WHS + Basics?

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Planning to build a file server soon and going to slap on WHS if I like it. But, I'm just wondering, does WHS have IE 8 or Windows Media Player? Just the basic stuff? Or is it just a simple File server OS with nothing else? The reason I'm asking is because I hope to use my file server as a media box also.
 
WHS is built on win2k3. It does'nt come with IE8, mine has ie7.

I think it can media player easily enough, but it's not really designed to be a media center.
I've wondered about running mediaportal on it though.

The trick is not logging in as an admin. Who knows what someone will fuck up when you're not home.
 
You can install add-ons that add functionality. Try WebGuide for media server features, its pretty decent. Or you can throw tversity on as well. It basically works like a windows OS, so you can do your usual windows-y stuff to it.
 
WHS is built on Server 2003 which has been stripped backed. It is meant to be a SERVER. This means it is not a web browsing box or a video watching box. It is a server for storing and backing up data. Treat it as such. While you can try and do "things" with it that are outside of its intended domain..it is not supported.

Therefore, DO NOT use it as a media box.
 
Trepidati0n said:
WHS is built on Server 2003 which has been stripped backed. It is meant to be a SERVER. This means it is not a web browsing box or a video watching box. It is a server for storing and backing up data. Treat it as such. While you can try and do "things" with it that are outside of its intended domain..it is not supported.

Therefore, DO NOT use it as a media box.
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Bahhh.......Yes its not supported or recommended but I have learned that with any OS whether its designed to do something or not you can customize it to do what you want and get things to work even if its not designed for it....You can install WMP and codecs and it will play video files the same just as if it were XP. Again not supported, so if you get stuck trying to do something weird its not the OS fault, but chances are you can get it to work. I ran Server2k3 as my workstation OS for years before I switched to vista.
 
nitrobass24 said:
Bahhh.......Yes its not supported or recommended but I have learned that with any OS whether its designed to do something or not you can customize it to do what you want and get things to work even if its not designed for it....You can install WMP and codecs and it will play video files the same just as if it were XP. Again not supported, so if you get stuck trying to do something weird its not the OS fault, but chances are you can get it to work. I ran Server2k3 as my workstation OS for years before I switched to vista.
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The problem is, is that WHS was designed to run 24/7 no problems. Its designed to be a fail safe backup and restore center for other computers that have multi-purpose roles. The more software you run on a computer, the higher the risk of crashes. Introduce IE7 and general web browsing and your asking for problems with spyware, viruses, and malware. WHS is designed to protect the data thats on your normal computer, the computer that you use for web browsing ect. When you use your backup plan for these tasks, your asking for problems.
 
If you're [H]ard enough to be fooling around with installing extras on WHS, you should also be [H]ard enough not to have to worry that web broswing is going to screw with your system.
 
elleana said:
If you're [H]ard enough to be fooling around with installing extras on WHS, you should also be [H]ard enough not to have to worry that web broswing is going to screw with your system.
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Yea I agree...I know you can protect against everything but 99% of problems can be avoided by just not going to *sketchy* sites...I dont run AV on a single system in my house and have zero spyware/virus problems.
 
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