Whs 2011 Media Collector
A replacement for the HP Media Collector that was included with the HP MSS and, unfortunately, not ported to WHS 2011 Some notes: It assumes (and in fact only works on) the standard media folders...
View ArticleFailed Upgrade To 2.5?
I had to recover the server after system drive failed. I am confused on upgrade status for the server and client... First status below points to 2.5 running but the other ones point to 2.1 running!...
View ArticleLights-Out License Upgrade
For the last 2 days I have been trying to upgrade my WHS 1 license to professional for 2012R2. I'm continually getting the message "License upgrade service currently not available, please try again...
View ArticleAdding New Drive To Ex495 Pool
Hi, I currently have a highly modified EX495 (C: partition increased to 120GB, running MS Office 2010, iTunes, Plex, etc.) with four 1.5 TB pooled drives mounted internally and everything runs fine....
View ArticleAcer Easystore H430 New Life As Windows 8 Pro Server
So I had been planning to make the switch to Windows 8 after reading about storage spaces. Unfortunately I didn't really read up on Windows 8 or test it out before hand. I saw Media Center was being...
View ArticleDoes Lights-Out Support A Virtualized Ws 2012 R2 Essentials?
I realize this might be a silly question but... I want to run Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials virtualized (the license allows WSE to run one VM of WSE. This gives you some benefits). Obviously...
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Backup Blocks Shutdown/suspend Mode
Hello there I have a strange issue. I want to either shutdown od put the server into suspend mode in the late night time. When I initially tried shutdown I got the following error, see below in the...
View ArticleAutomate Deployment Of Find My Gizmo?
Howdy all!I'm trying to determine if there's a way to automate deployment of Find My [iOS Gizmo], and separately, Find My Mac, across fleets.It seems that Profile Manager does not provide this as a...
View ArticleRack Mount Windows Server
Hi, I am looking to upgrade from my very old Acer Aspire EasyStore with 4 HDD bays to something rack-mounted and much more powerful. I was looking at this unit on ebay:...
View ArticleUsing 8.1 As Vm Base
Hi all I was thinking of using Windows 8.1 Pro as a Virtual Machine server. With Technet subscriptions expiring soon, this could be a good alternatve. The VM's I would create 1) WHS 2011 - To...
View ArticleNew Server Needed!
Hi guys, Please forgive me if this is the wrong forum to post in - it seemed difficult to know exactly where I should post, as it covers a few areas. My Tranquil PC T7-HSG which I have had for...
View ArticleRattling Noise From The Back Of My Ex490
I walked into my room and i heard a rattling noise. I put my ear on the server and the noise was coming from the back of the server. I turned off the server and waited a few and powered it back on. The...
View ArticleThe Most (And Least) Reliable Hard Drive Brands
Wow, I was really surprised by this. Not model specific, but still, have a hard time buying Hitachi and WD are that much better than Seagate....
View ArticleNeed A 16 Port Gigabit Switch With Poe
Hi, I'm about to move to a new home, planning on doing a new network from scratch, it will have 6 PCs (desktop, downloading pc, whs2011 server, HTPC, and 2x laptops). The routers and cable model is...
View ArticleBanging My Head. Any Ideas?
I re-installed WHS 2011 this past weekend and I'm looking for a better way to back-up my storage. Up until this point, I've used WHS built-in back-up feature. I want a way to have everything working...
View ArticleHdd Spin Down Problem
In POWER PLAN: -Setting in "balanced" -->HDDs never spin down (HDD time set to 30min) -Setting set to "Power saver " -->HDDs spin down after approx 5 sec (HDD time set to 30min) Anyone else...
View ArticleBuild And Migrate - Advice Welcomed
Hi all, A few years back I purchased a HP Mediasmart EX495. I have gradually expanded the drives to the point where I connected up an external set of drives via e-sata. As my media collection...
View ArticleView Existing Surveillance System?
I recently picked up a Acer h340, since I set up the homeserver.com address I haven't been able to access my Q-See surveillance system. When I type in my dlinkddns address for my cameras it brings up...
View ArticleLights-Out 1.5.5 Released
Lights-Out 1.5.5 has been released today. This version adds official support for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials SKU and Essentials Role Windows 8.1 Max OS X 10.9 Release notes for each version are...
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Configuring computer backup fails when installing home server connector
I ran into the following issue when trying to install the home server connector on the second computer. I googled for a solution, did not find one but could solve it by myself after a while. I thought...
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