the INQUIRER has a review of Windows Home Server Vail in which reviewer Kelvyn Taylor gives his first impressions. By concentrating on making it [Vail] a backup and media streaming platform with a highly customisable interface, it could become much more attractive to manufacturers, although everything’s relative and there are still only a handful of […]
Lance Canaday and "DieHard" talk about the Time Traveler add-in amongst many other things in episode 89 of The Home Server Show podcast, which you can find here.
Nick Asseloos from Asoft (who bring us the add-ins AdminiMe and AutoExit) have a guide on how to develop an ad-in for Vail. The 8 page PDF document explains how to get the SDK and setup Visual Studio and create a project with tabs and creating the config file for it. Its a great little […]
Automated Home.com review a UPS which helps protect their Jukebox WHS machine. Testing the £60 APC Back-UPS CS 350 which helped protect Home Server after a 27 minute power outrage during a lightning storm So gone are the days when a UPS was an expensive luxury or only found in business server rooms. Now there’s […]
The How-To Geek return with another Windows Home Server article, with this one on backing up your Home Server off-site using the Asus Webstorage add-in. A comprehensive tutorial which covers all the details, which you can find here.
If you love Windows Home Server then join a live online session tomorrow (May 4th) with Microsoft Community Managers Matt Bernardy & Jake Grey. The guys will tell you how you can get involved with Windows Home Server in programs like the Clubhouse, MVP Program, and Microsoft Answers. This Windows Community Live Meeting starts at […]
TwonkyMedia Server has been updated to version 5.1.4 This latest version includes the following fixes: fixed: Windows 7 is requesting a driver installation for Twonky fixed: Twonky prevents NAS from going into sleep mode fixed: Crashes when sharing 3gp content fixed: File-scanner statistics not working fixed: DLNA certification fails when upload is disabled fixed: MKV […]
The add-in Add-in Central has been updated. Version 1.0.2.32 has been updated with the following changes: Updated web services layer and infrastructure Removed forced expiration Miscellaneous code fixes and enhancements It’s available from here.
MediaSmart Server.net has a post on building a budget PC which is ideal for testing Vail on. The build (costing approx $330), off course uses a 64bit dual core processor and the motherboard even offers 2 x USB 3.0 ports. You can read the build list here.
Episode 88 of The Home Server Show is all about…? You guessed it, Vail. Dave, John, Jim, and Chris talk about the weeks news and have fellow MVPs Alex Kuretz and Andrew Edney talking about the next version of Windows Home Server. You can listen/download episode 88 from here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]
