Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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UK User Group Meeting Agenda

Ian Dixon from "The Digital Lifestyle".com has posted the agenda for the Windows Media Center/WHS user group meeting which is taking place this Saturday (12th June 2010) in Birmingham in the UK. Its great to see a session on an introduction to Windows Home Server Vail which will be hosted by fellow friend and MVP […]

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DVBLink v3.0 RC1 Patch 1

If you are using DVBLink v3.0 RC1 than a patch has been posted for the Network Pack which fixes the following issue: DVBLink server crashes and hangups when using DVBLink server web interface To apply the patch, stop the DVBLink service and copy TVWebServer.dll into dvblink2\Sinks\TVWebServer and then start DVBLink server again. Remember this patch […]

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TwonkyServer Version 6

Twonky have just released version 6 of TwonkyServer, the software which brings the connected home together. TwonkyServer is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, and the Windows version works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Home Server. Here’s some of its features: Aggregate your media from multiple servers, so that you can […]

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Windows Home Server at Tech Ed

Microsoft tech.ed 2010 North America starts today in New Orleans, LA until June 10th. This annual event is the Microsoft premiere technical education and networking event for any technology professional interested in learning, connecting and exploring the current and soon-to-released Microsoft technologies, tools, platforms and services.   What’s of interest to us is that there […]

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Live Mesh to Become Windows Live Sync

First was FolderShare which then became Live Sync and then there was Live Mesh also. But soon there will be Windows Live Sync which will have the Live Mesh technology ported over to it. So although Live Mesh is going, its features are still available in the new improved Windows Live Sync, which should be […]

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Small Firm Saves Full Day of Work after Deploying WHS

Bunten and Associates, a small accounting firm with 3 employees now saves a full day of work each week after deploying Windows Home Server. Bunten & Associates provides small businesses and individuals with payroll, accounting, and tax services. With just three employees, the firm provides approximately 60 small businesses with accounting and payroll services, and […]

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Home Server Backups Fail when Using Norton Ghost

Norton Ghost is an imaging program similar to Acronis True Image which creates full system and file backups by cloning the hard drive. And why is this relevant for Windows Home Server users? Well it seems that having Norton Ghost 15 installed on Windows 7 (or Ghost 14 on XP or Vista) will cause the […]

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Build an MSI Installer Package for your Add-In for Free

Andreas M writes about Advanced Installer, a free application which allows you to build an MSI (Windows Installer) package for your Windows Home Server Add-In. Andreas takes us through the creation of the installer project, fine tuning it and building the package. You can read it here.

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Add-In: WHS Thumbnailer 1.0.0.5 Beta

The thumbnail generator and photo resizer add-in for Home Server users has been updated. WHS Thumbnailer version 1.0.0.5 beta includes the following changes: Fixed some anomalies around default settings Finished settings dialog validation Start / pause processing buttons on console now reflect service status Added ‘buy me a coffee’ donate button! 😉 You can download […]

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WHS Software for $70

TigerDirect have Windows Home Server available at $69.99 (plus $4.79 Shipping + No Tax, Except FL, IL, and NC). That’s $40 off the list price of $109.99. Grab a copy before it goes from here.