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Updated Resources for Windows Home Server Power Pack 1

Following the release of Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server, Microsoft has undergone a process of updating the resources offered in conjunction with the product, including various examples of documentation and even the official website. Todd Headrick, the product planner for the Microsoft Windows Home Server, menti...

18 September 2008
06:31 GMT

Windows Home Server Advanced and Basic Editions

A single edition of Windows Home Server might be a thing of the past. In fact, for the next iteration of the product, Microsoft is exploring a new strategy involving a couple of flavors of Windows Home Server. As early as March 2007, Todd Headrick, the product planner for the Microsoft Windows Home Server, indicated ...

5 September 2008
05:06 GMT

Windows Home Server Taking Services Away from the Cloud

Windows Home Server is one example of a Microsoft technology that is taking services away from the cloud. Following the pseudo-retirement of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, the Redmond company, with Ray Ozzie at the helm in his new role of chief software architect, is heading toward a Software plus Services business a...

28 August 2008
07:41 GMT

Get Ready for Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Updates

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 was released to manufacturing on July 21, 2008, and the gold bits are heading straight for the end users' machines. Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server is the equivalent of a service pack for any other Windows client or server operating system and Microsoft is ready to kick-star...

13 August 2008
07:44 GMT

New Releases of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1

Microsoft released Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 to manufacturing on July 21, 2008, and subsequently made the gold bits available for download. But, what has been deemed as the equivalent of a fully fledged Service Pack for the Windows Home Server operating system is yet to truly reach the finish line, at least in...

7 August 2008
04:55 GMT

Don't Wait for the New Media Release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1

Microsoft released Windows Home Sever Power Pack 1 to manufacturing on July 21, 2008, and subsequently the gold bits were made available through the Download Center. The Redmond company offered just the English version of the Power Pack initially, indicating that the German, Spanish and French versions would drop in ...

1 August 2008
05:09 GMT

Windows Server Evaluation Editions Free Downloads Bonanza

Microsoft is offering a veritable bonanza of Windows Server evaluation editions free downloads. Packaged under the label Windows Embedded Server Products Evaluation Software, a number of no less than ten products are offered at no charge for evaluation purposes only. Testers will have access to a variety of operating...

28 July 2008
10:15 GMT

Microsoft's Dream Home, Only with Touch Computing and Vista Ultimate

Windows Vista Ultimate and Surface computing are both at the heart of Microsoft's Innoventions Dream Home introduced at Disneyland in Anaheim. The attraction featured in Tomorrowland delivers a complex recipe of Microsoft technologies including its latest versions of the Windows home server and client operating ...

16 June 2008
05:47 GMT

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Release Candidate

On June 9, 2008, Charlie Kindel, Windows Home Server General Manager, announced that the first public Beta Build of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 is available for download via Microsoft Connect. Release Candidate of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (Build 1771) is up for grabs after an extensive period of private ...

10 June 2008
04:05 GMT

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Beta - Not Just Yet

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 is getting closer and closer to the first public Beta finish line, but is not quite there yet. Microsoft failed to reveal the deadline for the delivery of Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server, and only pointed to early June for availability. Well, the public beta program for Power Pac...

5 June 2008
09:36 GMT

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Public Beta

Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Server 2008 are not the sole Windows client and server side operating systems getting Service Packs in the first half of 2008. Microsoft is in the final stages of cooking of the first minor release of Windows Home Server. Formerly codenamed UR1, Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 i...

22 May 2008
04:29 GMT

BitDefender Total Security 2009 Beta Just Around the Corner

A new security solution is heading for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Home Server, courtesy of BitDefender. The Romanian-based company announced that the first public taste of BitDefender Total Security 2009 is just around the corner, as it is preparing to release its next iteration of the security products un...

14 May 2008
12:53 GMT

Windows Home Server NTFS Compression Backup Corruption Issues

Microsoft has released an update for a NTFS backup corruption bug affecting Windows Home Server. This is an entirely new problem impacting Microsoft's server operating system aimed at household environments, and the KB950190 update is already available for download, resolving the issue. However, the fix is not d...

