Archive for October, 2008

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Add-In: My Movies – Coming Soon

Ian Dixon’s Blog has details that one of the most popular Media Center plug-ins is coming to Windows Home Server. The movie collection management and playback application “My Movies” will work as a server for My Movies client applications and includes a fully automated Disk Copier. It also works as a meta-data provider for other […]

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WHS and Windows Media Center UK Meet Up

Media Center enthusiast and fellow MVP Ian Dixon has posted about having a meet up next year with like minded enthusiasts. So what do you reckon to a UK event for Windows Home Server, Windows Media Center and other digital lifestyle product enthusiasts to meet and discuss tips or to show your home grown projects […]

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The Home Server Show #19

This edition of The Home Server Show Podcast has snippets of the latest WHS news as well as your emails and a review of the online backup solution “KeepVault for Windows Home Server”. You can listen here.

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KeepVault Online Backup for WHS Limits Space

KeepVault is an online backup solution for Windows Home Server who were offering unlimited storage for only $99 per year. But this has now changed, Proxure the company behind the product now offer 100GB of storage for the same price as well as additional storage space if required, but for an extra charge. For example […]

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Update NIC Drivers on the HP MediaSmart

If your Windows Home Server is a MediaSmart Server from HP then there is a walk through on We Got Served on how to upgrade the NIC SiS191 drivers on the unit. Get the details here.

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New Windows Home Server MVPs

After being away for a few days at Microsoft in Reading, it’s good to notice on my return home that three new guys have joined Microsoft’s MVP program for Windows Home Server. Existing MVP Donavon West of Home Server Hacks is now a WHS MVP as well as newcomer Sam Wood and Alex “Yakuza” from […]

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WHS Custom Build v Frankenstein Build v HP MediaSmart Server

The home theater news site "Missing Remote" has a comparison of Windows Home Server systems. They compare a home brewed frankenstein build, in a Antec P180B chassis alongside a custom built WHS housed in a Chenbro ES34069 and a HP MediaSmart Server EX475. The five page article goes through each configuration with a parts list […]

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Addin Cleanup Tool

The Addin Cleanup Tool is a small handy utility that will remove add-in entries from the list of installed add-ins, that can’t be removed anymore due to a problem with uninstalling the add-in. Normally the procedure would be to edit the registry and deleting a key, but now this tool from ASoft does the job […]

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Configuring WHS for Remote Access Walkthrough

If you would you like easy to follow steps on how to configure Windows Home Server for remote access then Steven Warren has the details for you over at TechRepublic. Read it here.