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Windows Home Server is a home server operating system from Microsoft. It is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups, media streaming and remote access.

The initial version of Windows Home Server (based on Windows Server 2003) was released in November 2007.

A significantly updated version (based on Windows Server 2008) marketed as Windows Home Server 2011 was released in April 2011.

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Windows Home Server 2011 as a Desktop OS?

I have an old Laptop that requires a Windows OS licence. It appears that Windows Home Server 2011 is about half the price of a Windows 7 licence, so my question is if it is suitable to be used in place of Windows 7? My hardware specs are reasonable,…
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Is there any recent, official or semi-official statement from MS that WHS 2011 will continue to recieve security patches beyond April 2016

The official Product LifeCycle states that WHS 2011 will be end of life following patch Tuesday of April 2016. However, I'm running into a lot of people who're claiming that it's going to get 5 or 10 more years of patches. The support until 2020…
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How to setup a Remote Desktop access to the Windows Home Server box?

I have Acer easyStore H340, which does not allow full Remote Desktop access out-of-box (only WHS console). Anybody knows the recipe for enabling it? Remote access is the only way to get to the server since it does not have keyboard and video…
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Where can I buy/download a legal ISO copy of Windows home Server 2011?

I'm Wondering where I can buy/download a copy of Windows Home Server 2011. I would like to install today. I know I can go to eBay/Amazon and buy it. But it would be nice if I could do it today.
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Does Windows Home Server allow you to use one set of credentials across your home network?

I'm looking at Windows Home Server and I'm wondering if the users you create on the server will let you log into any machine that's connected to the home server?
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HP MediaSmartServer EX475 running WHS has unknown password

Out of the box (yes, an old one) the MSS has an inbuilt password that doesn't seem to to get reset by either system restore or factory reset. Any ideas on hwo to override/change the password?
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How to hide folders for people that have no access on Windows Home Server?

I have Windows Home Server 2011 running. I can create users and set their permissions on folders, however it would be nice to hide the folders they don't have access to anyways. Is there a way you can do this, or manually tell a folder to be hidden…
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Is it possbile to prevent a directory from being listed in Windows?

I'm using Windows Home Server 2011 and connecting to it with various Windows 7 version clients. Suppose I have a shared directory (or server folder) mydir on my WHS box which contains a subdirectory private. When a given client lists the contents…
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How to prevent Windows Home server waking for backup

Since changing the motherboard in my Windows home server it has been switching itself on every night to perform a scheduled backup. I don't want this to happen though, I want to switch the server on using Wake on lan, but I want to manually perform…
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How do I fix WHS 2011 failing to install KB4535102; return code 80092004?

I am seeing this error... for this update... How do I get the update to install correctly?
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WHS2011: Disk space for Windows doesn't stop to increase

I have a WHS2011 and I swapped the main drive because the empty space got low (from 68 GB to 256 GB). On this drive there is only the installation of Windows and a few applications. Again I don't have free space. The only folder which increased is…
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Will the Windows Home Server 2011 Connector work with Windows 10?

I know the Windows Home Server 2011 Connector works with Windows 8.1, however, I am not sure about how well it will work with Windows 10. Do you know if the WHS 2011 Connector work with Windows 10? Update: While I have had success with Windows 10…
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Add multiple home servers to one subnet

Is it possible to have more than one Windows Home Server on the same subnet? I have used WHS at home. When I setup the connector software, I have never seen it ask which machine to connect to (of course I only have one server). Now, I am…
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Windows Home Server Passwords Do Not Match

I have a Windows Home Server that chunks along just fine most of the time. I've never bothered to put it on a UPS and so it's vulnerable to power outages that happen a few times a year. This most recent time, it came back and seemed to be fine, but…
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How can I find where my files have gone - Windows Home Server

Today I have looked on my homeserver and a single folder holding all my photos has gone from one of my shares on my homeserver, fortunately everything is backed up, but what it the best way to see what has happened. I have run CheckDisk, rebooted my…
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