9 May 2008
04:01 GMT

Microsoft: Use Windows Server 2008 RTM for Free, Please

Microsoft is exhibiting the generous side of its nature with free Windows Server 2008 offerings. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, but labeled Service Pack due to the client-server platform synchronization with Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft is offering free trial versions of Windows Server 2008 for downlo...

24 April 2008
12:02 GMT

Windows Home Server - Home Computer Restore CD (Dual Boot)

A new version of the Home Computer Restore CD (Dual Boot) for Windows Home Server is available for download via Microsoft Connect. According to Todd Headrick, the product planner for the Microsoft Windows Home Server, the beta build of Home Computer Restore CD (Dual Boot) is designed as the evolution of the original ...

7 April 2008
04:46 GMT

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Beta this April

The first Beta for Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server is right on track for delivery by the end of this month to selected testers, and then in a subsequent release to the general public in May. Just as it is tradition at Microsoft, all operating systems are updated by Service Packs, and Windows Home Server is by no...

3 April 2008
07:54 GMT

Under the Hood of Windows Home Server

Toward the end of 2007, Microsoft came out with a new server operating system aimed at household environments. Windows Home Server, according to the Redmond company, marks the debut of a new product category along with the underlying hardware infrastructures, namely the home server. But essentially, Windows Home Serv...

11 March 2008
07:23 GMT

Microsoft: No Windows Home Server Along Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008

In 2007, Microsoft made available two operating systems, Windows Vista on the client side and Windows Home Server, on the server side, but still, as an offer addressed at home users. With the RTM of Windows Server 2008 on February 4, 2008, and the imminent Heroes Happen Here launch on February 27, in Los Angeles, Win...

13 February 2008
04:22 GMT

Microsoft's Windows Home Server vs. Apple's Time Capsule

At the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced a product that was until then extremely hush-hush, and referred to internally only as Project Q, or Project Quattro. The brainchild of Charlie Kindel, Microsoft, Product Unit Manager, Quattro grew to become Wind...

16 January 2008
10:11 GMT

Vista SP1 and XP SP3 Will Not Be Joined by Windows Home Server

Ever since Microsoft made the first bits of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 for testing in mid 2007, questions related to the final availability date inherently followed. The Redmond company offered nothing concrete in this regard, simply pointing to the first quarter and the first half of ...

15 January 2008
07:20 GMT

CES 2008: Microsoft Sees Strong Growth on the Home Server Front

According to the latest Microsoft forecasts, the company estimates a strong level of growth on the home server front. Windows Home Server, the brainchild of Charlie Kindel, Microsoft Product Unit Manager, was introduced at CES International 2007, by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. The Redmond company then rapidly went...

8 January 2008
03:38 GMT

CES 2008: Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 to Play Well with 64-bit Vista SP1

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 will play well with the 64-bit versions of Windows Vista SP1, but will also enable users to benefit from closer integration with the current Windows operating systems, as well as add features and functionality. The Windows Home Server team, which has done an excellent job in the past ...

7 January 2008
13:37 GMT

Where to Get Support for Windows Home Server

Technically speaking, the latest Windows operating system made available by Microsoft this year is Windows Home Server. But although the platform is indeed geared to home users, it still belongs to the server - and not to the client side. According to research done by the Redmond company, the perspective of having a ...

21 December 2007
04:08 GMT

Get Up to Speed on Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server, the latest operating system to come out for Microsoft - but dedicated to domesticating servers and placing them in the household, has become widely available for the holiday season. And chances are that if you have a home network, then you will also be getting a Windows Home Server. Although the ...

5 December 2007
04:22 GMT

Can You Domesticate a Server?

Can you domesticate a server? Well... apparently, you can! At least, Microsoft has done it with Windows Home Server. And as the Redmond company is gearing up for the holiday season, a new marketing campaign was unleashed, designed to push Stay-at-Home Servers. Having Windows Home Server, as well as HP's MediaSma...

3 December 2007
06:39 GMT

SyncToy 2.0 Beta - The PowerToy For Vista and XP

SyncToy is a Microsoft PowerToy, designed with Windows Vista and Windows XP in mind. But at the same time, the latest version of the tool available as a free download is not limited to just Vista and XP. Todd Headrick, the product planner for the Microsoft Windows Home Server, revealed that SyncToy 2.0 Beta can just ...

