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The Home Server Show 39 – OS System Drive Failure Options
Apr 4th
The Home Server Show 39 – OS Drive Failure Options. In today’s episode, Dave briefly talks about the article he wrote on replacing a hard drive in your Windows Home Server but the questions that came up were what do I do if I have a failure of my system drive. He goes over your options and provide some excellent links!
Book Give-Away
Andrew Edney’s Book – Windows Home Server Users Guide
Andrew Edney’s Site – http://usingwindowshomeserver.com/
Listen to the show to see if you won!
Congratulations to Ian Dixon and The Media Center Show for reaching show number 200!
The Before You Build Windows Home Server Checklist
Adding a Disk Drive to an already full Windows Home Server
WHS Backup Database-Backup Add-In
Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Computer Backup and Restore
Another link I think is useful that discusses RAID vs. WHS. Read this article and the comments.
How To Shop Tech Smart in a Declining Economy – Never Buy Cables at a Big Box Store!
Apr 2nd
It always kills me when I shop at Best Buy, Office Max or any other big box store and see the ridiculous prices they change for basic cables. Don’t be fooled again!
A great example are video cables. Let’s say you’ve just bought that sweet new 26 inch monitor (like me) and you want to take advantage of that awesome DVI (Digital Visual Interface) port on your video card that to this point has only collected dust. So you buy the monitor (which you should have bought online!), only to find that it shipped with only a VGA (Video Graphics Array) cable. Stink! The monitor supports both VGA and HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) but you are now short the correct cable. You really want to use that monitor with the right cable, so you grab the car keys and head out for the “super helpful cuz they don’t work on commission” big box store. Right? Wrong!
The Home Server Show 38 – PP2 Extravaganza!
Apr 1st
Show #38 of the Home Server Show is now out!
The show includes discussion on PP2 for Windows Home Server that you will not hear or read about anywhere else! Andrew Edney was nice enough to interview and he and I discuss the newly released PP2.
Links and News Items mentioned on the show
Andrew Edney’s Book and Site – http://usingwindowshomeserver.com/
Brendan grant article on new PP2 API’s
Alternatives for Media Center Users
Recorded TV Manager – http://www.fjdrasch.com/
TV Manager – https://brentf.com/software.aspx
The Home Server Show 37 – Interview with Terry Walsh of WeGotServed
Mar 21st
Show 37 features an Interview with Terry Walsh. Terry is the owner and editor of wegotserved.co.uk. In the interview we talk about new WHS hardware and the new releases of WHS software.
Links and News Items mentioned on the show
Perfect Disk 10 for Windows Home Server
The 2008 Engadget Awards. Vote for the MediaSmartServer here.
Upgrading your WHS to a Gigabit Network
Add-In: Media Center Health Monitor
A Helpful Microsoft Tool You Have Never Heard Of – The Malicious Software Removal Tool
Mar 21st
Having trouble with a slow computer? Things not running right on your PC? Here is another unknown tool from Microsoft that you can use to help speed things up when Windows gets you down.
Most of the time, a slow computer can mean one of three things.
1. You have upgraded your OS software well beyond your hardware.
2. You have an install of Windows that gets used a lot (especially by kids) and has not been reinstalled in over a year.
3. You have a virus or malware that has infected your PC and taken it over.
These days, virus’ don’t attempt to destroy your data like they once did. Your personal information and the hijacked use of your PC are far to valuable to hackers. They want to take over your PC, not wreck it!
Avast! 4.8 for the Windows Home Server
Mar 13th
To scan or not to scan (the Windows Home Server)…that is the question. On Show #28 on the The Home Server Show, a few of us discussed just that particular question. It was even the topic of a post in a January 2008 review at We Got Served.
If you have looked for an antivirus solution for the Windows Home Server, you won’t find many. Is that it’s not really needed? Is it that the market for this type of software is still too soft or too much of a niche? Could it still be too complex of a solution for most users? Do most people feel that antivirus on the client is good enough?
Its been well over a year since that post and avast! has since released a new version. I think it’s time again to ask the question, is it really necessary to run an anti-virus application on your Windows Home Server? And if you did, would you run avast?
It’s been Upgrade Weekend! (On the Cheap of Course!)
Mar 8th
So I spent a good part of Friday night and most of Saturday doing some much needed upgrading to the PC I use daily at home. I know with the economy being what it is and the fact that we have thousands of dollars in medical expenses for Jon’s and Tim’s accidents this winter looming, that this may not have been the best time to do something like this. However, I had been planning this for some time and I was able to do it very inexpensively. If you been keeping you eye on the price of computer stuff lately, you know that this kind of stuff has never been cheaper. So I went for it.
I basically upgraded my monitor, video card and operating system. As you can see from some of these pictures, I should have spent some time upgrading my basement walls! Here are some details (on the computer stuff anyway).
The Home Server Show 36 – Before you Build Follow Up
Feb 28th
Show #36 is a follow up to the Before you Build show. It’s a short show this week.
News and Links mentioned in the podcast
Microsoft’s New Server, Foundation
HP Upline is calling it quits. Did we kill it?
Windows Home Server February Update
Norco SS-500 Hot Swap Backplane Review
What should we do with a VIA A2000?
Acer’s EasyStore H340 Windows Home Server
Windows Home Server Drive Balancer Utility
Quick & Easy Windows Home Server OS Backup and Restore. | 4Hak3rs
How to run HP Upline inside your Windows Home Server Console
The Home Server Show #35 – Before you Install
Feb 23rd
Regardless of whether you have built your WHS or it arrived all in one piece there are certain steps you should take to get up and running with Windows Home Server. This is not a step by step guide to installation. They are all different. This is more like Cliff Notes. It’s the stuff you need to know before you get started and some tips and tricks before, during, and after installation. I will publish a check list or a cheat sheet list to go along with this podcast.
News Items mentioned on the show
The Home Server Show’s new writers / Home Build section – send yours in with photos
Listen to the show for a freebie. Backing up your Mac with the new HP Mediasmart Server
Feed Changes Thank you to all who submitted a fun quote for the last two shows.
Jim Joins the Cast of Home Server Show
Feb 17th
Well, I haven’t done anything yet, but Dave over at the Home Server Show has asked me to contribute material from time to time related to the Microsoft Windows Home Server Product. I’ve been talking about his on my blog for some time now, so this should come as no surprise.
You can find the more info on what I will be doing here or at the link below. Enjoy!
Remember, I search so you don’t have to!
http://homeservershow.com/homeservershowcoms-new-team.html
