Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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DVBLink Walkthrough Presentation

Gary [WMA] recently done a DVBLink presentation and has since kindly uploaded the screen capture with annotations (no audio) which will walk you through the the DVBLink setup process. Its a great 46 minute presentation which you can either watch on Blip TV or download the 261MB WMV file. Information courtesy of TheDigitalLifestyle.com

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WHS as a VPN Server

If you would like to setup Windows Home Server to act as a VPN server, then we may have the guide for you courtesy of the "cw-kid". And why would you want this? Well as the guide states: If you are away from your home and you want full LAN access to your home network […]

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SDK Update Video

Larry Larsen from Microsoft’s Channel 9 video channel talks to Fabian Uhse, who is the SDK Program Manager for Windows Home Server. Fabian talks about what has changed in this latest update of the WHS SDK, in this 13 minute video, which you can view here.

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How to Buy a NAS (inc. WHS)

PCMag.com have a great "How to Buy a NAS Device" guide. The guide looks at various NAS devices including Home Server specific: Acer Aspire easyStore H340 HP MediaSmart Server EX487 Lenovo IdeaCentre D400 Home Server The Acer got 3 out of 5 stars whilst HP got 4.5 and the Lenovo 3.5. Each unit also gets […]

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DVBLink for ATSC and QAM Version 1.0B1

As you are aware we are fans of DVBLink which will allow you to install tuner cards into Windows Home Server if you so wish and stream the content across your network. But up until now it only worked with European content, but as off yesterday those of you in North America can now use […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 95

Episode 95 of "The Home Server Show" podcast has lots of Home Server news and views from Dave and the guys, and this weeks episode also has lots of home build info too. You can catch episode 95 from here.

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DVBLink TVSource 3.0.1

More updates from DVBLogic this week who have upgraded the DVBLink TVSource component to version 3.0.1 which is inline with their Network Pack. DVBLink TVSource v3.0.1 is available! Minor update to DVBLink TVSource that has the following fixes: – Fixed TVSource not allowing standby – Fixed some of the "No TV signal" errors – Made […]

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How To Stream Content from WHS to a Playstation 3

Have you successfully been able to stream content from Windows Home Server to a Playstation 3? There are numerous suggestions available on the net to set this up, put some users can still face DNLA errors. Thankfully the persistence of HomeServerHeaven paid off, as they finally got it working correctly, which you can read about […]

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Beware WD Green Hard Drives

If you have any of the Western Digital (WD) Green hard drives are you experiencing random errors or low performance during reading and writing? If so, then you are not alone. It appears that certain models of the WD Green drives will eventually give low performance during the reading and writing of data. This has […]

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Are You Backing Up?

Microsoft’s Windows Live Team reported the other day via a Tweet that the average person has over 7000 photos and videos between their PC and devices. It’s just another reason why you should be using Windows Home Server if you are not already.