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MoonSire 1 1 gold badge 8 8 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. Enyalius Enyalius 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badges. More info here I appreciate both of your comments, but I would like to preserve the Windows Media Center functionality, as well. This would involve not removing Windows 7 from the box. I'm not exactly clear what you're missing. You have the file server built into Windows already, and Windows Media Player can provide a streaming media service.

What else do you want from your NAS box? Christi, I really don't know how to set up the file server in Windows or how to set up WMP to provide streaming to mobile devices. Some instruction on how to properly configure this would be sincerely appreciated. Show 1 more comment. Active Oldest Votes. As Christi says in the comments, you have what you need to do what you want.

Here's some basics to get you started Improve this answer. Add a comment. Matt Matt 11 1 1 bronze badge. There are freeware programs that will do the same thing I also have had good success with the go flex seagate network hard drives, they aren't reviewed very well online but for streaming content to ps3 and xbox mine has worked flawless for 2 years and was just over bucks for 2TB, plus I can access it anywhere, although the remote access feature is slow, anywhere on my home network it's quick and has been reliable!

I am trying to figure out if what NAS does that I don't already do? Eric Eric 1. Not many WSS based devices in our price point other than a couple of Buffalo devices. There are not many options out there for a Windows based NAS. There are Thecus and Buffalo. Qnap and Synology will let you set up a domain controller, but it is nothing like Windows server configuration. Setting up user rights will be limited to the basic level.

Also, if you have Windows based office, it just makes sense to have the server of the same operating system. You will get way more advanced configuration options, so you can set things up exactly how you need it. This will enable a server to run even though there will be one or two drives broken at some point.

All data will be safe and network users happy accessing their precious files. Best Linux Laptops. Best Wireless iPhone Earbuds.

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