The Week in Review – Sunday's Summary

What was going on this week at mswhs.com? Here’s your chance to catch-up if you missed something!

• Add-In: Vista Caller-ID Public Beta
  • Good news for those of you after a caller ID add-in for Windows Home Server Add-in. After a lot of interest, the closed beta of Vista Caller-ID WHS Add-in has now been made publicly available, although still in beta.Developer Alexander Kent hopes that users will continue sharing ideas, and that…
• No Leap of Joy for Home Server Users
  • February 29th caused a few problems for Windows Home Server owners last week. Installations of the software went fine until the Welcome/Setup screen requesting the initial WHS password appeared, it would carry on appearing after every login continuously. Users like Julian B and patterson76 posted on…
• Beginner Mini Series Continues

  Steven Warren’s beginner mini series Real World this time looks at how to connect your computers to your Windows Home Server which basically looks at installing the connector software on one of your networked PCs. Read it on TechRepublic.

• HP MediaSmart Server Survey
  • If you own a MediaSmart Server then HP would like to understand how they are using the product and what your experience has been so far. They state that their goal is to understand how people have adopted the product into their homes and what they are doing with it. If you take the 10 […]
• Recommended Routers for Windows Home Server

  We Got Served has a list available (including a PDF file) of HP’s top 10 recommended routers for Windows Home Server that auto-configure the OS, including a list of 6 others that DONT! Available from here.

• Medion Hold Off Until Data Corruption Flaw is Fixed
  • UK magazine site Personal Computer World are reporting that the Medion will be held off until Microsoft can fix data corruption flaw.Medion’s Home Server was on display at Cebit in Germany where UK product manager Rick Munday said it would not sell the device until Microsoft fixed the data…
• Belinea O.center Available for Order
  • It’s nice to see Belinea’s new white and orange Windows Home Server called the Belinea’s O.center is now available to order. Using a AMD Sempron LE-1100 processor running at 1.6GHz, with 512MB DDR2 Ram and a 500GB hard drive all for €499. More info in German and English.
• Tranquil T7-HSA Server Mini Review
  • Blogger Hamish has been using Linux with his Tranquil T7-HSA Server (naughty boy!). His mini review can be found here.
• PerfectDisk 2008 SP1 Available
  • PerfectDisk 2008 the defrag tool for Windows Home Server was pulled after we reported about it last week due to a bug. The good news is that PerfectDisk 2008 SP1 (Build 44) is now available. To update your current PerfectDisk 2008 build to SP1, simply launch the product, click on the Product…
• PerfectDisk 2008 to be Integrated into WHS Console
  • Good news for PerfectDisk 2008 users. During Q2 (April-June) of this year the defragmentation tool will integrate into the Windows Home Server console. A spokesperson for Raxco the manufacturer behind PerfectDisk also added that they will maintain their existing pricing, which they believe to be of…
• Add-In: Media Connect Controller
  • 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…
• Add-In: PowerSwitch Updated
  • 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…
• Win a HP Windows Home Server
  • Microsoft has a new campaign called Evalu’08. Everyone who evaluate 3 of Microsoft’s Server products could win 1 of 18  HP Windows Home Server’s.http://www.microsoft.com/infrastructure/evalu08/default.aspxTo enter though you must be a legal resident of the 50 U.S. (includes D.C.) 18 years of…

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