Windows Home Server ?

I have PSE 6 (will possibly upgrade to PSE7 soon) and will be adding a Windows Home Server to my network soon. I was hoping that some of you have had experience with WHS and PSE and can give me some help as to the best way to get it set up.
I have about 60gb of photos cataloged in PSE.
Thanks!

See this FAQ:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshopelements-6-7-faq.htm#_Storing_the_catalog

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Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows 8.1 desktop

My questions is whether a Windows Live account and a local account can be combined in Windows 8. I asked this question in Microsoft Community and
an MS employee said I should ask my question here.
Is there a way to have both active?
I want to reap the benefits of having a live account to keep everything in sync and fully utilize the features of Windows 8.1 but I have a Windows Home Server 2011 that requires that I have a local user account that matches the server side so that I can
use resources on the server.
I've seen lots of tutorials for switching between the two account types but nothing for combining them.
Is this even possible?
Thanks in advance

Your question has not been answered.
Windows Home Server 2011 does not use domains, so even if you had Windows 8.1 Pro, you'd still be left without a solution. I have one PC with Windows 8.1 Enterprise and that does work with Home Server; and a laptop with Windows 7 Pro and that works fine
too. Like you, I have issues with Windows 8.1 Pro.
Does anyone from Microsoft Server actually read these posts?
@PeterPensive,
the OP's original question was relating to "linking/combining" an MS Account with a Win8.x local account. That question was answered. (the answer is no), so, for a WHS scenario, linked accounts aren't possible, but, in Win8.x, an MS Account might be suitable
for use with WHS.
Are you confirming that an MS Account on Win8.x works ok with WHS?
< Also, this is a community-driven forum - MS staff rarely, if ever, participate here.. >
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Home Sharing in Itunes 9 on Windows Home Server

I have installed iTunes 9 and have started using Home Sharing. I want to be able to use Home Sharing with my WHS (Windows Home Server) as our music is stored there and we have iTunes on all computers, plus 2 iphones and iPods.
This would need a Home Sharing server (service) to run on the WHS. Has Apple produced such a piece of software or can I install the Home Sharing component of iTunes 9 on my server? I am advised (by Microsoft) that installing iTunes 9 is not a good idea on WHS as WHS is designed to run services not user apps.
Any suggestions or has Apple someting in plan?
It seems that sharing between PCs is a bit behind the times when many people have moved over to Home Servers or NAS drives.

I too would like to would like to know how to implement iTunes on Windows Home Server (WHS) so my Music library can be stored on a redundant source that is always available to be accessed from any PC in the house. Does Apple have a way to do this or plans to create a product for WHS?
I understand Firefly can be used to stream music content on a WHS, but think this should be a complete iTunes solution with a common library and allow playlist storage from iTune clients that connect to it.

TS1490 i am running Windows Home Server 2011 and iTunes can't seem to connect to the iTunes Store nor run Genius on my Library. What do I need to do?

I am running Windows Home Server 2011 and have installed iTunes on my dedicated server, attached to my router. I can't connect to the iTunes Store nor run Genius on the server ONLY (iTunes runs fine on by two other PCs and my Apple TV and I share the libary that resides on the server). I am running a very current version of iTunes 64 bit. I have run the connectivity test and it failed.
My guess is that there is some setting in the Server software that i need to change to let iTunes access urls or computers on the internet. Does anyone have any experience with this software combination?
Thank you

Some guy managed to get this to work. The following link is for iTunes 10.5 but it should work for the current release.
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whs2011/thread/bd62ee3d-a933-4cad-ae9b- fd38adc994c0
Good luck!

