Archive for January, 2009

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Free 5 Year Signed SSL Certificate for MediaSmart Users

We discussed yesterday about the latest update package from HP being available for the EC470 and EX475. Today MediaSmartServer.net has more details that within that update package HP and TZO are now delivering a Comodo 5 year signed SSL certificate so that users using the TZO domain name will no longer experience a certificate warning […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast #31

The Home Server Show podcast #31 is now available with the latest news and views for the Home Server enthusiast. You can find it here.

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Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server Awards

The Media Center Awards Show podcast is available for listening, where host Ian Dixon announces the awards for various categories for Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server. It’s good to see that the best free Windows Home Server application award went to My Movies which was followed voting wise by Whiist and Grid Junction. […]

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HP EX470 and EX475 Software Update Package

MediaSmartServer.net is reporting that an update package for the HP MediaSmart Server EX470 and EX475 is available for download. Labeled as HPMSS-1.3-R1, the update has a built date of Jan 12 2009 and provides the following enhancements: Improves the image processing performance in HP Photo Webshare. The correct error messages are now displayed when using […]

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HP EX485 and EX487 Support Pages and FAQ Available

The HP Customer Care site has now been updated to include information on the new EX485 and EX487 MediaSmart Server’s. Detailing setup and install and information on how to solve a problem from either an error message or from the front lights there is lots of information here. Some of the best information is under […]

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NAS on Steroids Video

Chris Pirillo best known from the geek site Lockergnome has a short video of the HP MediaSmart Server which was recorded at the recent Macworld event where HP picked up the best of show award. And as the HP guy states; NAS on steroids!

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Windows Home Server Feature Videos

The Windows Home Server Team Blog has details of a great set of videos by Canadian tech guru Steve Doto. The set of short videos demonstrate the  features of WHS using the HP MediaSmart Server and is great to show to friends and family to persuade them to purchase Windows Home Server. All videos are […]

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Write an Add-In for Windows Home Server

How would you like to write an add-in for Windows Home Server? A common answer from a Windows Home Server enthusiast might be: “I would love to, but I have never programmed anything in my life and don’t know anything about code either”. Well, that needn’t be a problem. By following the resources below, you […]

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Seagate Hard Drive Firmware Bug

A number of Seagate hard drives manufactured through to December 2008 may become undetectable by the BIOS after a system re-boot. The issue is due to a firmware bug and is affecting some Barracuda 7200.11, DiamondMax 22 and Barracuda ES.2 SATA hard drives. Your data is not lost and still resides on the drive, but […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast #30

The Home Server Show podcast #30 features three interviews from the Consumer Electronic Show. Todd Headrick from Microsoft, Allen Buckner from HP and Steve Harris and Tracey Croughwell from Packet Video all talk Windows Home Server. The podcast is available from here.