Personally, I am sick and tired of the United States government meddling more and more in our lives. The movie and music industry is using our elected officials like puppets (muppets) and we are sitting idly by and letting it happen. Well, I signed the petition, and my voice will be heard next election. G.R.I.P. – Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians. If we really want to make changes, we have to get those that pander to big business out of office and let them know that we have the power to do it. After all, they are there to represent Read More…
Many XP users have been blaming Service Pack 3 for breaking remote desktop connections to their machines. I, for one, have been unable to RDC into my Windows XP machine since the upgrade to Service Pack 3 as well. However, the issue isn't with Service Pack 3 at all! Nvidia is at fault! Read More...
There are more uses for your WHS then you can shake a stick at; whatever that may mean. The latest endeavor is using your Windows Home Server as an Internet Proxy. I personally use my Windows Home Server as a proxy to be able to view sites that my company blocks access to. Setting up a proxy can also allow you to control web content served in your home. If you have a child, you can block sites or even keywords to keep pages from being served. Read More...
People like to customize things. With that said, I ran across an individual that had an issue with his WHS. He imaged his existing hard drive to a larger hard drive, but was left with the original disk name in the Windows Home Server Console. This poses no problems, but is more of an annoyance than anything. If you want to change the name, you can.
I recently ran into a situation where I was having some issues with the Windows Firewall on my Windows Home Server, so I did what I though would help me solve my issues. If you open the options for the Windows Firewall on your Windows Home Server, there is an advanced tab with an option to "Restore Defaults." I figured this would restore the Firewall to the state it ships with Windows Home Server. Unfortunately, this isn't the case; it restores the Firewall to a BLANK state, losing all the necessary exceptions for WHS to function properly. Read More...
Creating an FTP server on your Windows Home Server can prove to be very advantageous. There are many times when using the web interface just doesn't seem practical. Also, you are no longer limited to how many people have the ability to upload and download from your WHS. Read More...
Setting up your Windows Home Server as an Email Server is fast, easy, and best of all; it is totally FREE! The best part about is that you can use your Microsoft given WHS hostname as your email address (yourname@xxxx.homeserver.com). Read More...
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