Forums.
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26.07.2009Microsoft Prepares Next Windows Home Server Update
Microsoft announced earlier this week it’s plans to release a new update (or rather a second update) to Windows Home Server (WHS), this update
is scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, November 27, 2007.
Microsoft first posted notice of this update on it’s WHS blog on November
20, 2007.
"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." according to the blog post at the WHS blog.
The update will allow
you to obtain a trusted certificate for your WHS computer during Remote Access configuration for you personalized domain. After you apply this update,
you will no longer receive certificate warnings in the Web browser when you access your Web site by using an external URL, such as
https://your_name.homeserver.com.
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22.11.2007TV 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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03.09.2008vLite v1.1.5 Beta
Windows Vista from Microsoft takes a lot of resources, we all know that. So here is the tool for easy removal of unwanted components and bootable ISO
creation in order to make Vista run faster and to your liking. This tool doesn't use any kind of hacking, all files and registry entries are in their
original form and protected as they would be if you install the full version only without the components you select for the removal.
It configures the installation directly, before the installation, meaning you'll have to remake the ISO and reinstall it. This method is much
cleaner, not to mention easier and more logical than doing it after installation on every reinstall.
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27.03.2008Microsoft roots out Windows Home Server leak + New Build
Microsoft said late yesterday
it had identified the person
who had leaked the
still-in-beta Windows Home
Server to the Web. According
to both the company and
messages from the site where
the beta was once posted,
however, earlier reports that
the leaker was a Microsoft MVP
were incorrect.
Last week, several news
outlets ran stories about a
Microsoft investigation into a
leak of the Windows Home
Server (WHS) code to
thehotfix.net Web site. The
stories cited an e-mail sent
by Kevin Beares, the Windows
Home Server community lead at
Microsoft, to all MVPs (Most
Valuable Professionals) named
"Richard." MVP is the
Microsoft designation for a
group of developers and others
who the company believes make
significant contributions to
users; many MVPs are active in
various beta tests that
Microsoft runs.
According to the news
reports, Beares' e-mail told
all the Richards that their
access to the WHS preview
would be terminated until the
source of the leak was
determined.
"We
take public distribution of
pre-release software very
seriously," wrote Charlie
Kindel, a WHS product manager,
on the team's blog. "The
leak was unfortunate, and we
took action to find the
parties responsible." Kindel
also said that the culprit was
not named Richard, and wasn't
an MVP. "We're happy to
clarify that no MVPs were
involved in this breach," he
added.
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19.04.2007Windows Home Server CES 2008 Update
Windows Home Server has come a long way in a very short time. We caught up with Joel Sider at CES 2008 to check out some of the new OEM systems
available on the market as well as some cool home automation add-ins that allow you to remotely control electrical devices (for example your house
lights) via WHS.
WHS now boasts over 30 available add-ins enabling everything from DHCP to the automatic syncing of your photo
collection to flickr. For more info visit the
Windows Home Server web site.
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18.01.2008New Project: vLite - Vista Lite
Windows Vista from Microsoft
takes a lot of resources, we
all know that. So here is the
tool for easy removal of the
unwanted components in order
to make Vista run faster and
to your liking. vLite can also
create the bootable ISO and
apply the tweaks directly.
This tool doesn't use
any kind of hacking, all files
and registry entries are
protected as they would be if
you install the full version
only without the components
you select for the removal.
It configures the
installation directly, before
the installation, meaning
you'll have to remake the ISO
and reinstall it. This method
is much cleaner, not to
mention easier and more
logical than doing it after
installation on every
reinstall.
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09.12.2006PHP Flaw Opens Web Servers to
Attack
McAfee and Symantec warned on
Monday of a new worm that is
targeting PHP and CGI scripts
stored at certain locations on
vulnerable Web servers. Called
"Lupper," the worm
will install and execute
itself, allowing a hacker to
gain access to the system. The
recommended fix is a complete
OS reinstall...
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09.11.2005Tranquil PC Refresh Windows Home Server Range with Intel Atom Processors
Tranquil PC have today launched a refresh of their Windows Home Server range, replacing the previous T7-HSA and T2-WHS-A3 with two new models, the
T7-HSAi and the T2-WHS-A3i.
So, whats the i all about? At first glance, the systems looks the same on the outside, but inside,
Trannquil have swapped the old models Via C7 based motherboard and processor for the sparkling new Intel Atom processor, a 1.6GHz 45nM chip which
provides faster performance and a lower power consumption, from just 29W. The processor is also 64-bit ready, so you can take advantage of extra
processing power in the future.
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26.05.2008Windows Home Server: PDC 08, New Features, Meet some of the Team
Windows Home Server is evolving. To learn about how to take advantage of the new capabilities of WHS, we sit down with Program Manager MCJ Saretto,
Product Manager Mark Pendergrast and Software Developer Brendan Grant, aka
dahat on Channel 9.
Yes! Another Niner joins the ranks of Microsoft! Brendan is well known for the great add-ins he's written for WHS and, equally as important, for the
full size Channel 9 Guy costume he created a few years back. Welcome aboard, dahat! It's
great to have another excellent developer join
Happy Death Star.
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28.08.2008HP unveils Windows Home Server systems
Hewlett-Packard Co. began taking preorders today for its MediaSmart Server, the first system from a major manufacturer powered by Microsoft Corp.s
Windows Home Server (WHS) software. MediaSmart, which wont ship until later this month, is priced at $599 with 500GB of storage, or $749 with
a terabyte of disk space. Those prices were identical to the listings leaked by Amazon.com in late August.
Other servers running the new
operating system will ship later this year and into early next, including units from Iomega Corp. and LaCie Ltd., Microsoft said as it announced the
official launch of WHS today. WHS, loosely based on Windows Server 2003, made its debut at last Januarys Consumer Electronics Show and entered public
beta about a month later. It provides automatic backup, data restore, file and printer sharing, and remote Web-based access for up to 10 Windows XP or
Vista PCs on an Ethernet or wireless network. Microsoft has hammered hardest on the automatic backup feature.
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