Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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HP MediaSmart Server Survey

If you own a MediaSmart Server then HP would like to understand how they are using the product and what your experience has been so far. They state that their goal is to understand how people have adopted the product into their homes and what they are doing with it. If you take the 10 […]

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Recommended Routers for Windows Home Server

We Got Served has a list available (including a PDF file) of HP’s top 10 recommended routers for Windows Home Server that auto-configure the OS, including a list of 6 others that DONT! Available from here.

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Medion Hold Off Until Data Corruption Flaw is Fixed

UK magazine site Personal Computer World are reporting that the Medion will be held off until Microsoft can fix data corruption flaw. Medion’s Home Server was on display at Cebit in Germany where UK product manager Rick Munday said it would not sell the device until Microsoft fixed the data corruption flaw that can in […]

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Belinea O.center Available for Order

It’s nice to see Belinea’s new white and orange Windows Home Server called the Belinea’s O.center is now available to order. Using a AMD Sempron LE-1100 processor running at 1.6GHz, with 512MB DDR2 Ram and a 500GB hard drive all for €499. More info in German and English.

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Tranquil T7-HSA Server Mini Review

Blogger Hamish has been using Linux with his Tranquil T7-HSA Server (naughty boy!). His mini review can be found here.

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PerfectDisk 2008 SP1 Available

PerfectDisk 2008 the defrag tool for Windows Home Server was pulled after we reported about it last week due to a bug. The good news is that PerfectDisk 2008 SP1 (Build 44) is now available. To update your current PerfectDisk 2008 build to SP1, simply launch the product, click on the Product Resources Tab, and […]

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PerfectDisk 2008 to be Integrated into WHS Console

Good news for PerfectDisk 2008 users. During Q2 (April-June) of this year the defragmentation tool will integrate into the Windows Home Server console. A spokesperson for Raxco the manufacturer behind PerfectDisk also added that they will maintain their existing pricing, which they believe to be of great value for their customers.

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Add-In: Media Connect Controller

With Windows Home Server you can share your Music, Photos and Videos using Windows Media Connect (WMC) via the Media Library Sharing tab. But what about if you want a more appealing name like Tunes, Tunez or MP3z instead of Music etc.    Using Brendan Grant’s new add-in Media Connect Controller will enable this functionality […]

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Add-In: PowerSwitch Updated

The add-in PowerSwitch that puts WHS into standby and resumes it at user defined times has been updated to version .810 which contains the following bug fixes: Removed string usage and replaced with enumerated types.  Hopefully this fixes an issue where the German WHS was not entering sleep or hibernate.  A new registry setting called […]

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Win a HP Windows Home Server

Microsoft has a new campaign called Evalu’08. Everyone who evaluate 3 of Microsoft’s Server products could win 1 of 18  HP Windows Home Server’s. http://www.microsoft.com/infrastructure/evalu08/default.aspx To enter though you must be a legal resident of the 50 U.S. (includes D.C.) 18 years of age or over and be employed in an IT or software development […]