The Home Server Show website is reporting on a tool that enables you to modify the start strips in Windows Media Center. By using the tiny app you can change the "Home Server" strip to whatever you like including "MediaSmart Server" etc with icons for both the TV Archive and Console View on the […]
ASoft the developers of the add-in AutoExit for Windows Home Server have just published a new article in the series of undocumented APIs, and this one concentrates on the functions in the MiscUtils class which is located in HomeServerControls.dll. The 8 page article in PDF format can be found here.
If you fancy having a tinkle with the Beta of Power Pack 3 (at your own risk!), then The Home Server Show website has a post especially for you. The post details how to change the text in the PP3 icons from one font to another by using a registry hack. From this To […]
Website Spackle have an article on how to install Windows Live Mesh on Windows Home Server. The guide details how to set Live Mesh up and what to do if the setup fails. Once complete Live Mesh should start synchronizing your WHS folders. All the details are available here.
MediaSmart Home has another written interview with HPs Allen Buckner, Marketing Manager for the Home Server Group about the new LX195 and also HPs positioning of the MediaSmart Server in the marketplace as a serious alternative to traditional NAS products. Read it here.
Jesseweb.com has a great article on how to add a Windows Home Server shortcut to My Computer which also includes the following right-click options Browse the home server shares Access the home server console Remotely computer manage the home server Remote desktop to the home server And despite the official name of the app […]
For those of you thinking of trying the beta of Power Pack 3, we have 3 bits of advise for you before you fire it up. Read the “things to know…” article by Andrew Edney on the site Using Windows Home Server Read again the documentation that comes with the beta package (what do you […]
If you would like to see more of Power Pack 3 in action, then 2 videos are available which go through the Windows Media Center add-in in more detail. The first is from Ian Dixon from The Media Center Show and the second from Adam Thursby of The Digital Media Zone.
Online backup providers Mozy ask the question "How Much Is A Petabyte?" Luckily for us they came up with the following image, with a series of stats visualizing the Petabyte age. 13.3 years of HD-TV video! Wow, I need a new hard drive. Thanks to Mozy for the original post.
As we are aware Microsoft has just announced the beta for Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 (PP3), and here we shall see what’s new. PP3 improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running Windows 7 Windows 7 […]
