home server

If your smart home budget is falling victim to subscription creep, you’re not alone. Each month, another little chunk peels off your hard-earned savings to pay for cloud storage, ad-blockers, media streaming, finance apps, or that “premium” password manager you only seem to use begrudgingly. But...

I'm considering replacing my 10-year old Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 platform with a new server - hardware and OS. This is for home use only. Since I'm building the machine myself, I'm looking to purchase a Windows Server 2022 Essentials license - I haven't found a source for this and...

New to this forum - retired from IT management career with hobby of building PCs and servers for personal use. I have some questions about current Windows Server versions and license options. When I go to the Windows Server forum, it tells me I must log in - but I'm already logged in. Is there...

Remote access to your home server isn’t just a convenience—it’s an essential tool for anyone managing networks, media libraries, or services from afar. Whether you’re a Windows power user or simply have a home media server that you need to manage while traveling, setting up a VPN is the most...

Ever thought about ditching Linux for Windows 11 in your home server setup? Sure, it sounds like a compelling idea. The simplicity of Windows 11 paired with its familiar interface might seem like a refreshing option for both newcomers and seasoned techies. But before you jump in, let’s talk...

The world of home labs and self-hosted solutions often conjures up visions of Linux distros like Proxmox, TrueNAS, or even OpenMediaVault. If you’re wandering around the DIY tech world, chances are you've thought, "Windows 11? Really? Can it compete against the Linux ecosystem when it comes to...

I am new to the forum and to servers in general, so please excuse my ignorance. I have built a couple of home servers using WHS 2011 and Windows Server 2016 Essentials using the skip domain script, but none requiring CALs. I want to build a new home server using a quad socket xeon E-5 4600 10...

A while back i posted about my ssh server not working. After trying protocol obfuscation, all sorts of port forwardings, and disabling all my firewalls, i found out from my ISP, that they do indeed block SSH at the service/protocol lvl on their edge routers. so this leads me to the following. I...

I have got a second computer in my house and was going to have it up as much as possible for a Minecraft server. Both PCs Win 10 Pro x64 1809. I installed from the windows store the remote desktop app and started noticing Kaspersky blocking some attacks. (attached picture, mid-Oct) I...

Hi everyone Im new here. My question is I have a windows server 2008 running. With filezila for ftp. And advances folder share for file sharing on my network. Is the any sort of bare bone windows system that will do the job. Keep it simple. Server 2008 is old now but does the job. I done use...

Hello, I recently setup a new server with a website, so i can learn windows server 2008 I am using a desktop computer, it's a quad core 8 gig of ram, I've used xampp before on this computer and the website runs fast, I also had the website on my ovh dedicated server online and it runs fast...

Hello all, First off I'd like to thank anyone who helps me with this in advance. I recently built a dedicated server system for my home to serve movie files, music, pics, things of that nature and we have a few kids in the household who like to click without thinking and delete things and I'm...

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...

Hi, I'm not sure where to post this, but here it goes: I have followed this tutorial in creating a NAS for my home, but it seems like it needs my computer to be in a workgroup. I am currently running windows 7 professional but the computer is not mine. My company owns it and it belongs to a...

So, I have a Windows 7 box that I use as a home server. I store all kinds of shared files on the machine include music, pictures, videos, home movies, work related, kids' homework, everything. I created the computer with two hard drives including a SDD drive that i use for the System's core...

A quick walkthrough of how to perform an installation of Microsoft Windows Home Server. In this walkthrough, we detail the early process of installation, but in subsequent videos we will go through both configuration, usability, and management of Home Server.

Hello, I am trying to access my home share drive with my work computer. In the past I would just type \\homeserver from the run command or doubleclick on the shared folder shortcut on my desktop, get a network prompt and enter the uname/pw. They must have done something at work because now...

Widows Firewall keeps popping a notification that host process for windows services Windows Firewall is blocking a inbound from WHS which I assume means Windows Home Server. The problem is I do not have a WHS so why would it keep trying to contact me?

Describes the client-side package of Update Rollup 2 for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, for Windows Home Server 2011, and for Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. More...

I have a new computer build where I have Win 7 Pro 64-bit installed on a SSD. Then I have a pair of 1TB drives that I setup as mirroring drives in Disc Management. I proceeded to setup my windows backup to the mirrored drive, but it is giving me the warning: When restoring a system...