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14 years ago @ We Got Served - Connec... - Streaming Problems? T... · 0 replies · +1 points

Just last night I had a seriously irritating issue trying to watch some videos directly on the WHS (which is how it's typically used). Just a simple ~1mbps AVI video.

Wasn't too hard to track down the culprit, although disk I/O was SO SEVERELY impacted by the issue, I was almost completely unable to do anything with the system. Turns out, Backup was running its database cleanup _WHILE_ DEMigrator was trying to shuffle the backup data around. The two I/O operations conflicted like mad, and made the machine nearly unusable. Stopping DEMigrator (constantly) gave me short bursts of usability, before DEMigrator started up again automatically. Finally, after disabling DEMigrator completely, disk I/O settled down and the cleanup finished. But it was a seriously frustrating issue when I couldn't even read a video file quick enough to play...

14 years ago @ We Got Served - Connec... - Program Update: Micros... · 2 replies · +1 points

Hmm. I haven't yet been able to get my MSE to pop up and say it needs an update. Still happily green, happily oblivious. Seen it pop up on another PC here at the shop, though. Kinda odd. Maybe because I'm using 7?

14 years ago @ MaderaRCClub.org | Home - MaderaRCClub.org | Vie... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's a heck of a lot of planes!

14 years ago @ We Got Served - Connec... - HP: They Finally Got O... · 0 replies · +1 points

Their terrible software is part of the reason I'm still happily using ~10-year-old HP laser printers ;) At least back then, HP didn't have room to load bloatware drivers and such.

Good to hear HP is taking it in the right direction, though. Windows 7 seems to be setting a standard I'm very, VERY happy to see the PC industry headed in :)

14 years ago @ We Got Served - Connec... - Vote for the Features ... · 2 replies · 0 points

SATA wasn't around when XP was shipping, so of course there's no supporting driver bundled with the OS. Also, it wouldn't "blue screen", it would simply fail to detect the drive controller, and either not detect the disc, or not allow you to continue with no drives. It's also far from "impossible"; that's what that F6 prompt during the first part of setup is for. Load the SATA drivers from a disk.

Either way, again, it's still beside the point. Home users are going to buy a pre-configured Home Server system from an OEM like HP or Acer. Whatever HP or Acer supports, WHS will support. Home users only buy OEM computers as well, and in that regard, XP has been running on SATA drives for years. And I find it quite amateur to comment that native support is better than OEM drivers... the bundled drivers are almost ALWAYS inferior to the most up to date drivers from the OEM. I'd almost be afraid of using a computer you reinstalled Windows on if you believe that...

14 years ago @ We Got Served - Connec... - Vote for the Features ... · 2 replies · +1 points

I don't even know what you're referring to... what kind of nightmare is installing WinXP on a SATA drive? I work at a PC repair shop; we do that nearly every day. Custom CD I made that comes preloaded with nearly all available storage drivers (even RAID), software, etc.

It's still beside the point. OEMs are the target market for WHS, not homebrew builders. Homebrewers are on their own, and if they can't figure out how to add controller drivers for device support, that falls squarely on them. Bundled driver support has absolutely zero position on my list of things I want to see in the new version...

edit: And, me and my friend both built our own home servers. So consider that.

14 years ago @ We Got Served - Connec... - Vote for the Features ... · 2 replies · +1 points

Huh, the results are already pretty surprising! Didn't think so many people would care about D... *scrolls up*... DLNA support. I voted for Server 2008 R2 as a base (for godssake it needs to be brought into NT6.0 at least... MS designed CBS for this, why not make use of it?), 64-bit, native Mac backup, better printer/fax sharing (it's currently a mess that requires use of the base Windows interface in order to accomplish), and remote access via a custom domain.

Anything hardware related should have been disqualified, IMO (like USB 3.0, SATA 3, HDMI)... those are things the hardware OEMs need to tackle, not Windows...

14 years ago @ MaderaRCClub.org | Home - MaderaRCClub.org | Vie... · 0 replies · +1 points

Testing image ID reference

14 years ago @ We Got Served - Connec... - Rosewill RSV-S8 Extern... · 2 replies · +1 points

Anyone ever heard of a USB to eSATA adapter?

One at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/USB-to-eSATA-SATA-Adapter/d...

Not 100% sure if it supports port multiplexing (like this enclosure must use), but it sure seems like a way to get it attached to a box without eSATA...

14 years ago @ We Got Served - Connec... - Happy Holidays from th... · 0 replies · +1 points

You guys have kept me thoroughly entertained since I got a WHS setup. I can only hope MS has a new WHS version (and I don't mean just a darn power pack, MS! Lol...) planned for next year!

As it is, my WHS has an activation countdown timer that's pretty much counting down straight to Christmas day to give me a present of a black screen if I don't find a solution soon... =

Well, at any rate, happy holidays, and here's to what 2010 has in store! :)

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