July 20th, 2009
I was not alive 40 years ago when the Americans humans landed on the moon, but I am a geek that loves space.
Carina Software is giving away “free” astronomy apps (well one cent/ one pence – for the admin side of things). This offer is just available today (20th July 2009) and is only for the download only versions of the products. Go to http://www.carinasoft.com/products/index.html for more information and to “buy” the product.
So to those that died during the Apollo missions and those that landed on the moon and returned safely to Earth, you made it possible for this planet to have its first steps into space and the technology that has been created because of Apollo has changed so many peoples lifes.
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May 18th, 2009
If you want the backup to be better then you could buy a Drobo and install as much or as little storage as you wish. To get this working and to have the abililty to upgrade the storage without the problems of USB, you need to use the network abilitiy. This means that your WHS must have two Network cards, and your Drobo must have the Droboshare if your Drobo is not the DroboPro.
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May 11th, 2009
IF you are just starting off with your WHS or have been using it since it was released then you need to know about securing the WHS and the Network it sits on. Well Chuck over at Homeserverland.com (HSL) has been doing a series on how to secure the WHS and network. Just to warn you that the first few parts are to give background of security and it will allow you to better understand the rest of the series. The Series is usually released every Sunday.
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May 11th, 2009
If you have a WHS and have a lot of CD’s and DVD’s then AVA Media is one add in product that you could use, it is a paid option but with the paid option you don’t have to jump through hops to unlock features with the MyMovies which is what AVA is a modified version of. I done some calculating and if you donate to the creator of MyMovies you would pay the same or a bit more then AVA Media.
If you wish to have a read of the review head over to http://www.homeserverland.com/blogs/hslblog/archive/2009/04/28/ava-media-v1-5-0-1-add-in-evaluation.aspx.
I will upload my review of AVA Media soon.
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April 12th, 2009
Kentdome has a new WHS addin in the works currently it is in Alpha build and members of HomeServerLand may request to test it. It is called Grid BURN and it allows you when you have a CD/DVD RW drive to burn CD’s and DVD’s of folders on your WHS.
Media that it supports CD/DVD/HD-DVD and Blue-Ray
For more information on it check http://www.homeserverland.com/forums/t/326.aspx out.
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April 12th, 2009
Home Server land is a somewhat new community and is growing all the time, at the time of posting they have 4578 members, from all over the world. It is friendly and you can ask any question in relation to the WHS.
There are advantages on signing up to HSL the chance to Alpha and Beta test new WHS addins and software that Kentdome has created.
Head over now to www.homeserverland.com and sign up.
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March 31st, 2009
Openfire only works when a user has logged on. So we need to set it as a service.
If you do not have Windows Resource Tools Kit then you would have to download it. It is free and available from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en and AnyServiceInstaller by Marceln from
Now log into your Administrator account of your WHS either via Remote Desktop Connection, Advantage Admin Console Add-in or directly (Mouse, Keyboard and Monitor). And install the Windows Resource Tools Kit. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 31st, 2009
After you installed the Openfire server, and you started it you cant either click on the “Launch Admin”
Or you can either on the WHS go to http://localhost:9090 or http://127.0.0.1:9090 but make sure that you have either disabled the advance security on Internet Explorer or have another browser installed such as Firefox. If you are using any computer on the network go to http://whs:9090 or the IP assigned to the WHS in you network for example http://192.168.1.2:9090.
When you go to the above address the setup will start and you would have to select you language, then click the Continue button. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 4th, 2009
Having a chat or instant messaging (IM) server running on a Home or Small business network is some what a good idea, even if you are at work or school and other of your family is at home or even around the world.
The Chat server that I choose to install and run on my Windows Home Server has plug-ins that allow your clients/users to sign in using their mainstream accounts such as Yahoo, AOL and Windows Live (MSN).
The Chat/Instant Messaging Server/software that I choose is the Openfire from ignite realtime – Jive Software. They also have a desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux) and a Web-based client to allow users to login and chat.
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