In my efforts to keep my production server separate from these articles I write here on C.O.D., I have implemented a test server.  With that said, this box is my playpen.  During the initial configuration, I was prompted with a mysterious error while trying to configure the box for remote access. The error comes in a dialogue box and displays the confusing error: Windows Home Server Could Not Find an Installed Website Gateway Provider. Read More...

I have been playing with my home server for more than a year now and I have always just dealt with the slow transfer speeds to and from my server, until now.  I have a gigabit switch (Linksys EG005W) and I am running Cat6 to all my machines that host gigabit adapters. With that said, I would consistently only get 20-30 % throughput on my network.  Now I get 40-50% throughput and sustain transfer speeds of around 60+MB/s by simply enabling Jumbo Frames! Read More...

I am always looking for new and better ways to do things with my Windows Home Server.  Lately, it has been pretty stale... finding new things that is.  Then, when not looking for something, I found something; Sockso Music Server. Read More...

I have been looking for a way to stream music from my Windows Home Server without using some intermediary service for some time now.  Most of the applications require some third party service to stream your media, that is, until I stumbled upon Subsonic.

Subsonic promises to deliver the solution to streaming my music without using any third party service and claims to be an easy to install solution. Read More...

Most of us have heard about Comcast's new bandwidth restrictions.  Comcast has set a hard limit, finally, to their bandwidth usage for customers at a static 250GB per month.  These are limits that were previously not in place and there is an easy way to keep an eye on your usage. 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.

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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...