Archive for December, 2008

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Add-In: My Movies for WHS 1.03

My Movies for Windows Home Server version 1.03 is now available for download. The following improvements and fixes have been added from 1.02 PR4: Added: MusicBrainz as meta-data provider along with FreeDB.org Added: Option to receive Album Art from MusicBrainz/Amazon Added: Ability to embed Album Art into MP3, WMA and Flac Added: Ability to contribute […]

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The Home Server Show #25

The Home Server Show #25 is up with the latest news and a round table discussion with Terry Walsh and Andrew Carr from We Got Served, Ian Dixon from The Digital Lifestyle.com and yours truly on gift ideas for the Home Server user. The show is available from here.

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Windows Home Server Saved my Butt

Microsoft’s Community Lead Kevin Beares has written a great account where Windows Home Server complete drive restore saved his butt after his wife’s laptop got infected with a virus from Facebook. “…Home Server is not just a Network Attached Storage (NAS), it is a full backup and capable of restoring the complete drive, not just […]

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Vista Media Centre and Virtual WHS Combined

For one mans story on combining Vista Media Center with a virtual Windows Home Server using the VMWare software see Paul Young’s post over at his blog Paul’s esoteric meanderings.

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Tranquil SQA-5H Video Review

If you fancy seeing one sexy number being undressed (sorry unboxed!!!) then The Digital Lifestyle is the place to surf over too. Ian Dixon gives us a video preview of Tranquil’s SQA-5H Home Server.

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The Home Server Show #24

After a vacation and a bout of sickness, David McCabe is back with The Home Server Show #24 with the latest news, your emails and a look at travelling with your Windows Home Server. Available from here.

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New HP MediaSmart Server’s EX485 and EX487

The HP MediaSmart community MediaSmartServer.net has details that Encore, the codename for the next version of HP MediaSmart Server’s may not be far away. When forum member MSCrzyMan went to register his MediaSmart online he was surprised to see that apart from the EX470 and EX475 being displayed that two other models were also in […]

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Windows Home Server in the Wild

“Coming Home to Windows Home Server” is a series of posts on home server from sound and video contractor SVC. The latest part 12, takes a look at WHS in the wild with an enthuses on the importance of data backups. The other parts in this series they are also available from the same location, […]