Windows Home Server and iTunes

Hi, I have the following setup (all machines on GBit LAN):
- a Windows Home Server machine with all my music on it (currently stored raw on the filesystem)
- 3 Windows XP machines
- 2 iPods
I would like an authoritative answer on how to setup iTunes on my network so that:
- I can maintain a central, organised store of my music on the Windows Home Server
- I can access all my music and podcasts on the PCs without having to copy it locally
- I can sync my iPods normally
I would like to avoid 3rd party software such as Firefly if at all possible. The WHS machine runs headless (as is normal practice) so any solution should avoid the use of desktop apps like iTunes on the server.
As WHS is gaining widespread acceptance as a home file and media server, if Apple do not have a suggested setup for iTunes/WHS I would suggest it would be a good idea to develop one.
Please note, with respect, I would like to avoid speculation. If you haven't actually done the above and proven the solution, please refrain from speculating to avoid people (myself included) going down potential dead ends.
Thank you

Has anyone found a way around this?
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Windows Home Server and Apple TV 2

There are some old threads talking about Windows Home Server and the original Apple TV - the HP Windows Home Servers actually have excellent Mac support and out of the box with the Twonky Media Server that is bundled with the HP WIndows Home Servers would stream to the original Apple TV with no issue.
The wrinkle is the Apple TV 2 requires Home Sharing. I'm not going to debate good/bad - it is what it is. I was searching for a way to get my WHS working with my Apple TV 2 since I'm finally getting around to automating the transcoding of my Tivo files and I would much rather my WHS be my media server than my Mac. I came across this article that seems perfectly reasonable:
http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php/topic/16359-whs-and-apple-tv-v2/
I haven't tried it yet, but it seems perfectly reasonable. Has anyone else tried it? I'll report back either way - if I remember to

"But can it be both simultaneously?
Both a server and a media machine that is showing a movie on your TV?"
Yes it can, no problems.
The Mini Server OSX is pretty much the same as the client Snow Leopard, complete with Front Row, iTunes, Mail, Safari etc, but no iLife09 supplied - you will have to pay extra for that.
It will do everything that Snow Leopard will do but has all the server capabilities too if you know how to set it up/use the software.
The only things I had trouble with was I can't find Migration Assistant and a strange quirk is that it won't share a USB connected printer across a network! No sign of printer sharing in System prefs but I guess you can do it via the Server config somewhere...
I just used CUPS to enable Bonjour printer sharing - works fine
I have been able to insatll everything I had on my previous CoreDuo Mini including Final Cut Express, iLife09, EyeTV, some bit torrent stuff - all works fine...
I really like the fact that I can plug two monitors in - I have the MiniDVI connected to a 50" plasma and 1080p Projector (using an HDMI splitter), the Mini Display port feeds a separate 20" widescreen monitor - when the plasma/PJ is switched off the main display automatically switches back to the 20" monitor
All in all this MiniServer is a great little HTPC - powerful and silent with 1TB of storage. The Server software is a bonus I haven't even looked at as yet

Cannot connect from iMac to Windows Home Server 2011 shares

Hi guys,
I am having dificulties connecting from iMac to Windows Home Server 2011 shares.
First of all it takes so long time to discover the share in iMac, which it's called "mediaserver". After finding it i cannot connect and gives "Connection Failed: message. If i choose "Connect As.." option i wait some time and then pops out with an error: "There was a problem connecting to the server "mediaserver". The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again."
If i try from Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server ... write in Server Address : smb://mediaserver it fails. But if i write the IP address, like: smb://192.168.1.42 it works after couple of tries. If i try now to Make an Alias for the share i get "The operation can't be completed. An unexpected error occurred (eror code -8060)."
Has anyone experienced these problems ? I have updated to Mac OS X version 10.7.3. Could that be the problem ?
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Simi

You need to reinstall the updated WHS connector for Mac. You should then be able to access your shares on WHS 2011.
The problem I'm having is I can't get Time Capsule to recognize the WHS 2011 mapped folders that show up on the desktop as a drive, so Backup won't work.

How do you view Windows Home Server 2011 Video on iPad 2

I have uploaded iPhone 4s .mov files from iPhone 4s to Windows Home Server 2011. The iphone can play these back but the iPad Safari reports downloading but does nothing after that. Will not play video. I can email the iPhone 4s video to iPad 2 and view the video but just not through web browser.

