Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Add-In: Windows Home Server Disk Management 1.0.8.6

Sam Wood has updated his add-in, Windows Home Server Disk Management to version 1.0.8.6 which fixes a crash if removing the last internal drive bay and external drive bays still remain. The user is now prompted to remove external drive bays first. This Add-In provides more detail about your server’s storage status than what the […]

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Happy Forth of July

Happy Forth of July For those of you not in the USA. Independence Day honors the birthday of the United States of America and the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Have a wonderful day!

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Lead Developer Shares WHS Customization

Chris Gray, lead developer for Windows Home Server at Microsoft talks about centralizing television and music onto Windows Home Server using Media Center. Integrating lights and power outlets and harnessing the power of the Web are also discussed. As Chris says: I would also like to link to a real-time weather application so that if […]

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Add-In: MSS Fan Control

NOTE: This add-in is designed to work exclusively with the HP MediaSmart Server EX47x models, and will not work with any other WHS systems. MSS Fan Control allows the user to easily control the speed of the upper and lower exhaust fans of the MediaSmart Server. It also allows the user to configure the speed […]

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The Home Server Show #8

Due to the amount of add-ins that have been released in the last 7 days, there is a special 7 minute episode of The Home Server Show. Dubbed the 4th of July edition, show #8 looks at the latest releases for our Home Servers. Listen here.

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New MVP's Join Windows Home Server Division

A big welcome to the new Most Valuable Professional’s (MVP’s) who join Microsoft’s network of exceptional technical community leaders, whose area of expertise is Windows Home Server. Alan Ball and from the United States Henk Panneman from the Netherlands Colin W Hodgson from the UK Yoshihiro Okabe from Japan These 4 join the existing 7, […]

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Add-In: TV Manager

Add-in developer Brent Friedman has a new add-in for Media Center users. TV Manager copies your recordings off to your WHS for storage and management. It comes in two parts. The first part is installed on the server for management of the Recordings. And the other part is the Vista Media Center plug-in that copies […]

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PC Magazine Mega NAS Review

PC Magazine has a massive review on Home Network-Attached Storage (NAS). Many units are given the once over, including the HP MediaSmart Server EX470. From How to Choose? to So What’s Windows Home Server? All the details are available here.

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Add-In: VPOP3 2.6.0d

VPOP3 for Windows Home Server; the email server add-in has been updated to version 2.6.0d More information and the evaluation/registered version are available, as are three new tutorial videos: Download and install VPOP3 for Windows Home Server Configure VPOP3 for Windows Home Server Configure Outlook Express to use VPOP3 for Windows Home Server

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The Home Server Show #7

The Home Server Show #7 is available for your listening pleasure. As well as the latest news, in this episode AutoExit 2008 R2 developer Nick Asseloos chats about this great add-in. Available from here.