3 December 2007
05:32 GMT

Update Available for Windows Home Server

Last week, I was telling you about how Microsoft planned to make a new update available to Windows Home Server, by the end of November, in order to introduce SSL Certificates. Well, the update in question has been served today, November 27, and is now available for download. Yet again, the Redmond company stressed ou...

27 November 2007
11:29 GMT

SSL Certificates Coming to Windows Home Server

Microsoft is gearing up in order to kick the user experience associated with Windows Home Server up a notch. Like any other Windows operating system, Windows Home Server too will be the subject of both minor and major updates. Joel Sider, Sr. Product Manager, Windows Server PR Microsoft, revealed that the new enhance...

21 November 2007
06:09 GMT

Protect, Connect and Share Digital Experiences - Windows Home Server

When Microsoft introduced Windows Home Server in early January 2007, the company pointed to Hewlett-Packard as the main partner that will be at the forefront of companies delivering the new product into the market. As of the first week of November, HP's MediaSmart Server built around Windows Home Server is avail...

5 November 2007
03:32 GMT

Get Your 120 Days Evaluation Edition of Windows Home Server

Microsoft has delivered on the last aspect of the availability of Windows Home Server. The Redmond company is now offering users the 120-days evaluation edition of Windows Home Server for close to nothing. Microsoft released the operating system to manufacturing in mid July 2007, half a year after the product was ini...

2 November 2007
05:10 GMT

Microsoft Announces the Availability of Vista SP1, XP SP3 and Windows Home Server

Microsoft is currently hard at work cooking the first service pack for Windows Vista and the third and final service pack for Windows XP. On top of these two refreshes for its last releases of the Windows client, Microsoft has also debuted in the area of home servers in July 2007, with the RTM of Windows Home Server....

9 October 2007
10:45 GMT

Download the Windows Home Server Toolkit

Following the release to manufacturing of Windows Home Server, Microsoft has delivered a set of tools designed to troubleshoot issues with the operating system. Windows Home Server Toolkit 1.0 is a free toolkit available for download, designed to integrate seamlessly with Windows Vista and Windows XP. At this point W...

8 October 2007
08:09 GMT

Next Version of Windows Home Server Drops in 2008

With Windows Home Server released to manufacturing in mid July, Microsoft is already focusing on the upcoming version of its latest operating system. At this point in time, there are little details about what comes next for Windows Home Server. Still, according to Microsoft, the next release of its home server operat...

8 October 2007
03:05 GMT

The Free Version of Windows Home Server Goes Missing

Windows Home Server, originally codenamed Quattro and Q, is the latest operating system to be released by Microsoft. The product is designed to be situated at the heart of a home network, connecting the PCs and the devices in the household while also delivering automatic backup, sharing, storage and remote access cap...

5 October 2007
03:43 GMT

Windows Home Server, Made in: Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico

Windows Home Server is nothing short of an international product. The aspects that make up a complete Windows Home Server offering are built in different markets. This is the case for Windows Home Server items designed for the U.S., as parts of the product are stretched throughout the continent. After releasing Windo...

1 October 2007
03:19 GMT

Top Three Add-Ins for Windows Home Server

Microsoft is recommending no less than top three add-ins for its latest operating system to come out of In Redmond Utero - Windows Home Server. Back in May, coders and hardware developers were promised "industry-wide exposure and cold, hard cash" as incentives to get them to produce entries for the Code2Fame Challeng...

28 September 2007
05:41 GMT

Windows Home Server - Remote Access

Windows Home Server, formerly codenamed Q and Quattro, is a Microsoft product designed to integrate at the core of a home network and provide automatic backup, storage, advanced connectivity, restoring and sharing capabilities. Windows Home Server acts a central hub for the network, also allowing access to all the fi...

27 September 2007
06:28 GMT

Updating a Brand New Windows Operating System

It was the case of Windows Vista and it will be the same for Windows Home Server. Even before Vista hit the shelves, Jim Allchin (Former) Co-President, Platforms & Services Division was getting users ready for the process of updating a brand new operating system. Well, the Redmond company will yet again put its updat...

