home server

I am about to tear my hair out so before I do that, maybe somebody here can help. I am working on building a home server so I am trying to install a second hard drive in a Compaq desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate. The drive is a 2T Western Digital SATA WD20EADS. I have also installed a Sabrent...

I have an old computer, My old 2007 gaming rig, and I want to turn it into a server. Specs: Amd Anthlon 64 x2 5600+ Processor @ 2.80GHz Corsair 4 GB DDR2 800MHz Memory Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 256 MB DDR VRAM http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1143...

I have Windows 7 Pro installed on a brand new 1 TB HDD, itself in a new system which contains old HDDs. My homemade Tyan Tiger server/ workstation works it seems but for one important detail: it boots to the black and white screen of the "Windows boot manager". Only when I pick Windows 7 from...

Hello! Scenario: I have a windows server 2008 r2 @ my home. 100/100Mb internet connection. On this server I have several files I want my friends to have access to. Is it possible to set up some kind of connection so they can stream music, movies from it? I do not wish for them to...

Hi everyone, I'm currently working on producing some home server video tutorials for the site. The first part of which can be found: Link Removed Currently, time is not allowing me to continue this adventure, however, I am getting close. I have a lot on my plate outside of this project, but...

In a latest video tutorial effort, I will be attempting to show how to properly install, configure, and maintain Microsoft Windows Home Server. The latest video has been finished, while the setup and configuration portion is currently in development. I hope to offer transcripts of these guides...

I'm thinking of setting up a home server for back ups and file storage and sharing of my home network. Right now I back up each individual computer to my 2nd hard drive on my desktop. I would like a more efficient way of doing this and automated preferably. Werther I build or out of a box, I...

Link Removed Link Removed There may come a time when one of the computers on your network will need to be restored from a home server backup. To do this you’ll need a WHS Home Computer Restore CD and here we take a look at how to create one. Create Home Computer Restore CD There...

I'm running Win7 on my laptop (Pavilion), wireless; have access to internet & my home server. My desktop (Acer) is running Vista; network printer is connected to desktop; the desktop machine can access the internet, and my laptop, and my home server. From my laptop I can ping my desktop by...

I am having trouble searching for files on my Windows Home Server using Win 7 Clients. In Windows explorer, when you enter a name to be searched in the search bar (at the end of the address bar), nothing is shown - it does appear to be searching as the address bar gradually turns green, but...

I have 4 computers on my home network: WHS - My Windows Home Server MediaCenter-PC - My HTPC Bomber - My notebook AnnMarie - My girlfriends Desktop With the exception of the WHS all are windows 7. Everything seems to be working alright, but when I open the network view on my notebook it show...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Because nothing material has changed since the Power Pack 3 beta, this article is adapted from my Link Removed due to 404 Error. However, you may want to refer back to that original article for some additional background material. --Paul Back in July, Microsoft...

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...

I am not a windows user (usually) but my daughter has a new netbook that came with windows 7 32-bit starter version. We access the internet and a home server (linux) through our home network. Her wireless connection works fine to access the internet and the server files via samba no problem. I...

been fighting with 7 for a while now since i have a msdn account the main issues is i have a gigabit network and no speeds to show it current testing has been copying 50, 100, 750 meg and 1 gig files from a home server to windows 7 seeing maybe 11 megs at the fastest all copying is done with...

This is likely a novice question, but I'm about to upgrade an existing desktop to Win 7, I'm adding a new Windows Home Server, I'm adding a new Win 7 netbook, and have an existing XP notebook that I'm not planning to upgrade. I want all the systems to have access to the server but don't need (or...

I'm looking to do a little media distribution in my house and believe the Windows 7 will give me the ability to do what I want, but I'm not sure whether I want to use media center or media player or some combo of the two. Here's what I want to do. I have my media sitting on a windows home...

Microsoft has now officially announced the release of Beta build of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 (PP3), a solution for users to back up and restore Windows 7 PCs. First introduced in 2007 by Bill Gates, the Windows Home Server Operating System is a user friendly backup server tool designed...

The update will include several new features that take advantage of features in Windows 7: Full Image-based Backups of Windows 7 PCs. After the Windows Home Server Connector is installed on your Windows 7 PCs, Action Center should no longer display that your files are not being backed up...

I have an HP MediaVault MV2120. It is a home file storage/server running a Linux OS. It also has a media server that runs in the background. I had zero problems with seeing it while running XP. Now, with Win7, I can only get to it by manually entering in the network address. I can not see or...