Category: News

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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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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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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 […]

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From Around the Web

A couple of articles from around the web. First we have The Grouchy Gamer with his Adventures With Windows Home Server. Next author Ramon Pailla was flipping through the tech ads in the Sunday paper when she came across an ad for Windows Home Server. She asks is User friendly work style – good for […]

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Confused about SageTV for Windows Home Server?

If like me you have been a bit confused in the past about SageTV for Windows Home Server then the post Totally Confused Concerning SageTV for Windows Home Server(WHS) – Please Help! on their forums may be of help to you.

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Data Corruption Bug and How to Avoid it

Terry Walsh from WeGotServed talks about the data corruption bug that has hit Windows Home Server and points out how to avoid it over on The Media Center Show Podcast. Available here.

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More Info on the WHS Corruption Bug

ComputerWorld writer Gregg Keizer has been speaking to the WHS team about the corruption bug. Todd Headrick, the product planning manager for WHS had this to say in the article: In many cases, users might not realize that they are, in fact, “editing” a file, because an application may be appending metadata to a file’s […]