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Hosted Subversion Using Project Locker and Visual Studio

Secure Offsite Data StorageI am a Subversion novice and frankly I don’t consider myself a pro at development either. Yet I realize the incredible importance of keeping my source code protected. This is learned while working on a school programming project that accidentally got deleted and I had to start over.

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Windows Home Server: The Reason to Own One

image A few months ago I bought a Windows Home Server for several reason; central storage of media and files, for a better backup system and most importantly the ability to “re-install” and entire drive image.

Well I got the call from my sister as expected that here computer had “crashed”. She has been letting my 17 year old nephew use her laptop, since he killed his a few months ago. I love Dave, but lets face it he’s17 and World of Warcraft/sensitivity of hard drives don’t mix well. I figured a virus or over exuberant game play would kill the hard drive at some point. So I did a backup to the WHS after the last “fix”.

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Windows Home Server: 60 Days Later

image So it has been a couple months now since I got a Windows Home Server (WHS) and just thought I would post some thoughts on the experience so far. Though it may come off negative, I would rate the WHS a 8.5 out of 10 and have recommended WHS servers to several people.

  1. Overall it has been an enjoyable experience and the backup function beyond anything else is where the real value is at. Every day the home computers are backed-up and our media is now (more) centralized.
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WHS and U-Verse Remote Access

I have had an issue getting my Windows Home Server to have remote access… It took a couple, tries but I finally solved it.

First, I have a D-Link Dir-655 router behind my U-Verse 3800HGV-B modem. The U-Verse modem is a horrible wired/wireless router and I have a Gigabit/wireless N network, via the Dir-655, which is a lot better to stream media with.


Note: Use this at your own risk and if you are unsure of what you are doing or how to “undo” any of these steps, I suggest you seek professional IT help or just live without.

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WHS (Part III): That was fast!

windows-home-server Ok so I ordered the WHS Wednesday late afternoon from Hewlett Packard (HP)… It arrived at 3:02pm Thursday! I ordered it for next day delivery, considering it how much I got off the order. I expected to get the WHS on Friday, not today…. Well I set it up and it has been relatively smooth, I am having a problem finding the server from my work laptop and it may not be possible to install the connector. There are some security issues with my laptop and a home network. My employer configures all computers to be part of a domain and this has caused some issues in the past. The VPN service is also “interesting”…. As long as I can backup my backup drive for the work laptop I am fine….

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