Couldn’t resist anymore, I’ve bought myself a Fujitsu Scaleo Home Server based on Windows Home Server. The server is the 2. generation WHS from Fujitsu and it was just to cheap (approx 360$) to resist anymore, apparently Fujitsu has dumped their prices this spring with like 50%.
I like the idea of having the homeserver handling backup of my PCs and the integration to my Mediacenter, especially now with Power Pack 2 for WHS.
Specs of the Fujitsu Scaleo 2105 is:
- Intel® Celeron® 420 processor2 (1.6 GHz, 512 KB, L2 Cache)
- 2 Gb memory
- 2 x 500GB harddrives
Official data sheet.
Experience so far… It’s very quiet, not a single noise from it.
Hyper-V RC1 was released a few days ago. Hyper-V RC1 is an optional upgrade for customers and partners, providing the latest code for those who want to continue testing the technology within their infrastructure environment.
Update for Windows Vista (KB949587)
Install this update to enable remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer running the Hyper-V RC1 role.
Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB950049)
The Release Candidate 1 (RC1) update to the Hyper-V role provides improvements to security, stability, performance, user experience, forward compatibility of configurations, and the programming model.
Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB949587)
Install this update to enable remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer running the Hyper-V RC1 role.
Read more from the Windows Virtualization Team Blog.
Found this nice mini-article about how to configure SSL on IIS 7.0 on a Windows Server 2008 running ServerCore.
Due to the popularity of Windows 2008 Server Core I have seen frequently questions about how to configure SSL on IIS7 with only command-line. Since I wandered that path few months back I thought of putting this article/guide together.
Read the full blog post here.
Ever had those drivers or devices that just won’t go away even though you’re sure you’ve uninstalled them. Could be a netword card that was replaced and you keep getting warnings that the system insists there is still an adapter installed with the same IP address.
To get rid of unwanted drivers, devices:
- Open the “Start” menu and choose “Run…”
- Type “cmd” and press enter
- At the command prompt, type:
“set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1”
and press enter (nothing happens here, which is ok. we just set an environment variable, which enables us to see hidden devices in Device Manager)
- In the open “cmd” type “devmgmt.msc” and press enter (This will launch the Device Manager Console)
- In the Device Manager Console, select “Show Hidden Devices” from the “View” menu
- Expand the various branches in the device tree (e.g. Network Adapters) and look for the washed out icons, which indicate unused device drivers
- To remove an unused device driver, right-click the icon and select Uninstall
Be careful though, you should note that non-loaded devices and drivers are “grayed” out, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you should delete all of them. It’s recommended to only remove items you know you don’t need. Be careful that you don’t change too many devices or you might need to re-activate your Windows installation.
If you accidentally exit the Device Manager Console you will need to start over again at the command prompt.
Microsoft has released a web server edition of Windows Server 2008, called Windows Web Server 2008. This is a great product and the new version has fewer limitations than on Windows 2003. The memory limit has been increased (now 32GB on x64) and it’s now possible to install some applications on it, needed for web hosting, such as Windows SharePoint Services, Windows Media Services and SQL Server. SQL Server 2005 needs a hotfix to been installed on Windows 2008, read more about this in Bill Staples blog post below.
Windows Web Server 2008 is about half the price of the Windows Server 2008 Standard edition, so it’s great for hosting environments.
Bill Staples has blogged about it, read his post here.
Microsoft has released the Hyper-V Management Tool for Windows Vista. This update enables remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer running the Hyper-V RC0 role from Windows Vista.
Download:
I�ve written a new article on www.windowsnetworking.com about Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008. It�s Part 2 in a series of articles about AD in Windows Server 2008.
In this second part of the article series about Windows Server 2008 Domain Services, I will focus on Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and briefly cover Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS).
Read the full article here: Windows Server 2008 Domain Services – Part 2: Active Directory Federation Services.
I�ve written a new article on www.windowsnetworking.com about Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008. It’s Part 1 in a series of articles about AD in Windows Server 2008.
An introduction to Windows Server 2008 Domain Services covering the basics of all the new features of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services.
Read the full article here: Windows Server 2008 Domain Services – Part 1: Active Directory Domain Services.
