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Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Available Now

Windows Home Server‘s Power Pack 3 is available now, and all you have to do is go into your Windows Update section of your Home Server and hit Update to access the new features. Unless you’re one of those who accessed PP3 before it was final, in which case you have to follow these instructions…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 25

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Available November 24th

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 will be available worldwide on November 24th. Note that Power Pack 3 will be a free update to anyone already using Windows Home Server through Windows Update. [Windows Home Server Blog]

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 19

Asus TS Mini NAS Windows Home Server Backups Up to 10 PCs

Have you heard of that new service that allows you to connect to the Internet at one gigabit-per-second to access your very own two terabytes of storage space? Me neither. That’s probably why you need the Asus TS Mini NAS. These Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz Windows Home Servers can back up to ten PCs and…

Tech News Adam Lam Nov 18

HP MediaSmart EX495 Windows Home Server Review (Better Time Machine Support!)

The HP MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 are the new top-of-the-line Windows Home Servers from HP, which are good enough to pretty much be the de-facto Windows Home Servers on the market now. These new units keep up the tradition. https://gizmodo.com/hps-mediasmart-ex490-and-ex495-have-additional-mac-func-5359432 What it still does HP’s Windows Home Servers are exceptional because they take the standard…

Reviews Jason Chen Oct 23

How to Build Your Very Own Badass Windows Home Server

Jason lurves Windows Home Server—it does automated backups over your network, streams movies, music and photos and is a general-purpose fileshare. If you don’t wanna hand HP $400, Maximum PC’s got a build-to-stream guide to rolling your own. https://gizmodo.com/hp-lx195-budget-windows-home-server-review-5270439 And, even if you’d rather buy a pre-made box—built-in Time Machine support for Macs is a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 8

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Won’t Be Live Until End of 2009

Microsoft just posted an update on their Windows Home Server blog that says Power Pack 3 won’t be “final” until the end of the year, after the community has “validated [their] work.”

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 28

HP’s MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 Have Additional Mac Functionality, More Video Encoding

The previous HP EX-487 Windows Home Server was notable both because it was a good WHS, and because it had the ability to support Time Machine over the network on Macs. The EX490 and EX495 do even more. https://gizmodo.com/hp-mediasmart-ex487-server-has-remote-mp3-streaming-ma-5119452 One of the most important additions is the ability to do “bare metal recovery” on a…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 15

Lenovo’s Sleek IdeaCentre Q110 Nettop Has Nvidia Ion Graphics

After teasing us over Twitter yesterday, Lenovo has now outlined full specs and pricing for its new Q100/Q110 nettops, and D400 Home Server. Both nettops are 0.7-inches thin, and the Q110 has Nvidia Ion graphics with 1080p HDMI output. https://gizmodo.com/lenovo-twitters-new-ideacentre-q100-nettops-ideacentre-5339677 The $349 IdeaCentre Q110 has 2GB of memory and a 250GB hard disk, versus the…

Tech News Danny Allen Aug 19

Lenovo Twitters New IdeaCentre Q100 Nettops, IdeaCentre D400 Home Server

Lenovo claims its upcoming Q100/Q110 nettops are “some of the thinnest in the world.” We’ll wait and see, but I like that etched motif. Meanwhile, we know more about the D400 Windows Home server because it’s already available in Asia. The picture above shows the D400 has four hot-swappable drive bays, and what little English…

Tech News Danny Allen Aug 18

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta Adds New Windows 7 Functionality

We all know Windows 7 has a bunch of fancy new tricks. Now, the new Power Pack 3 beta software upgrade for Windows Home Server has been bolstered to support some of those features. The update includes support for full Windows 7 image backups, shared folders, Windows Search 4, and interactivity between WHS and Windows…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 17

How to Use Time Machine Backups on Windows Home Server (or Any Networked Storage)

One of the lame things about Time Machine is that backups over the network are only officially supported on Time Capsule. Luckily, even if you don’t have one of HP’s Time Machine-compatible Home Servers, you can make it work. https://gizmodo.com/hp-lx195-budget-windows-home-server-review-5270439 Brent Freidman lays out exactly how to get Time Machine backups to work with any…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 10

HP LX195 Budget Windows Home Server Review

The Gadget: HP’s LX195, their stripped-to-the-core (but Apple Time Machine capable) implementation of the Windows Home Server, which comes with a 640GB internal drive, but can only be expanded via the four USB ports in the back. The Price: $390 The Verdict: Quite good. If you weren’t quite sure Windows Home Server was right for…

