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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
|  Re: [WHS] Try Windows Home Server for 120 days
The WHS backups my wife's XP Pro machine and my Vista Ultimate laptop automatically on a daily basis, something I never had in the past. I also setup a remote access account and privileges for my brother (who lives in Florida) and myself. My brother has access to shared folders/files while I have access to shared folders/files and my own specifically owned folder. He also has a WHS running and I have similar privileges on his machine, ie. access to shared folders/files only. My wife only has access to shared folders/files and her specificlly owned folder on the WHS. She does not have remote access privileges.
Remote Desktop access is easy and fast to my wife's XP Pro machine if I need it.
All access to my WHS and shared folders/files or Remote Desktop to access my wife's XP Pro machine is via a web based interface that requires two ports to be opened on any firewall/router the WHS is behind, ie. TCP Port 443 and TCP Port 4125.
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join:2004-09-08 | Re: [WHS] Try Windows Home Server for 120 days Nice!
I may give this a playaround before I pack my stuff up and head back to the states in January...
Got a job at a network operations center....
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Kanebrake
JJ - Hendrick 48 Car
Premium
join:2002-03-12
| 3x ... I have been running this since the first beta. I quit using Acronis and started using WHS. I have done restores on xP home & pro and Vista b.e. and all works as advertised. I have ripped 215 dvd's and over 200 cd's and all works great.
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Kabanos
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join:2001-06-29
1 edit | WHS Related:
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Windows Home Server Drive Extender
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Brief Description
This Technical Brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Drive Extender.
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Overview
This Technical Brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Drive Extender. Learn about configuring your home server’s storage and adding / removing hard drives.
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Quick Details
File Name: Windows_Home_Server_Drive_Extender.pdf
Version: 1.0
Date Published: 11/7/2007
Language: English
Download Size: 676 KB
Estimated Download Time: 2 min 56K
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»www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···yLang=en
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs: | Wow, wish I had a spare box to run this on, looks really nice. | |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO | This is a great product at the right time. So many households have lots of digital media and files that just need to be backed up. But they lack the willpower or knowledge.
Im setting one up for myself and parents business. | |
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Anon007
@tele.dk | said by MSeng  :I've never been a fanboy of Microsoft... LOL | |
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
| If your running WHS and keep getting the nagging certificate warning messages look at this page from Susan Bradley (MS-MVP SBS) for help installing the self signed root cert on your client.
»msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive···sta.aspx
You can then export the root cert and import that on other clients by following the advice in the second post by DocGuy (a WHS Team member) in this thread from the MS WHS forums...
»forums.microsoft.com/WindowsHome···iteID=50
FYI, I initially had an issue using the WHS self signed root cert on my Vista laptop client. I kept getting a cert warning message when I tried to access my WHS secure page from a remote location.
The problem was traced to my old domain name which I was using. I used a DynDNS domain name and had my router configured to sign on the DynDNS servers. So in this case the WHS machine had no knowledge of my domain name so the self signed cert was created without including the domain name.
To fix this issue I disabled DynDNS sign-on in my router and configured my WHS machine (via the WHS console) to use a MS supplied homeserver.com domain name. Subsequently this caused a new cert to be created. I could then install this new root cert and I can now access my WHS machine secure web page without getting the cert warning message.
My brother (in Florida) imported the .cer file I sent him and he can also access his account on my WHS machine with getting the cert waining message.
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OZO
Premium
join:2003-01-17
| In this web page there is requirement:
70 GB or larger ATA, SATA, or SCSI hard drive as the primary hard drive
Is it a missprint or something?
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TODarling
U.S. Army Retired
Premium
join:2004-11-27
Fort Smith, AR
| Re: [WHS] Try Windows Home Server for 120 days said by OZO :In this web page there is requirement: 70 GB or larger ATA, SATA, or SCSI hard drive as the primary hard driveIs it a missprint or something? No it is not a misprint. I was a beta tester and since the release of RC1 that is a requirement. WHS uses 20 gig for the OS and the remainder of the drive is for backups and file sharing. | |
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join:2003-01-17 | Re: [WHS] Try Windows Home Server for 120 days Thanks! | |
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
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WHS Server Storage | 
WHS Computer backup history |
said by TODarling :said by OZO :In this web page there is requirement: 70 GB or larger ATA, SATA, or SCSI hard drive as the primary hard driveIs it a missprint or something? No it is not a misprint. I was a beta tester and since the release of RC1 that is a requirement. WHS uses 20 gig for the OS and the remainder of the drive is for backups and file sharing. To add these screen shots are from my WHS. One shows the current disk usage on the server and the other the current backup history of my wife's XP Pro desktop. Her machine is connected to my LAN via an 802.11g wireless link by the way.