Lancem631-
I think your MOV files are compatible with the iPad, but are not recognized as being compatible in Safari. This is something that should be reported by providing feedback to Apple at <iPad Feedback>. If more people report the problem, Apple is more likely to fix it.
To work around the problem, you can convert the MOV files to MP4, which should be compatible. One program that can do this conversion is HandBrake. <Download HandBrake>
Fred

Officejet pro 6830 & windows home server 2011

Our Officejet Pro 6500 just died, and I replaced it with an Officejet Pro 6830. The printer is connected to our server, which runs Windows Home Server 2011. While installing I learned there is not a driver for Home Server 2011? I also discovered that my wife cannot print wirelessly because the printer is hardwired to the network. Really? Everything worked with the printed that died. These two issues are pretty major for us. Are there workarounds?

Your Win8 PC is likely to have come with UEFI and uses GPT hard disks, so you need to install a hotfix on the server to allow it to back up the client PCs.
There’s a separate fix for each server version:
SBS 2011 Essentials
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2781270
Windows Storage Server 2008R2 Essentials
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2781274
Windows Home Server 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2781272
Install the hotfix, reboot the server, and you should be able to back up the PC, although in my experience, you also need to exclude any partitions on the PC that don't have drive letters.
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Can I install windows home server 2011 on a mac mini?

Hey guys and girls...
Can I install windows home server 2011 on a mac mini? If so how?

WHS is 64-bit. Genius are really not versed in Boot Camp or Windows, let alone anything not on the "approved" list of Windows versions.
Most of the problems are with burning ISO, or the SuperDrive. It should have seen the NTFS partition. Disk Utility is known to be trouble, burning it on your Mac Mine but iwth Windows 7....?
Seeing you have Windows 7, format the partition to NTFS 160GB you want and then exit and boot WHS installer.
Or run the install from Windows 7.
In past, WHS supported TimeMachine, streaming video, supported iTunes (that was broken/disabled it seems by Apple with 10.0), as well as even SuperDuper backups.
Main idea is to have some network attached drives.
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I have both a ISO and Burned it to a dvd useing windows 7 built in ISO burning software, Its a 64 bit copy (got from microsoft download website from my dads microsoft account).
It is enouth for the OS but it runs slowish on the mac mini (latest core 2 duo 2.4ghz model) The Idea was to have it backup my pc and laptop to a usb drive and act as a media centre pc (connected to av receaver and tv and on a gigabit network with a 2TB nas)
Since it looks like this may not work, whats the best way to make it into a media centure? mac osx? windows 7? plex? whats best and good?
I'd avoid USB like the plague. Why not use your PC instead? If I was going to use a Mini for WHS, I'd just use the Mini solely for Windows and not have OS X (you can boot OS X off an external drive anyway).

Locked Out of Windows Home Server 2011 - Removed Password

Hi All
I made a bit of a boo boo. This relates to Windows Home Server 2011. Basically I needed my server to boot directly to desktop and not go to a login screen. I thought I know I will just remove the password (bad decision).
It now goes to the login screen and it won't let me login with no password. It says something about not being allowed.
So I am now stuck at the Login screen. I don't really want to have to re-install the OS again, so any help would be great.
Cheers

Hello neilmjones,
mmm, there is something strange: if you was able to reset password to blank, then the System was set to permit blank passwords (System Policies), so you should be able to login too.
Are you sure you reset password to blank ?
Answering to your first question, once you resolve login issue, you can follow this
Microsoft Support article
How to turn on automatic logon in Windows (even if it isn't reccomended) or this other Blog post How
to Enable Auto-Logon for your Server.
Note: Please, write here new TechNet Forums post link you opened on Windows Home Server 2011.
Bye,
Luca
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Upgrade from Windows Home Server 2011

