WHS - Windows Home Server

Monica Lewinsky · 11-09-07, 11:13 PM

Any of you folks got an old junker PC and wonder what to do with it?
Took an old crappy 2Ghz Dell box, stuck two [2] 250 gig hard drives in it. Stuck a crappy AGP video card in it. Junked the 512 meg RAM, and stuck 1 gig in it for a grand total of 1.5 gig ram in the server box. Made sure the thing had a DVD drive in it. Made the primary boot device the DVD drive. Stuck the DVD-OEM version of Microsoft Home Server Edition [10 users/PCs] and 56 minutes later after the format and install WOW!!!!!!

Total investment right now is under $300.
WOW ... and AWESOME! it is so ......... cool!

Ease of setup - AWESOME!

Backup program for all the PCs in your house AWESOME!

Speed of the backup - AWESOME!

Sharing files - AWESOME!

Setting up shared printers - AWESOME!

Publishing your own WEB site with no $money$ spent - AWESOME!

Published the home sever on the Internet and had the spouse 10 miles away accessing her own files in minutes of the install. AWESOME!

More experimenting to follow. Might need some help from you someday.

It is so DAMN EASY!

Look into it for your own family/setup - assuming you have an old junker laying around.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...r/default.mspx

I don't play games too often anymore since I got this. I have been working on this (setting up a WHS - Windows Home Server). Here is MY server:

https://learnabit.homeserver.com/home/

It is in the >VERY< rough draft mode. IF you click on Learn A Bit's place on the right - you will get my WEB site.

http://learnabit.homeserver.com

or

www.learnabit.net

The [HOME] button [LINKS] button and [CONTACT US] button are working. The rest of it is in the crapper. The entire thing is in my house, spent no $Money$ and can host pictures, videos, music, etc. and it feels GOOD to be independent of other hosting sites.

The "server" resides in my house, in my utility room that has the furnace/air conditioning unit next to it. It resides 4 feet off the floor. It has no monitor, it has no keyboard, it has no mouse on it. All "controls" are from my PC, spouse's PC, or my laptop. The thing is way fxcking cool.

Wiped out my SH-3/SH-4 gaming rig hard drive by design via FDISK this past Saturday. Booted off the CD labeled PC Emergency Restore that comes with WHS. Restored my PC back to its original state in about 75 minutes. No hassles - NONE! And NEVER asked me for any other CD/DVD to re-install something.

500 Gigabytes available for any of you. Send me a PM for details if you want to wash your hands of Image Shack and those turds with their crappy limits and speeds for hosting a picture or video.

It would be a high honor to host something for you.

This product is HOT! Like your women.

11-09-07, 11:13 PM	#1
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	WHS - Windows Home Server Any of you folks got an old junker PC and wonder what to do with it? Took an old crappy 2Ghz Dell box, stuck two [2] 250 gig hard drives in it. Stuck a crappy AGP video card in it. Junked the 512 meg RAM, and stuck 1 gig in it for a grand total of 1.5 gig ram in the server box. Made sure the thing had a DVD drive in it. Made the primary boot device the DVD drive. Stuck the DVD-OEM version of Microsoft Home Server Edition [10 users/PCs] and 56 minutes later after the format and install WOW!!!!!! Total investment right now is under $300. WOW ... and AWESOME! it is so ......... cool! Ease of setup - AWESOME! Backup program for all the PCs in your house AWESOME! Speed of the backup - AWESOME! Sharing files - AWESOME! Setting up shared printers - AWESOME! Publishing your own WEB site with no $money$ spent - AWESOME! Published the home sever on the Internet and had the spouse 10 miles away accessing her own files in minutes of the install. AWESOME! More experimenting to follow. Might need some help from you someday. It is so DAMN EASY! Look into it for your own family/setup - assuming you have an old junker laying around. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...r/default.mspx I don't play games too often anymore since I got this. I have been working on this (setting up a WHS - Windows Home Server). Here is MY server: https://learnabit.homeserver.com/home/ It is in the >VERY< rough draft mode. IF you click on Learn A Bit's place on the right - you will get my WEB site. http://learnabit.homeserver.com or www.learnabit.net The [HOME] button [LINKS] button and [CONTACT US] button are working. The rest of it is in the crapper. The entire thing is in my house, spent no $Money$ and can host pictures, videos, music, etc. and it feels GOOD to be independent of other hosting sites. The "server" resides in my house, in my utility room that has the furnace/air conditioning unit next to it. It resides 4 feet off the floor. It has no monitor, it has no keyboard, it has no mouse on it. All "controls" are from my PC, spouse's PC, or my laptop. The thing is way fxcking cool. Wiped out my SH-3/SH-4 gaming rig hard drive by design via FDISK this past Saturday. Booted off the CD labeled PC Emergency Restore that comes with WHS. Restored my PC back to its original state in about 75 minutes. No hassles - NONE! And NEVER asked me for any other CD/DVD to re-install something. 500 Gigabytes available for any of you. Send me a PM for details if you want to wash your hands of Image Shack and those turds with their crappy limits and speeds for hosting a picture or video. It would be a high honor to host something for you. This product is HOT! Like your women. __________________ Sink them all! Last edited by Monica Lewinsky; 11-10-07 at 12:11 AM.