My Vista Ultimate laptop is normally sitting on my desk in hibernate overnight (it connects to my LAN via a 100 Mbps link) and is also automatically backed up in the middle of the night. That is really a nice feature, IMHO.
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| Windows Server 2008 RC0 (which I'm up on as I type this) is available as a free evaluation download via MSDN Downloads (you don't have to be a paying pubscriber to get it, either).
You have your choice of Standard, Enterprose, and Datacenter versions, and the only thing that you need to remember, is that it will "DIE" on April Fool's Day (IIRC), or upon the date the OS is finally released, whenever is later.
I *love* it -- it's all the Nice Things that Vista offers, it installs none of the "Carp" I hate about Vista (unless you install User Experience - BE WARNED!), and it has all the network tools and toys you only get with Windows "Server".
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Kanebrake
JJ - Hendrick 48 Car
Premium
join:2002-03-12
| Here are some more screenies showing a couple of addin's for WHS (Diskeeper 2008 & Avast for WHS). The yellow network health icon is showing because the RC version expires in 26 days.
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Kabanos
Premium
join:2001-06-29
| quote:
Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Networking
Brief Description
This technical brief provides an in-depth look at home networking and how it applies to Windows® Home Server.
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Quick Details
File Name: WHS Technical Brief - Home Networking.pdf
Version: 1
Date Published: 11/16/2007
Language: English
Download Size: 286 KB
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»www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···yLang=en
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Kabanos
Premium
join:2001-06-29
| quote:
Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Computer Backup and Restore
Brief Description
This technical brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Home Computer Backup and Restore.
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Quick Details
File Name: Windows_Home_Server_Home_Computer_Backup.pdf
Version: 1.0
Date Published: 11/20/2007
Language: English
Download Size: 1.2 MB
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Overview
Windows® Home Server will automatically backup your home computers to the home server and allow you to easily restore the entire computer or an individual file or folder to a previous point in time. The Windows Home Server Backup solution backs up only the data that has not already been backed up. Even if you have several copies of the same data on different computers, the data is backed up only once on your home server and your home server keeps track of what data was stored on each home computer on each day. This makes it efficient in the time it takes for backups to complete and the amount of space that is used on your home server.
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»www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···yLang=en
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
| From the FWIW department...
I installed copSSH (a Windows installer for OpenSSH/OpenSSL/cygwin) yesterday on my WHS. After initial testing using a password only I reconfigured copSSH and the Tunnelier SSH client for a private/public key pair and the use of a random high number listening port. All went well. I can access my WHS from a remote site using SSH and access the WHS via a Remote Desktop connection through the SSH tunnel just fine. This gives me an emergency secure back channel into my WHS in case I need to perform maintenance, reboot, etc. Tunnelier is nice because you can auto launch a Remote Desktop session to your WHS when the SSH tunnel is established. In my case I am also using a DynDNS fully qualified domain name versus the homeserver.com domain name as a backup just in case the homeserver.com domain name becomes unavailable for some reason. The DynDNS login and update are handled by my router which has built-in support for that function.
copSSH...
»www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?mo···on=22:22
Tunnelier...
»www.bitvise.com/tunnelier.html
How to secure the copSSH server...
»theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/S···sta.html
Create a 4096-bit private/public key pair using the Tunnelier Keypair Manager. Also how to configure Tunnelier to use your copSSH server host key using the Tunnelier Host key manager.
»theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/S···ier.html
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Chillin
No i7, no care.
Premium
join:2002-04-22
Schwenksville, PA | I just ordered the HP Media Smart Server, ill report back to this thread how it treats me when it gets here. Over all ive seen mostly great reviews.
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Chillin
No i7, no care.
Premium
join:2002-04-22
Schwenksville, PA | Well my 5 x 750gb drives are here. Just waiting on my Media Smart Server to arrive.
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MSeng
Premium,Ex-Mod 2001-08
join:2000-07-13
Ork
clubs: | Re: [WHS] Try Windows Home Server for 120 days Sweet...care to send one of those my way? 
Which HP model did you go for? | |
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Chillin
No i7, no care.
Premium
join:2002-04-22
Schwenksville, PA
| Re: [WHS] Try Windows Home Server for 120 days said by MSeng :Sweet...care to send one of those my way? Which HP model did you go for? Just the single 500gb model EX470. I will be putting 3 of the 750's in it, and putting the other 2 750s in my and my gfs computers to upgrade there current smaller data drives(250s now)
Im pumped it comes tomorrow. | |
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flyguy42
join:2003-11-29
Gilbert, AZ | I dunno if they are even out there yet, but does anybody have a spare 120-day trial key they can pm me with? | |
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flyguy42
join:2003-11-29
Gilbert, AZ | Lol.. yeah I know. Takes forever to ship. I plan on purchasing the System Builder version when I get paid... but Im sitting on all the hardware now... and I dont wanna wait. | |
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