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By on October 22nd, 2010

Add-In: AVA Media for Windows Home Server 1.6.0.3

The CD/DVD ripping add-in for Windows Home Server users has had an update. Version 1.6.0.3 of AVA Media includes the following changes: Added: Support for Nimbie NB11 DVD/Blu-ray media center copying. Added: Event Handler functionality Added: Mede8er meta-data storage. Update: Dune interface improved. Update: TViX interface improved. Change: MetaData files moved to user customization Fix: […]

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By on October 22nd, 2010

Add-In: MSEN – Microsoft Security Essentials Notifier for WHS 0.0.0.1

You may be aware that Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) now works with Windows Home Server, installing fine and giving malware protection to the server. But there is no way of telling if a virus has been detected or if your virus and spyware definitions have been updated. Well, now you can courtesy of "Maplegrove Partners" […]

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By on October 21st, 2010

WHS Presentation Resources

The GreatLakes Geek show interviewed MVP Kevin Royalty at a Windows Home Server presentation he was doing at the Greater Cleveland PC Users Group earlier this month. The 13 minute interview (via 2 videos), is accompanied by Kevin’s slides from the user group meeting. A massive 80 slides on WHS itself and a smaller 35 […]

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By on October 21st, 2010

DVBLink v3.2 Beta1 Public Beta

DVBLink have released v3.2 beta1 of their products for public beta. Their great software which enables you to use a Windows Home Server for housing tuner cards includes the following changes: DVBLink TVSource – Added EPG from the stream (EIT packets) support – TeVii S660 support (changed tuner name) – Support for new TBS tuners […]

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By on October 21st, 2010

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 109

Episode 109 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up with the weeks WHS news. Taken a look at this week is the Western Digital 3.0TB hard drive drive and an interview with up and coming Add-In author Christian Johnson. You can catch it here.

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By on October 20th, 2010

The Western Digital 3.0TB Hard Drive

Yesterday Western Digital (WD)announced the availability of their new offerings in the Caviar Green line. The $189 2.5TB model and the 3.0TB priced at $239. Both models are SATA 3 Gb/s, come with 64MB of Cache and being of the Green variety only consume 6 watts during read/write operations and less than 1 watt during […]

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By on October 16th, 2010

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 108

Episode 108 of The Home server Show podcast is up with the weeks Home Server news and a look at what we looked at earlier this week, James Tenniswood’s HP Microserver verses the Acer h340 article. Episode 108 can be found here.

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By on October 15th, 2010

IShareEngine fails in WHS when you publish a share Article

Microsoft have published revision 2.0 of their Knowledge Base article: “IShareEngine fails in a Windows Home Server-based computer when you publish a share” The article discusses share-publishing operation failure when creating a share in HomeGroup and Windows Home Server. A hotfix is available from Microsoft to fix this problem, of which more information is available.

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By on October 14th, 2010

Moving Host

We are in the process of moving hosts here at MSwhs.com. Since our new site design, we presume you like the look as we are using up all of our available RAM at our existing provider and have had to find a new hosting company to house us. So during the next 24 to 48 […]

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By on October 14th, 2010

An AMD Athlon Processor for WHS?

The Athlon II X3 445 Rana CPU from AMD could be an ideal processor for Windows Home Server. The triple core 3.1GHz Rana CPU is taken a good look at by ServeTheHome.com who take a look at its power consumption, test its performance and compare it with similar models. You can find their review here.

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