Back in November of last year (2009) we posted a link to a tutorial on setting up magicJack, a USB device for free US and Canadian calls. And now lazy man Gar (his words not mine) has published his experiences of installing it onto his Home Server, including how he gets an attachment in his email when a voice mail is left.
You can read about it here.
If you would like to know how to install PowerShell onto Windows Home Server then Maximo Trinidad has the details.
Maximo takes you step by step through the process to get PowerShell setup and configured on our Home Server’s, which you can read here.
Jeremy Jones has updated his post on how to backup your Mac using Time Machine to a Windows Home Server
Jeremy states that there has been many updates to Windows Home Server and Mac OS X that has complicated the process and therefore previous methods will probably not work.
The good news is that he has documented a easy process to get your Mac Time Machine working with Windows Home Server again, and posted a video as well which you can find here.
Windows sysadmin Claus Valca wanted a way to RDP to his copy of Windows 7 Home Premium, which doesn’t allow connections to it. So he copied over 4 files from a Windows 7 build which does support the full Windows Remote Desktop, and now has it working.
You can find out how he done it here.
If you are running a headless Windows Home Server such as the HP MediaSmart Servers you best option is to use the Windows Home Server Console from a Windows or Mac Computer. However, it is possible to use Remote Desktop (RDP) to connect to your server and there are many clients out there for a number of devices like mobile phones, PDAs or the iTouch. TSMobiles is one such client available from RDMPlus (http://www.rdmplus.com/tsm/java/download.html). The configuration within this review is the Java client running on a Nokia N97. Clients from RDMPlus also include the BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm and Window Mobile. They all have the same functionality and, apart from slight User Interface differences, behave the same.
RDMPlus offer a free 7 day trial and a full license costs around £21.50 ($34.95) depending on the exchange rate. In this review I detail the installation and show you what TSMobiles looks like when connecting to Window Home Server.
First go to http://www.rdmplus.com/tsm/java/download.html and download the java client. Most devices support Java but if you are using one of the devices mentioned before you should use the ‘Change device’ option in the top right of the download page to select the version that is best suited to your unit.
Once you have the installation downloaded to your PC you can either double click on it to start the installation process (assuming you have setup Nokia PC Suite correctly) or copy the installation to your device using a memory card or USB. Once the installation has been initiated you’ll be asked to confirm this on your device.
I have never been able to say with any conviction that panda software is of any use, to anybody, and unfortunately this new software has not changed my mind.
First of all Panda has it branded as business software, but just quickly mentions it works on windows home server.
Second, there are very little settings you can control.
Lastly, it is controlled solely from an online control panel, which can be seen as good or bad thing.
Once you have bought the software it directs you to an online control panel, this is once you have received your confirmation email. There is a section that says “installation and settings” this looks like a good place to head for now.
Once there you can download a small application. At this point you have no idea whether you install this on the machine you have downloaded it too or the send it over to your WHS via the software share. I just want to point the online installation guide has no mention at all about Windows Home Server, nothing, not even a reference, if you search the online manual for windows home server it says no topics found and that is the same for WHS.
If you would like to share and/or stream your music from Windows Home Server over the Internet then the Tranquil PC Weblog may have the answer for you.
Using the VPN software LogMeIn Hamachi² is a free simple solution and this post explains how to set it up and configure it.
Power Pack 3 (PP3) has added a file called health.xml, which can be found at http://servername:55000/health/health.xml. This file stores information about both your server and connected computers including storage and share details.
If you have the Thomson TG585v7 router then note that it has a problem with the setup of the Remote Access feature of WHS. It plays nice with the UPnP protocol and WHS reports as having the router setup successfully, but it turns out that there is a problem with the (name).homeserver.com not being accessible, pointing instead to your router admin page.
But website seePyou has the solution, which you can find over here.
Episode 231 of The Media Center Show Podcast has Brain Frost talking about how he tags his pics on Windows Home Server.
Using a technique called hierarchical tagging to enable a better photo viewing experience when viewing his snaps from WHS on his Windows Media Center, Brain tells us the tools he uses as well as talking us through some examples.
A must listen/read for anyone wishing to properly organize their photo collection.
Episode 231 is available from here as well as a follow up post Tips & tricks for perfect photo tagging.
UPDATE: Another good article on this is Photo organization: How Geoff does it.