http://www.mshomeserver.org News & Information on Microsoft Home Server Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:14:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Boy, they say in the blog announcing the CTP that hints were dropped, but it seemed to me that the WHS Team folks had been doing a great job insinuating we wouldn't be getting another build of WHS. This is a lovely surprise to me. I really thought that all ... http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/whs-ctp-yay Just a heads-up for future WHS beta installers -- don't remove the install DVD until you are totally complete with the install. I know I'm used to removing discs around the time of a reboot, but if you do, Setup will fail. I got an error when WinFX was attempting ... http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/leave-your-whs-install-disc-in-the-drive As reported on the Windows Home Server Blog another 10,000 invites went out to those picked to help test this fantastic product :) Its exciting to see more momentum behind this product and I think it has an excellent place in Microsofts lineup. Click Here To Share This Post http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/new-batch-of-home-server-beta-invites So, I've been running Windows Home Server beta 2 for about a week now, and it feels like I've been using it forever. It's just so easy. But something popped up in the Console today, and I'm not sure how it got there, or how to make it go away. The screen ... http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/used-space-history One of the most appealing features from Home Server is having centralized storage space for all the PC's on your network. To work seamlessly you will need to make sure that the user accounts on Home Server matches those on you PC. This will keep you from having ... http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/creating-user-accounts-for-home-server Saw the post on the Home Server Blog linking to me this morning and was very pleased. I have been avidly reading the forums and there is a wealth of information there that makes some of the articles here pale in comparison. I am going to be moving ... http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/hello-technet-readers-want-to-share-your-experiences Home Server Blog has announced the opening of forums specifically for users of he Home Server Beta. You can find the forums at Server Playground. They also announced that they would be sending out another round of beta invitations in the near future! See you on the ... http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/new-forums-for-windows-home-server The older PC I had used for the install had a pretty small hard drive in it, so I ran out and got a external USB hard drive to increase space on the server. It was a snap to upgrade and everything went very smooth. Here is a ... http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/adding-storage-to-ms-home-server Finally got Home Server up and running in my real network with no fuss and no muss. While the install procedure is rather lengthy it was easy and mostly hands off. I was going to go out and buy a new machine to test the beta but in ... http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/home-server-setup-and-running I was able to get my virtual Vista Ultimate machine to connect to the Home Server so it is very doable for testing. I had to run it on its own virtual network so they would see each other correctly, but that may just be my lack of VMware ... http://www.mshomeserver.org/ms-home-server-beta/ms-home-server-virtual-network-setup-under-vmware