Even though Windows Server 2012 Essentials is being mentioned as a replacement for Windows Home Server 2011, there doesn't seem to be any documentation or mention of can you upgrade from Windows Home Server 2011 to Windows Server 2012 Essentials?
Will this work with the beta download and will we then be able to upgrade this version to the RC and/or release version?
As you may guess I have a Windows Home Server 2011 and am interested in looking at Windows Server 2012 Essentials to see what it offers me. The storage spaces sounds exactly what I want to replace the drive extender on the previous home server version. The
problem is that I don't mind sacrificing my present server box by installing the beta but it would be nice if it actually retained what settings it could via an upgrade option, which I could then have a chance of using with a proper release version.

Just clarifying about the 'upgrade path' and 32b vs 64b.
Yes, no in-place upgrade. However, one could theorise about some form of 'migration' being possible, where the list of users, the content of your shares, the current backups, would be 'moved' from old box to new.
I was in fact pretty sure no such process existed. (Wouldn't it be neat though? AND in future _at least theoretically_ possible, using processes similar to SBS AD migration.)
From this perspective putting the new box onto the network is similar to replacing WHSv1 with WHS11, in that nothing is carried over. No gain, but no lesser. Working on currently available information.
The later comment about the work laptop is, TTBOMK, a resounding 'NO'. When attempting to join a member of another AD the 'connect' process stated 'You must 1st remove the PC from the other AD'. I haven't tested this extensively but believe that PC's _capable_
of operating in an AD (Pro, vs Home, versions) will be made members of the WS12E AD. It is only PC's that do not have 'domain join' capability that are left in workgroup mode.
TTBOMK, AFAICS, so far, etc...

Setting up Windows Home server 2011 on Microserver

This is the first time I have played with a server although lots of experience of setting up desktops. I have a HP proliant microserver and have added a couple of extra 500gb drives. I have just installed Windows Home Server 2011 and can't see the extra drives in windows explorer. I assume that I need to change something in the BIOS or am I missing something? My aim is to set the extra drives up as some form of RAID or mirroring. Any help welcome.
Thanks

You should use HP smart start DVD to install the Windows Home Server. If you are booting directly from the Windows DVD it would some times not detect the drivers because of the hardware compatibility issue. You should contact the the vendor and seek help
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EA6500 - Windows Home Server 2011 UPN Setup

Can you please ge to work on this. I like access to files on the road and I manually setup the router since UPN did not work but occasionaly it is unavailable. Running setup via the Windows Home Server interface always fails on the port forwarding step and tells me to set it up manually.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

You may at least try the reset and see if that will help. If ever after the reset and reconfiguration, you still get the same issue, especially about that particular device listed multiple times on the list, then it may be a problem of the router and possibly a firmware problem.

WVC80N & Windows Home Server 2011 R2

I have successfully installed my WVC80N on my network and can view it from my laptop and phone both when i am on my network and over the internet.
The problem i am having now is trying to get it to work with my Windows Home Server 2011 R2. I can not get it to display the video unfortunately and was wondering if anyone knew why this was happening. My best guess is that my Home Server has a port blocked that is used to receive the video.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It could be a browser setting on the server computer. Try to check the browser settings and you may need to adjust the firewall settings on the computer as well. And if possible, try to use another browser to view the video. By the way, even on local access for the camera or video it does not work?

Nstalling Windows Home Server 2011 on a ProLiant ML350e Gen 8 Server (Nothing appearing in Operating System Selection During Install)

We just purchased Windows Home Server software that required a new server to be purchased. We went with the ProLiant350e Gen8 Server. IUpon starting up the new ProLiant server I booted from CD-Rom and got to the Windows Install program. I clicked "Install
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You should use HP smart start DVD to install the Windows Home Server. If you are booting directly from the Windows DVD it would some times not detect the drivers because of the hardware compatibility issue. You should contact the the vendor and seek help
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