Launchpad Activates Optimus
I have an MSI laptop that switches between the Intel integrated graphics and the NVidia GFX765M. I had been beating my head against the wall wondering why after I updated the laptop(s) and had them...
View ArticleUpdate Issues
I tried to download the update for my WHS 2011 from the update site and it came up with a bunch of nonsense characters in notepad. What's going on? It is update 1.5.5.2136 Thanks, johng6265
View ArticleRemoving "missing" Drives From Console's Disk Managment Window
Hello all - Somehow, during a recent attempt to install a >2TB drive into my WHS V1, I ended up with several "missing" drive entries in the Console's Disk Managment window. These "missing" entries...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Essentials Dashboard Crash On Win7 Client
I just setup a new Server 2012 R2 Essentials server using some older hardware and got it up and running ok. I have 3 computers connected and did initial backups. Now my main desktop (Win7 x64...
View ArticleBackup Job Did Not Succeed. Reason: Unknown, System.string[]
WHS 2011 Client backup fails, client appears offline on the server console. Client event viewer shows many errors: (all the same) Backup job did not succeed. Reason: Unknown, System.String[] This...
View ArticleMavericks Network Account Server - Join
Working through the book, "Using OS X Mavericks Server at Home", and have run into an issue that I'm not certain how to correct. In the section, "Enabling Network Account Login on Your Macs", there's...
View ArticleNetwork Users Can't Access User Folders Locally At Server
I'm slowly working through a home Mavericks server setup using the ebook. I've got networks users with mobile accounts working well from a macbook client but when I try to login locally at the...
View ArticleLights-Out Will Not Put Server To Sleep.
I have a new Dell PowerEdge T320 running Windows Server 2012 Essentials. All my clients are connected with the SkipDomain option enabled. I want to have the server sleep except when it is backing...
View ArticleHow Do You Keep Track Of Your Drives?
I have just upgraded from WHS v1 to WHS 2011. Since there is no Disk Management add-in available for the 2011 version, what tools are helpful to help keep track of drives? I have 30 drives attached...
View ArticleAccess Calibre Remotely From 2012Se
I want to be able to access My Calibre library from my 2012SE server using the remotewebaccess Web site. I bought and followed the WGS reverse Web proxy guide, which is excellent. There seems to be...
View ArticleYet Another Drivepool Question = New User + New Pool
Hello peeps. Sorry for asking this since I bet its been answered before. I went through the forums but did not see anything that suggested a new user can do what I'm about to do. I have a Home...
View ArticleWindows 8 Vs. Windows Server 2012 Standard
I've seen quite a bit about using Windows Server 2012 Essentials, but I don't have $500 to put down (or is it $400 now?) on a new OS. How does Server 2012 Standard (I get a free copy through school)...
View ArticleReplacement 2Tb Disk For Ex475
Hi, I need to buy a new 2TB disk. Currently I have a number of WD20EARS which have served me well so far. However, these are now obselete and been replaced with WD20EXRX. Has anybody had any...
View ArticleWhich Anti-Virus To Use?
I have a new copy of WSE 2012 and, being anal, want to install anti-virus software on the server. Is Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 2013 a decent choice? If not, what do you...
View ArticleServer Console Not Showing Drives Or Users
ok so this is different than the blue screen only console... from the WHS I lauch the WIndows Home Server Console and it comes up. if I click any of the tabs nothing shows up... so user accounts..it...
View ArticleWin 8.1 Pro + Whs 2011 + Stablebit Dp And Scanner
I'm running W8.1 Pro as a main media server with DP and Scanner, and a Hyper-V host to WHS 2011 as a guest. I originally tried it the other way around, with WHS 2011 as the host, but found it was far...
View ArticleMy Situation
I have a hp 475 sever, now I have 2 computers with windows 8 OS. I have ordered whs 2011.Once I reformat the server and add the new software, will the server work with the 64 bit OS on the old hp475...
View ArticleWestern Digital My Cloud Ex4 Device?
I had thought I posted a question here a day or two ago but I seem to be mistaken. I wanted to get the take of those here on this device, how it compares to the Sentinel, what the OS is, and how it...
View ArticleEsata Card Causing Blue Screens
I just got a Mediasonic ESata pcie card today and installed it with the hope that it would fix the USB 3.0 issues I have been having (they are driving me nuts) So I got the card installed it and booted...
View ArticleClients And Wallpaper
Would like if some one can clear this up for me I'm using Windows Server 2012E and all pcs and laptops are connected to the Doman controller, folder redirection is on, every thing well How every on any...
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