Archive for the ‘ Infrastructure ’ Category
Some of the websites hosted on a local computer or home server may require an email server to send out emails. For example, blogs or forums may send out notifications, or personal homepages may provide a contact form. When a local mail server is not available or not desired, a local SMTP relay may be [ READ MORE ]
I recently started to use Subsonic on my Windows Home Server to make my music collection available over the internet. Subsonic must be configured to run on a port other than port 80, because this port is already used by the IIS web server. This is a major inconvenience, because it may prevent you from [ READ MORE ]
What do you do to convert a barely useful system into a completely broken system? You release a patch! And so HP set to work to develop and release the long awaited update 2 for the MediaSmart 3.0 software, providing large parts of their customer base with a whole new level of psychological terror. If [ READ MORE ]
This article is part of a backup. It was originally posted on Sunday, April 13. 2008. The Media Library in WordPress 2.5 is a great new feature. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work for many users right out of the box. This article provides solutions to the two most common problems. Server Configuration (IIS) If you are running your blog [ READ MORE ]
With every reboot, Windows Home Server (WHS) automatically resets the permissions for all shared folders in the shared directory. If you are using one or more of the shared folders to host files for services that require customized access for users other than the Home Server accounts, those services will likely stop functioning properly after [ READ MORE ]