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HP MediaSmart Server EX485 and EX487
The Windows Home Server team is excited to see the introduction of the next round of home servers from Hewlett Packard. Here are some links to some web articles and blog posts about the new home servers from HP powered by Windows Home Server: We Got Served Read More...
Free Home Server ...
CrunchGear did a great write-up on Windows Home Server and the HP MediaSmart Server and is giving away the home server to one lucky person that comments on the blog post. As I write this blog post, there are over 450 comments added to their post, the Read More...
Windows Home Server Toolkit Version 1.1
Today the Windows Home Server team released version 1.1 of the Windows Home Server Toolkit, a collection of diagnostic tools that run on your home computers and home server. This version provides a Windows Home Server Connector Troubleshooter that works Read More...
More info on November 2008 update ...
After installing the November 2008 update on your home server, your home server will be rebooted and you should see the Version Information incremented to 6.0.1800.24 in the Windows Home Server Console - Settings - Resources page for several of the components: Read More...
November 2008 Windows Update for Windows Home Server
The Windows Home Server team released a minor software update for the product as part of our ongoing customer- driven improvement program. Current users will receive this software via Windows Update, either on or shortly after the release date of November Read More...
10 Computers & 10 Users
From time to time, people ask the home server team how and why we made certain decisions for the initial release of WIndows Home Server. Currently, you can define 10 user accounts in the Windows Home Server Console and you can install the Windows Home Read More...
LiveNode.Com is going away ...
During the initial beta of Windows Home Server, the team setup a test domain for the Dynamic DNS services that are now included with the product. The test domain was LiveNode.Com, which has now been replaced by HomeServer.Com for people that purchase Read More...
An update on KB #946676
The Windows Home Server team has been heads down working on the data corruption issue since we first posted the Knowledge Base (KB) article in late December 2007. An update to the KB article was posted today that provides more information regarding symptoms, Read More...
Windows Home Server Power Pack 1
The first minor release of Windows Home Server was announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Power Pack 1, formerly code named "UR1", will ship in the first half of 2008 and be made available to existing customers of Windows Read More...
3,2,1...ignition!
Today is Windows Home Server launch day! We're announcing a number of things. First, the HP MediaSmart Server is now on sale on leading retailer sites, such as Amazon , Best Buy , Buy.com, Circuit City and Comp USA . (Officially pre-order, but shipping Read More...
Software Availability and the Supply Chain ...
The Windows Home Server product is finally available at some outlets in the USA and Canada. The supply chain players differ by geography. With a version 1 product in a new product category, it takes awhile for System Builders to get it on their radar Read More...
Windows Home Server Updates ...
Since the announcement of Windows Home Server RTM (Release to Manufacturing) in July, the team and our hardware partners have been aggressively gearing up for the final retail availability of solutions powered by Windows Home Server, slated for this Fall Read More...
Ship it!
Woo-hoo! We did it. Today we are announcing that Windows Home Server has been released to manufacturing (RTM). We have finalized the software and now handing it off to our OEM partners. The evaluation version (with 120 day evaluation period) and the system Read More...
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