Archive for February, 2010

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Network Tuners and WHS

I’m sure we all know what DVBLink is now, and if not you should as its an excellent solution for having tuner cards in Windows Home Server. Garry Whittiker and Jason Coombes join Ian Dixon in episode 245 of "The Media Center Show" podcast to discuss networked tuners using DVBLink. Jason has all his tuners […]

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Which Server for a Small Business?

If you are a SOHO or Micro-biz customer, a question you will eventually ask is "Which server is right for me?" Blog “Ronaldg’s Ramblings” has a great post that looks at the various options available to you including Windows Server Foundation, SBS and Windows Home Server amongst other offerings. You can read it here.

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Add-In: SabNZBd Beta 0.2.0.1

SabNZBd is a binary newsgroup downloader/newsreader available as a Windows Home Server Add-In by developer Michael Larsen. SABnzbd simplifies the downloading verifying and extracting of files from Usenet (newsgroups), and uses NZB files (similar to .torrent files, but for Usenet), which can be acquired from a variety of usenet indexing services. New features in SabNZBd […]

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Windows Home Server Priorities

Charlie Kindel was the General Manager for Windows Home Server until February 2009, when he moved to the windows phone team, responsible for the new Windows Phone 7 Series (and an excellent job he done with that, just like he did with WHS). Charlie’s has a post on his blog "Charlie Kindel on Windows Phone […]

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Shared Folder Tutorial

The How-To Geek returns with another tutorial and this one explains how to access your shared folders, create and delete them, manage permissions, enable folder duplication and change folder properties too. You can find it here.

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 78

The Home Server Show podcast this week has Chris, John and Dave chatting about the latest Home Server news, add-ins as well as an interview with Alex Kuretz from mediasmartserver.net about the HP update for EX47x and EX48x owners. Episode 78 is available here.

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HP 3.0 Software Shipping

The 3.0 software from HP to update the EX47x and EX48x range to the latest software is now available to order from HP. To order the upgrade DVD, just visit www.hp.com and enter your product model number in the “Support and Drivers” section.  Then follow the path for your MediaSmart Server model number to order […]

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Defrag WHS Cheaply – And with a FREE Upgrade

With the latest version of PerfectDisk just around the corner, the makers Raxco Software have a pre-launch offer available for their defrag solution for Home Server users. Until the 28th February (you better hurry!) as well as 20% off, you will also receive a FREE Upgrade to PerfectDisk 11 once released. All by using coupon […]

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Add-In: WHS Quicken 1.0.6.6

We mentioned last week that "The Office Maven" was completing an add-in which allows you to use the Intuit Quicken software from your Windows Home Server. Entitled "WHS Quicken", the add-in is now available and works well at helping you keep track of your personal finances. You need to install a copy of Intuit Quicken […]

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Advanced Admin Console Walkthrough

The Advanced Admin Console add-in is designed for advanced Windows Home Server users so they can have more control over their Home Server’s. The add-in has many features and the How-To Geek (again) has a great guide that takes you through the setup and the various features of the add-in, which you can find here.