Recent content by monahanz

Thanks for the quick reply Neemoberr. I think then I will go with WSE Essentials. Is overkill for my setup I'm sure. I see the following specs:- License for 2 CPU's and max. 25 users and 50 devices Easy-to-use dashboard for simple administration Unlimited duration of use License will be...

I have been using WSE 2016 for a few years now to manage a simple home network of 4 windows 4 PC's with one WSE 2016 server. It worked fine over the past few years. I mainly use it for movie file storage and client backups. Recently some of the overnight backups stopped. No matter what I did the...

I'm using WHS 2011+SP1. Never any problems, great software BTW, saved my neck a number of times. Have 5 clients here at home! The good news is I have complete control/access of everything. The bad news is I'm not sure what you suggest I do. By "re-install WX" do you mean install WHS 2011...

Since I'm loading up a windows 10 disk image file (to reconstruct a system) I don't see how there could be an open port on the client. A far as I know Skype is not running/installed on my home server. Is the a way to determine on the WHS what ports are currently open/being used. What info...

Thanks for the fast reply. Two further questions. I'm confused as to why you say “Microsoft id = the username and password". I assumed I would enter the user name and password of my local WHS itself (Administrator...) Is there a way to temporally unblock the 8080 port into the server so I can...

I saved a windows 10 disk image on my Windows Home Server and created a recovery DVD. Then when I want to check all is well, I found that while the recovery DVD worked fine when I tried to set a path to the WHS disk/file I could not log on to the server from within the recovery program. Asks...

My choice of "Features" displayed with "MyMSN" is getting scrambled from time to time when I restart Windows 7. I have MyMSN as my IE (v8) default page. Very frustating. It comes up with the default Microsoft default suggestion list ( I assume). I have several times had to re-customize the page...