Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Does Demigrator.exe Interrupt your Media Streaming

When streaming high definition (HD) content between his Windows Home Server and Media Center Mike from PricklyTech writes that the streams are regularly interrupted by Demigrator.exe on WHS. Mike attempted to fix the problem by installing the tool ThreadMaster on Home Server and details how he set it up and configured it to work with […]

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Install a New Hard Drive on WHS

Website "Home System Integration" have a tutorial on how to install a new hard drive into Windows Home Server v1 by using the Disk Management console before adding the drive to the Home Server Storage Pool. Its a great tutorial with plenty of pics (we like pics) for those of us who have never done […]

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Reunite a Rebuilt Connected PC with its Former Backups

If you are rebuilding a connected computer because of a hard drive failure or for an OS upgrade for example, you may notice that that computer is listed as a new PC in the WHS Console even though you used the same name. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could make your newly rebuilt computer […]

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Five Reasons to Try Windows Home Sever Vail

Have you tried WHS Vail yet? If not, then you might want to read PC Authority Australia’s 5 reasons why we should be trying the new Windows Home Server version, which you can find here.

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The HP ProLiant MicroServer Inside Out

The new ProLiant MicroServer from HP gets a review courtesy of the Tenniswood Blog. The new server which would make an ideal home for Windows Home Server Vail is given a quick once over with specification details and lots of pics thrown in for good measure. Check it out here.

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Ubuntu on the HP MediaSmart

Norwegian Dag Olav decided he wanted to try Linux on his HP MediaSmart EX490 and did so by installing the distro Ubuntu onto it. You can follow Dag’s adventures here.

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Remotely Terminate your Remote Desktop Connection

One of our most read posts here at MSWHS is one which was written back in June of 2007 entitled, “ERROR The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections”. When a user establishes a Remote Desktop connection to the WHS this connection will remain active until the user selects “Log Off” from […]

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Add-In: My Movies for Windows Home Sever 1.6.0.3

My Movies for Windows Home Server has had an update. The add-in provides a set of features around movies and music, making it the perfect solution for adding, identifying and maintaining movie and music data on your Windows Home Server, allowing you to serve your media to different Media Center solutions or music playback devices. […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 107

Views and news on the weeks Home Server happenings are available in this weeks edition of "The Home Server Show" podcast. Episode 107 can be found here for your listening pleasure.

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Add-In: AutoExit 2010 for Windows Home Server Vail Beta-1

The add-in AutoExit is now available for Windows Home Server Vail. Having 99% the same functionality as AutoExit 2009 for Windows Home Server (v1), AutoExit 2010 for Windows Home Server Vail looks very different to match Vail’s new look and feel. This being the first Beta-1 release there may be some issues including that the […]