Reviews Jason Chen May 26

Acer Aspire easyStore Expandable 1TB Windows Home Server Cube Is $400

Acer’s Aspire easyStore is on the cheaper and smaller side of pre-built Windows Home Server configs at $400, but unlike some at that price, this little cube actually has three hot-swappable HDD bays to expand its 1TB of storage. Full specs: https://gizmodo.com/windows-home-server-review-317502 New Acer® Aspire easyStore Home Server Provides Access to Family’s Digital Data From…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 21

HP’s LX195 Low-End Windows Home Server is $390

The LX195 Windows Home Server is a full Windows Home Server inside a smaller body. It also comes at a smaller price. https://gizmodo.com/a-better-look-at-hps-compact-mediasmart-server-lx195-5210426 Inside is 640GB of storage, expandable with its four rear USB ports. Like the rumors said, there are no internal hard drive slots, but there is Gigabit Ethernet. The internals are also…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 29

A Better Look at HP’s Compact MediaSmart Server LX195

Here’s a better shot of the HP LX195 MediaSmart Windows Home Server. It looks like it has 0 expandable bays (the bigger ones have SATA trays), and only comes with four USB ports. https://gizmodo.com/hps-mediasmart-server-lx195-leaked-is-a-more-compact-w-5192262 Our guess is that the upside is the unit is going to be very cheap (but somewhat underpowered in terms of…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 13

HP’s MediaSmart Server LX195 Leaked, Is a More Compact Windows Home Server

HP’s apparently following up its OS X Time Machine compatible MediaSmart EX487 Windows Home Server with a smaller model, shipping with just 640GB of storage. https://gizmodo.com/hp-mediasmart-ex487-server-has-remote-mp3-streaming-ma-5119452 No other real details can be seen from this low-rez box shot, but it’s likely that this LX195 doesn’t have Mac support, so don’t hold out for that if…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 31

Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 Hits Tomorrow, Brings Improvements to Media Sharing, Remote Access

Microsoft’s releasing their yearly update for Windows Home Server tomorrow, and it’s called Power Pack 2. People who like putting all their files in one centralized, networked place should be excited. Among the features are improved and simplified remote access handling (it’s just a one-click affair now), as well as media sharing through Windows Media…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 23

Gizmodo’s Complete Windows 7 Coverage

Windows 7 Beta, Microsoft’s thank-you gift for putting up with Vista, has been out two weeks and we’re covering every exciting inch of it. Here’s how to catch up, or get the beta for yourself: To automatically read the most recent Windows 7 posts, hit this tag (and bookmark it). Windows 7 Beta Installation Advice…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 22

Win 7 Tip: Windows Home Server Is Almost 100% Compatible Already

It’s not a huge surprise, but Windows Home Server’s Connector software works just fine with Windows 7. Everything from the client to the backup software acts appropriately. Two small inconsistencies that you should note. One, in the backup screen, WHS will display your machine as “Windows Vista Ultimate” instead of Windows 7. Not a big…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 21

HP MediaSmart EX487 Server Has Remote MP3 Streaming, Mac Time Machine Compatibility

HP’s EX485/7 iteration of their MediaSmart Server now comes with a revamped UI, remote music and photo streaming capability, and is the first non-apple NAS product to support Time Machine. https://gizmodo.com/hp-mediasmart-server-arrives-looking-hunky-yet-chunk-321034 Though it looks the same on the outside, the hardware received a bump, now using a 2.0 GHz Celeron processor and 2GB DDR2 RAM.…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 29

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Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Available Now

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Available November 24th

Asus TS Mini NAS Windows Home Server Backups Up to 10 PCs

HP MediaSmart EX495 Windows Home Server Review (Better Time Machine Support!)

How to Build Your Very Own Badass Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Won’t Be Live Until End of 2009

HP’s MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 Have Additional Mac Functionality, More Video Encoding

Lenovo’s Sleek IdeaCentre Q110 Nettop Has Nvidia Ion Graphics

Lenovo Twitters New IdeaCentre Q100 Nettops, IdeaCentre D400 Home Server

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta Adds New Windows 7 Functionality

How to Use Time Machine Backups on Windows Home Server (or Any Networked Storage)

HP LX195 Budget Windows Home Server Review

Acer Aspire easyStore Expandable 1TB Windows Home Server Cube Is $400

HP’s LX195 Low-End Windows Home Server is $390

A Better Look at HP’s Compact MediaSmart Server LX195

HP’s MediaSmart Server LX195 Leaked, Is a More Compact Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 Hits Tomorrow, Brings Improvements to Media Sharing, Remote Access

Gizmodo’s Complete Windows 7 Coverage

Win 7 Tip: Windows Home Server Is Almost 100% Compatible Already

HP MediaSmart EX487 Server Has Remote MP3 Streaming, Mac Time Machine Compatibility

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