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Many companies use VPN to let you log into your work desktop from home. With Windows Home Server, you can take advantage of underlying Windows Server 2008 features to enable VPN for secure access to your own home network. It's a little work, but we walk you through all the steps.
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When Windows Home Server 2011 was announced I was extremely excited. I participated in the beta, and I now have a dedicated 8TB Raid 10 running in my closet. Not only will WHS2011 store all of your files in the house, backup your computers, and allow you to stream your content through your browser...
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Windows Home Server 2011 is almost upon the mainstream masses as Microsoft has now released the product to RTM. The questions many people are asking are: should I upgrade, and how do I migrate my data? In this article I am going to give you the pros and cons of upgrading your Windows Home Server...
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You read that correct you have only 5 more days to get all of your data off your Vail machine! On January 10th 2011 the public preview versions of Vail will no longer function and Microsoft will not be releasing a patch to extend the preview period. They will however be coming out with a Beta of...
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After several weeks of covering the news, we finally move on (mostly) from the WHS Drive Extender debacle and straight into metadata and getting your Recorded TV sorted the way you want. There’s no one good way to handle this situation if you want to use a different system. Most are...
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Really short show notes this week folks. Not really a whole lot to say about the show other than Josh and I are joined by Alton Marschall from down around Texas way to share his setup and ideas on Media Center and Sage TV. Have a good listen this week. I have no doubt it’s going to generate...
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Just a quick note. Jere and I got a great email about our last show covering Windows Home Server and HTPCs. We just couldn’t bare to wait until August to talk about it. I’ll let you listen for all of the details but suffice to say, there seems to be enough interest that we’re going to...
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I recently had a storage issue on my Windows Home Server. I run a WHS with only one 250GB drive in it as I haven’t had a chance to build a proper server yet. As well, I’m waiting to see what will happen with codename: Vail before I invest in the hardware. Anyway, the storage issue forced...
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For being the slow time of year, there sure is some great Media Center related news out there. It’s only about one month until CEDIA kicks off and hopefully we’ll have even more to talk about then. For now though, we get a chance to talk about some 3rd party applications as well as a new...
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I’m enjoying having a home server. Mine has been running for about a month now and overall the experience has been great. When I heard that Power Pack 3 was going to up the ante when it came to Media Center integration I knew I had to try it. And try it I have. While I’m happy to have...
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