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Virus Protection
Just a reminder for those of us testing Vail to protect your server and network. Most viruses come from childrens websites and can infect your networked computers including your server. Avast has a...
View ArticleHP MediaSmart system failure poll
if there are any other failures not covered here please post below.
View ArticleNeed Help With Network Set Up After Installing New Modem
Hi, I recently installed a new modem (Motorola 6141) b/c of TWC's rental fee. Prior to this change, my network was working perfectly. Both modem's are connected to a Linksys e4200 router. I also have...
View ArticleMinimum Speed Cpu.
First post on here so Hello. This is my first build with WHS2011 but have experience with other servers (mainly Linux based). I was just wandering if a 1.0ghz dual core would be fast enough to run...
View ArticleVpn Disconnects Every Couple Of Days
I have VPN setup on the server via Routing and Remote Access. There is a remote PC that I backup via this VPN connection which works great. However, the issue is that it appears to time out and...
View ArticleStreaming From The Recorded Tv Archive Folder On Whs 2011
Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have searched for an answer to my question but no luck. I'm wondering how you access your recorded tv archive in Win 7 Media Center once it has been archived to WHS...
View ArticleWhat Happens If A Drive Fails
hi guys, im running WHS v1 with 3 drives in a storage pool and thinking of adding a couple more. I was wondering how WHS deals with drive failures...if one of my drives dies does it take the entire...
View ArticleWs2012E Does Not Sleep Unless I Start Dashboard
WS2012E does not sleep unless I start dashboard. After a reboot of the server I need to RDP into the console and start dashboard before the machine will sleep. Known?
View ArticleImage/picture Server Site
Hey guys just wondering if anyone has had any luck with an image server site on whs 2011. I basically want all my pictures on my server to be seen on a website kinda of like picasa. I know of one...
View ArticleDoes The Wd Red 3Tb Work In Whs V1? Wd30Efrx
Anyone tried intalling the WD Reds (3tb) in WHS? Sku: WD30EFRX Need to upgrade 2x2TB's as they are full. Any ideas?
View ArticleRestore Issues
My main drive failed on my PC. I have created a restore USB stick with the network card drivers on but when I start this and it finds the driver it then fails to find the server. It won't even find it...
View ArticleRestoration Of Msi Wind U100 Netbook Running Windows Xp
I thought I'd pass-on my experience of this restoration. The first problem was that I couldn't get the Netbook to boot into restoration from a USB memory stick, so I used a portable USB CD/DVD drive...
View ArticleNeed Stripe And Cluster Size Suggestion
Raid 10. Available stripe sizes are 16k, 64k, 256k. Right now most of my data consists of smaller files (docs, anime jpgs, mp3s). I do have several ghost images and several ISOs. I wanted this server...
View ArticleClients Can No Longer See Server
Actaully, the title is not entirely correct. I'm running WHS 2011 and 6 clients around the house. I just realized that when viewing the 'computers' tab in the dashboard all the clients are marked as...
View ArticleI Want To Image My Whs 2011 System Drive - Suggestions?
I want to give Windows 8 and Drive Bender a shot but I want to be able to revert if necessary. Any suggestions on what app to use?
View ArticleV1 Upgrade Path, What I Need To Know
ok, have been reading over the last 2 days on how to upgrade from v1 when the time comes. Will manually move the data out of shared and into the new server to spare drives and reformat / install to the...
View ArticleMonitoring Hard Drive Health
Hey - a quick one really. I have an N36L running WHS 2011. Just wondering if you guys use any utility to monitor the health of your hard drives? Or do you guys perform checks to protect yourself...
View ArticleSubsonic Install
Thinking about installing subsonic to stream media around the house and maybe to the web enabled stuff. I've searched for a recent post about the best way to do this on a WHS2011 box. Any advice,...
View ArticleBackup Unsuccessful
Have WHS 2011 backing up 2 W7 Clients nightly. Have just added a new W8 Client successfully it seems as it now appears in the list. When trying the first backup (manually) I get the status unsuccessful...
View ArticleUsb 3.0 Driver Problem
I recently installed WHS 2011 on a Dell Inspiron 660s that I picked up on sale as an openbox item. I only have one item listed in the other devices USB controller that is for the usb 3.0 ports. I went...
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