The one time that I really envy Mac users is when I get a new PC. It is just so friggin hard to get all of your applications, settings, and data transitioned from one PC to another. I did give the “Windows Easy Transfer” tool a whirl but after leaving the house for a few […]
Tag Archive for 'windows-home-server'
Migrating
19Jan08More than a decade after Microsoft added long filename support to their operating systems, they still cause problems. My Windows Home Server has been showing this error for a few weeks now:
According to this thread the limitation is within the .NET Framework, which I actually find more disturbing than if it were some sort of […]
Dynamic DNS on WHS
01Dec07Microsoft is providing free subdomains and dynamic DNS under the homeserver.com domain for WHS users, and HP partnered with TZO.com to provide vanity domains. But I already have my own domains and I am perfectly happy with my free DynDNS account.
So I thought I’d whip up my own domain name provider plug-in. Struggled for a […]
Home is where your server is
29Nov07The delivery guy showed up a day earlier than expected with my HP EX470 MediaSmart Home Server. A nice surprise, indeed! Taking it out of the box the first thing you notice is how tiny it is. The proportions are about the same as your typical mini-tower but this baby isn’t even 10 inches […]
Misc
14Oct07I don’t want to go back to work. Take my job, please. Half of this week I will be (unsuccessfully) trying not to fall asleep in project roadmap meetings instead of accomplishing anything useful with the first ever face-to-face gathering of our entire Engineering staff. Somewhere in the planning process a good idea went horribly […]
The installation of Windows Home Server Beta 2 in 279 screen shots. Overkill, or excruciatingly thorough?
Why yes, I do have nothing better to do on a Sunday morning.
And for the folks having trouble installing it under VMware Workstation: download the latest release (11/2006) and create a virtual IDE disk.
Windows Home Server ‘blog
02Feb07The Windows Home Server weblog launched this week. I am hyper-interested in this product, storage and backup have been huge pain points for me, I just hope that it will be available sans hardware — either Retail or “OEM.”
