MS Windows Home Server

With Windows Home Server you can share your Music, Photos and Videos using Windows Media Connect (WMC) via the Media Library Sharing tab.

But what about if you want a more appealing name like Tunes, Tunez or MP3z instead of Music etc.

Using Brendan Grant’s new add-in Media Connect Controller will enable this functionality for you. Brendan’s site has the details and the download.

The add-in PowerSwitch that puts WHS into standby and resumes it at user defined times has been updated to version .810 which contains the following bug fixes:

• Removed string usage and replaced with enumerated types.  Hopefully this fixes an issue where the German WHS was not entering sleep or hibernate.  A new registry setting called “ShutdownProcess” is used to denote how to shut down.  Values 0 = sleep & 1 = hibernate.  The old registry setting using string value is no longer used.  Re-enter your values into the PowerSwitch tab and hit Ok to set the new key.
• PowerSwitch.exe now waits 2.5 minutes before attempting to enter sleep/hibernate when woken unexpectedly.
• Fixed issue that prevented PowerSwitch.exe from shutting down after waking computer.
• Added additional logging information.

UPDATE: 4 March 2008 Version 820 is now available which adds a check for backup/demigrator before initial standby.  The check was only being done when entering standby upon unintended wake ups.

For more information on PowerSwitch see here.