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- Windows Home Server gets a big bug fix (and much more)
- Windows Home Server gets a big bug fix and much moregr8 newsThanks for the update!The next thing i would expect them to update is from WMC 2.0 to WMC 4.0 that would solve all my issues with streaming content to Xbox 360 and will position WHS not only as a...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- Windows Home Server gets a big bug fix (and much more)
- That noise you just heard from outside Seattle was a collective sigh of relief, as Microsoft announced that it has released a public beta version of Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server. It's more than a service pack, with at least two significant new features (client support for x64-based Windows machines and...
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5: Faster, smarter search
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5: Faster, smarter searchagreei have to agree Vista search is excellent and extremely fast. I have been using version 3 and up on my XP machine at work and it always trumps other search indexers like Google Desktop. This is one example of MS doing a...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgrades
- Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgradesNot a good enough reasonReally, the fact that Windows 7 is not anything new is hardly a reason to upgrade to Vista. When you are supporting 15000+ clients workstations and laptops, why break what's already working? Users tend to hate fundamental changes...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Anyone ripped their entire DVD collection?
- Anyone ripped their entire DVD collection?dvd collectioni have also been thinking about doing this, i have found that depending on how you are planning to stream the media you have to format it different ways. if you are using a windows media extender (xbox360) the vob files have to be...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live ties
- Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live tiesI take it ....“We have an opportunity to make it much easier for customers to ‘get started’ with Windows Live. Our goal should be to have customers log in, type their Live ID, and then they are automatically ’set up’ with Live. For...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- Microsoft weekend roundup: The'no's' have it
- As the week draws to a close, there are a few Microsoft-related "no's" worth noting -- beyond the no more extensions for Windows XP's preload cutoff date of June 30. Other no's I noticed: Microsoft decided no release of Power Pack 1 for Windows...
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Want Vista SP1? Here's what to expect
- Want Vista SP1? Here's what to expectSP1I just installed the big SP1 and so far, no problems in the last 45 minutes.Instalation time appeared shorter than some of the Beta versions, but I could just be getting used to it.Vista SP1 InstallDownloaded and installe dSP1 this AM. Everything went smooth...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-18
- Intel moving to six-cores this year; What will you do with them?
- Intel moving to six-cores this year; What will you do with them?Oh please.."..But like that annoying smart arse in the back of the room I’d like to pose a question: What exactly are we supposed to do with six cores when.."Here we are 25 years later and pundits are still...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-18
- Windows Home Server users want their Power Pack 1
- Windows Home Server users want their Power Pack 1I can understand MS posistionIf they send out the power pack without the fix there will be someone out there saying “I thought this had the fix. Microsoft deceived me. Wheres my lawyer!” Its kind of a no win for them...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Windows Home Server users want their Power Pack 1
- Microsoft officials acknowledged this week that they are not going to release until June a fix for the serious data-corruption bug affecting Windows Home Server WHS that was first discovered months ago and affects the back-up of a growing number of Microsoft and third-party applications. The WHS...
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Microsoft's biggest lemon - Windows Home Server
- Microsoft's biggest lemon - Windows Home ServerI was thinking of buying this until this article.At home we have 2 PC's and 3 laptops. I have a NAS drive for common storage, and a tiny print server to share the printer.I was thinking of getting WHS purely because it is a...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- No fix until June for Windows Home Server flaw
- No fix until June for Windows Home Server flawWild Speculationbut if it's really low level is it possible for the flaw to exist in Windows Server 2003/2008, kinda raises the hair on the back of my neck.Oh well!Another $200 bucks down the drain... maybe they'll fix it by christmas.... and...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- Windows Home Server 'Vail' to get more entertainment hooks
- Windows Home Server 'Vail' to get more entertainment hooksReliability has to be the first priorityI attended an evening session on WHS and as one of my friends who attended put it: it's not Windows Home Server, it's Windows Home Backup. Then he amended that to Windows Small Business Backup, because...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- Windows Home Server 'Vail' to get more entertainment hooks
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Vista SP1: The hits just keep coming
- Vista SP1: The hits just keep comingHere's a question....How many enterprise customers are going to change their previous stance to "Maybe we'll see what SP2 looks like"?You said it well..."The hits just keep coming"Regardless of whether you like Vista or not, the debacle surrounding THE MOST IMPORTANT SERVICE PACK Microsoft...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Velocity Micro's Windows Home Server for power users
- Velocity Micro's Windows Home Server for power usersPerformance justification questionableIt's interesting that the individual from the Velociy Micro does not know that the Windows Home Server is only able to performe a single backup at a time, or that streaming to several PC's at once is limited by the network...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380Sure you can. ;)Easilly sets up the drives, backups, every lat little thing.Then just load the included Ubuntu client tool disk onto your Ubuntu desktop and let the automation begins!Oh, wait, So you [i]can't[/i] do that?Then why did you just say you...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- The data center on your desktop
- The data center on your desktopRE: The data center on your desktopGood,I need a data center on my desktop to tidy unorderly information.big problem with this...Our company has been migrating to laptops away from desktops over the last two years. Most people take their laptops home.Almost 100% of IT does....
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- Apple's Time Capsule delivers seamless backups for Macs
- Apple's Time Capsule delivers seamless backups for MacsFact. Checking.From Apple's web site: "Time Capsule also works great as a wireless hard drive whether you have a Mac or PC. It sets up in a snap, giving you a networked hard drive you can use for storing and sharing any kinds...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16










