Windows Home Server OEM leaked

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Windows Home Server OEM leaked

by Brad Linder Oct 15th 2007

If you're itching to get your hands on Windows Home Server, Ars Technica reports that a number of retailers are ready to ship the new Microsoft OS. But if you're not ready to drop $150+ on an operating system that essentially lets you backup and share files on your home network, it looks like the OS has reportedly been leaked onto the BitTorrent sites.

The folks at Ars Technica took Windows Home Server for a spin and report that it serves it purpose reasonably well. But they also conclude that if you've already got some sort of network attached storage device, you probably don't need a new machine and operating system, especially one that doesn't even integrate with Windows Media Center to let you store and access recorded TV programs on the same machine you use to store all of your other file backups.

On the other hand, it's nice to have a simple, easy to use backup solution for every PC in the house.

Tags: backup, bittorrent, networking, windows-home-server

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Myron said 9:06AM on 10-16-2007

"But if you're not ready to drop $150+ on an operating system that essentially lets you backup and share files on your home network, it looks like the OS has reportedly been leaked onto the BitTorrent sites."

If you don't want to pay for it here's how you can steal it. Nice work.

Diddle said 4:31PM on 10-16-2007

I still don't get how people think that they'll be able to use this OS. Microsoft has got the whole activation thing pretty dialed-in. It's a total waste of time to try and bypass any of that stuff.

Jnetty said 4:56PM on 10-16-2007

I downloaded. I just wanted to try it to see if it fits my needs. Installed using a Virtual Machine VMware desktop. Worked very well.
play with it for a couple hours and i'm done and moving on. maybe later on i'll buy a system and the os and make a server with it.

David said 8:39AM on 10-18-2007

to Myron : I agree, downloadsquad bloggers sometimes run on a dangerous edge. There is a link a "Notify AOL" link at the bottom of every page on the site that can be used to report this kind of behavior.

steve said 11:53AM on 10-19-2007

chill people, you still need to activate it, until someone cracks it, downloading this version is nothing more than a trial.

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