Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Read and Check WHS Database Files

Two new tools have been released which are not add-in’s but utilities which are designed to help you get more from the Windows Home Server database. The first is called WhsDbDump which dumps your Windows Home Server backup database data files to human readable .txt and .xml files for examination. This tool is more of […]

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The Home Server Show #15

In this weeks The Home Server Show #15 host David McCabe reviews a WHS training video from Train Signal and looks at a Power Pack 1 issue affecting some users. As well as the latest news, you can listen to this latest episode here.

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12 Hardware Company's Join Epson in Japan

The Applied WHS10000GV250. As well as the Epson we discussed yesterday, the following Japanese companies have announced that they will be shipping Home Server powered home servers or Windows Home Server related products in Japan: Epson NEC Mouse Computer Japan Logitec Thirdwave Unitcom Tsukumo PDX Japan Clevery Regin Applied Sofmap Sycom With the Japanese version […]

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New Add-In Resource

Windows Home Server forum user Jacques N is a recent convert to Windows Homer Server and got frustrated when trying to find all the available addins.  As such, he built a little website that lists all the available add-ins under different category’s along with their download links. http://whsaddins.com/

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Endeavour SV110h Windows Home Server for Japan

We Got Served has the scoop that Epson in Japan are releasing the Endeavour SV110h Windows Home Server. The space saving Endeavour measuring only 75 x 195 x 185mm and comes with the Japanese version of WHS with PP1. Available in 2 flavors, a basic and a performance model, both come with 512MB of RAM […]

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Add-In: Windows Home Server Disk Management 1.0.9.8

Add-in developer Sam Wood has just released version 1.0.9.8 of Windows Home Server Disk Management, the add-in that that gives you more detail about your server’s storage status.   This version resolves a rare crash if an ID number could not be found for a specific disk. More information is available from here.

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Add-In: SageTV 6.4.8

Last week the release candidate 6.4.8 of SageTV was released. Some of the major additions for V6.4, but not specific to this build are: -Support for the Hauppauge HD PVR (Official on Windows, Experimental on Linux) -Automatic STVI Generation in the SageTV Studio -EXIF metadata/thumbnail support for JPEGs -new file system & network browser -H.264 […]

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Add-In:HAI WL3 for Windows Home Server 1.0

WL3 is an Add-in from HAI (Home Automation Inc) for Windows Home Server that allows you to monitor and control a HAI Home Control System from any device with a web browser, such as a computer, PDA, Smartphone, BlackBerry, iPhone 2.0 and iPod Touch etc. Regardless of the brand of camera, the video is displayed […]

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Changing Blocked Ports

Troubleshooting Remote Access for your MediaSmart or Windows Home Server is a guide available from MediaSmartHome.com. The tutorial details what to do when your server ports are blocked by your ISP and how to overcome this problem. The guide is available here.

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Yet Another Windows Home Server Parts List

Another Windows Home Server parts list. This time self proclaimed geek and Microsoft Student Partner, Paul Jenkins shows us his single 1TB build list with power usage details, and all for $566. Here are the details.