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WHS 120-Day Evaluation Kit
WHS 120-Day Evaluation Kit
Published by Mike
3rd November 2007
WHS 120-Day Evaluation Kit

Can't wait to centralize and showcase your family's memories and media? Order the Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit today. You're just a few clicks away from a new digital life.

This software is intended for evaluation purposes only. In order to preserve your existing data, you must backup prior to installation. The setup process for server installation will erase any existing data.

What you will receive
  • Windows Home Server Installation DVD
  • Windows Home Server Connector CD
  • Home Computer Restore CD

To install the Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit, you need:
  • Computer with 1 GHz Pentium III (or equivalent) or faster processor
  • 512 MB of RAM or more
  • 70 GB or larger ATA, SATA, or SCSI hard drive as the primary hard drive and any number of additional hard drives of any size
  • DVD drive—your home server must be capable of booting from this drive
  • VGA or higher-resolution monitor for software installation
  • Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device (needed only during initial home server software installation)
  • 100 Mbps or faster Ethernet network interface card

To run Windows Home Server, your home network must meet the following minimum requirements:
  • Internet broadband router/firewall device with a 100 Mbps or faster wired Ethernet connection for your home server
  • Windows Home Server assumes that your home computers get their IP address from the router/firewall device on your home network
  • Broadband connection.
A wireless connection between Windows Home Server and your network is not supported. You must have a wired Ethernet port available on your router/firewall device for your Home Server. However, home computers connected wirelessly to a wireless router/firewall device in your home can access your Home Server.

Order the Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit.
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By simbot82 on 3rd November 2007, 03:41 PM
Re: WHS 120-Day Evaluation Kit

ha well dont forget the world series of baseball
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By SonicMonkey on 3rd November 2007, 05:26 PM
Re: WHS 120-Day Evaluation Kit

Here's the link to order the eval for Australia and other countries:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...countries.mspx


Rob
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By epgStream on 4th November 2007, 05:23 AM
Re: WHS 120-Day Evaluation Kit

$22 for an evaluation DVD? That's harsh ...
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By Mike on 4th November 2007, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by SonicMonkey View Post
Here's the link to order the eval for Australia and other countries:
Good find Rob - main post now corrected
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Originally Posted by epgStream View Post
$22 for an evaluation DVD? That's harsh ...
Agreed - way over the top - and considering that it's been available for months as a (reasonably sized (beta)) download, I can't see why MS couldn't at least provide that option for users with decent internet connections.
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By SonicMonkey on 4th November 2007, 07:36 AM
Re: WHS 120-Day Evaluation Kit

So did anyone try the beta? Was it any good?

Rob
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By musictalks on 4th November 2007, 08:39 AM
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Ive been using the beta since it came out. Hasn't been rebooted since. Stable and useful. BT channel goes straight to a public dir and streamed via VMC, XPMC or WMP to 5 computers in my home. Web page access using livenode.com works great. So does Andrew Grants Website pluggin
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By SonicMonkey on 4th November 2007, 09:38 AM
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So as a centralised file server for all of your media, you would recommend it? Does it work well sharing tags for images, album art for music etc? IE set these things once, and see it on all client computers.

Rob.
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By burgs on 5th November 2007, 01:48 PM
Re: WHS 120-Day Evaluation Kit

Hi all,
My understanding is that WHS will be sold as a Hardware and software package - ie "software only" will not be for sale.

Does that mean if I order the 120 day evaluation, set it all up and then want to buy a full copy I will have to buy hardware as well?
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By Mysteron on 5th November 2007, 07:52 PM
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WHS is available via OEM channels and lots of retailers offer it this way (some do not require any hardware purchase as usually required for OEM stuff), just do a google search. It costs around $220-$250 depending on where you buy.
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By simbot82 on 5th November 2007, 10:06 PM
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By nuby on 8th November 2007, 08:43 PM
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Anybody knows if it will be available via Technet Direct?
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By aswigon on 10th November 2007, 12:06 PM
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Anybody knows if it will be available via Technet Direct?
Here's hoping.
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By jeffreyobrien on 28th November 2007, 04:48 PM
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WHS 120 day evaluation,
Awesome can I get a link or how do I get this for my home server please
thanks
jeffrey OBrien
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