The Windows Home Server Conflict Resolver add-in (formally the Windows Home Server Risk Assessment add-in) helps you recover from file conflict errors which are mostly seen after a hard drive crash. The add-in does this by comparing the WHS tombstones (the 4k files WHS uses) with the actual files and reports them to be either […]
Similar in looks to their Artigo A2000, Via have announced the M’SERV S2100, a mini low power 64-bit server which is an ideal home for Windows Home Server. Measuring just 13.5cm by 12cm by 26cm (5.3" x 4.7" x 10.2"), the VIA M’SERV S2100 is powered by a 1.3+GHz VIA Nano processor and supports 2 […]
The latest edition of The Home Server Show podcast was recorded live at CES in Las Vegas, where Dave and the gang talk to fellow Home Server and Media Center MVPs, as well as chatting with Microsoft’s Senior Product Manager Mark Pendergrast about WHS. Catch episode 72 here.
Computer Shopper has a turn at reviewing the EX495 MediaSmart, and reviewer Daniel Begun isn’t sure that HPs latest offering is worth it. We think it is, what do you think? Read about it here.
I’m sure we all know by now that Power Pack 3 introduced the Media Center Connector, but do you know your way through the varies features and menus which are available? If not (or even if you do) Pete Stagman has detailed the installation process and takes us through the features menu by menu, which […]
How would you set up your Windows Home Server for a VPN connection. But why would you do this? This is handy if you are travelling and need to access your network directly rather than via the web server. All you need to do is setup a VPN network connection on your WHS and another […]
Imagine a situation where you could install your TV tuner card/s into your Windows Home Server and watch TV in the lounge via one of the small nettops, which is accessing those tuner cards. Imagine no more my friends as now you can, thanks to company DVBLogic who have just released the network tuner software […]
Another short review of the EX490 MediaSmart from HP, this time from V3. Getting a respectful 4 out of 5 stars, the reviewer had this to say: A compact, well-built automatic networked backup and media streaming server that’s well worth investigating for use in a small office or workgroup. You can read it here.
Media Center MVP Pete Stagman details his process of how he rips, stores and plays his Blu-Rays using a handful of software and My Movies for both Windows Home Server and Media Center. You can read Pete’s guide here.
If you have one of the new EX490/495 MediaSmart Servers and have tried to do a system restore with it, you would have found out how difficult this can be. The new MediaSmarts (including the DataVault X510) use a TFTP server to accomplish this task which has made the process more difficult compared to when […]