25 September 2007
04:22 GMT

Windows Home Server Patched and Ready to Go

Windows Home Server was barely out and shipping to original equipment manufacturers and system builders when Microsoft revealed that it was going back on its original plans for the product. Apparently, Windows Home Server needed some additional hammering and the Redmond company did not hesitate to debut work on an up...

21 September 2007
05:34 GMT

Operating Systems for Mac: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Home Server

Microsoft has a few suggestions for users when it comes down to the operating systems that you can naturally associate with Apple's Mac computers. And with little surprise, the platforms are nothing more than a selection of the Redmond company's own products. Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Home Serve...

13 September 2007
07:38 GMT

Windows Home Server Delayed

It's a new delay season over at the Microsoft. Earlier this week the Redmond company announced that it was pushing the release to manufacturing date for Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, from 2007 to the first quarter of 2008. Microsoft' plans for the launch party of Windows Server 2008 have...

31 August 2007
02:55 GMT

Fujitsu-Siemens Joins HP with Sexy Hardware Design for Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server is a Microsoft server operating system designed to be integrated at the core of a multi-PC home network offering backup, additional storage, remote access and security capabilities. The child of Charlie Kindel, General Manager, Windows Home Server was initially drawn up back in 1999, but it had to...

30 August 2007
03:11 GMT

Microsoft Promises Free Windows Home Server Editions

On July 16 2007, Microsoft announced that it was releasing the code for Windows Home Server to manufacturing. The product - formerly code-named Quattro and Q, and debuted as a project authored by Charlie Kindel, GM, Windows Home Server back in 1999 - had been finalized, and ever since mid July, the Redmond company pr...

28 August 2007
04:43 GMT

Windows Home Server Drops September 15 - Leaked Prices Available

Microsoft has confirmed neither the price nor the availability date of Windows Home Server. Furthermore, the Redmond company denied that the product will be released on August 27, as previously reported. Joel Sider, the PR Manager for Home Server made it clear that the entry on the MSFT tech support website cannot be...

21 August 2007
05:37 GMT

Windows Home Server Drops on August 27?

Windows Home Server, codename Q or Project Quattro, was showcased at CES 2007 in January by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. But the product is the child of Charlie Kindel, General Manager, Windows Home Server, and has been in the "works" as early as 1999. At the beginning of the year, Microsoft only revealed that Wind...

20 August 2007
03:37 GMT

Microsoft: Macbook Pro Makes a Pretty Good Vista Laptop!

Macs are simply one of the greatest Windows Vista computers available on the market, according to Charlie Kindel, General Manager, Windows Home Server. Yes, Microsoft uses Macs, and Kindel makes no secret about it. Furthermore, he is right about the way Mac computers integrate with Windows Vista via Apple's Boot...

17 August 2007
09:07 GMT

Microsoft Windows HomeServer.com

Sometimes, just sometimes, the deals Microsoft makes in growing its portfolio of web domains is a clear indication of what projects are cooking inside Redmond. HomeServer.com is just such a case. The domain is obviously connected to Windows Home Server, a new Microsoft server product designed for household environmen...

9 August 2007
03:15 GMT

The Best-Kept Secret over at Microsoft... Vista SP1? Windows Seven?

There is little argument to contradict the fact that the first Service Packs for Windows Vista and Windows Seven are some of the best kept secrets over at Redmond. Well, Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group runs a tight shift... and the Omerta he imposed for all things re...

25 July 2007
07:26 GMT

Getting Started with Windows Home Server

At the beginning of the past week, Microsoft announced that it has released Windows Home Server to manufacturing. In the coming couple of months, the Redmond company also plans to make available the 120-day evaluation version as well as the system builder edition of the product alongside the variant that has shipped ...

24 July 2007
02:39 GMT

Windows Home Server Dropping in August - September 2007?

Windows Home Server is a product designed to be implemented at the core of a home network. Delivering sharing, back-up, storage and remote access capabilities, Windows Home Server was introduced by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at CES 2007 in early January. Ever since the early days of 2007, Microsoft has claimed tha...

5 July 2007
05:04 GMT




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