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Beware the Microsoft Support Technician bearing help for your PC

The Age of Cyber/Social SCAMS Since the rise and popularity of Personal PC’s in the last 20 years (Has it really been that long?) those same personal Computers have also unfortunately brought along intuitive scum of the earth with them. Meaning as with anything new and designed to be a helpful tool you always have [...]

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Windows Home Server Security Tips: Force change of the initial password for a newly created Windows Home Server 2011 or Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials Account

In the 2nd of our Windows Home Server Security Tips I’m going to go over is how to force change newly created accounts initial passwords upon logging into either Windows Home Server 2011 or Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials.

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Windows Home Server Security Tips: Force change of the initial password for a newly created Windows Home Server Account

In the first of our Windows Home Server Security Tips, John will show you how to force the change of the initial password for a newly created Windows Home Server Account.

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Alternative Backup Solutions for Windows Home Server

Want to know about some Alternative Backup Solutions for Windows Home Server – then read on!

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Microsoft releases Computer Monitoring Error hotfix for SBS 2011 Essentials and Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials

Yesterday we told you that some users of Windows Home Server 2011 have been reporting Computing Monitoring Errors and that Microsoft have just released a hotfix to cure the problem. They also released versions of the hotfix of those Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials users with the same issue.

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Owning and configuring Your own Economic Home Server

This article is aimed at your average Joe User with little or No IT experience under their belt that wants but did not think they could own their very own Home Server.

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Update Rollup 2 for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard released

Update Rollup 2 for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard is now available. This update rollup contains all the updates that were included in the previous update rollup. You can download it now via Windows Update. Additionally, this update fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article. [...]

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WD Adds KeepVault Offsite Data Storage to New WD Sentinel DX4000 Servers

We reviewed the WD Sentinel DX4000 server last year, and today WD announced that KeepVault has been added to provide offsite data storage.

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Microsoft Release Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Update Rollup 2

Along with the Windows Home Server 2011 UR2 release, Microsoft has also released Update Rollup 2 for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials.

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Microsoft Office 365 Integration Module for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Released

Today saw Microsoft release the Office 365 Integration Module for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials.

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Six Minute and Six Second Review of the WD Sentinel DX4000

I had the opportunity to test the Western Digital WD Sentinel DX4000 Small Office Storage Server over the last few months and have been impressed with the performance and storage capacity of this great compact server. Read on to find out more about the WD Sentinel DX4000.

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More Information on the Tranquil PC Riley Servers

We have been speaking to Tranquil about their forthcoming Riley servers and have some information to share.

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