The Home Server Show episode 83 is out, and this week is a trouble shooting special where Dave and the gang discuss some Home Server errors and issues. That off course is as well as the latest WHS news and views. Available from here.
Media Center MVP Ian Dixon has special guest Ed Bott on episode 250 of "The Media Center Show". Best-selling author and award-winning journalist Ed, gives his views on where technology is heading including Windows Home Server , which in his opinion has no future as it is heading to the cloud! Ed’s comments on WHS […]
Minnaar Pieters installs the popular file sync app Dropbox on his Windows Home Server. Ex lecturer Minnaar has Dropbox installed on his Macbook, a Windows 7 PC, WHS and his iPhone enabling him to keep all his documents in sync and backup up. I also have a Windows Home Server at home, so I was […]
The FirePlay add-in for Windows Home Server has been updated to version 0.92.0.1 The add-in allows you to remotely stream over the internet all the music stored on their Home Server. The key changes to this latest version are: Updated FirePlay code to 0.92. Installer searches for FireFly.exe and will fail if not found. Installer […]
Windows Media Center MVP Pete Stagman has a great post on how he installed and configures his Windows 7 Media Center from start to finish. Pete had to do a fresh install and decided to document the process, which includes a Raid 0 array, which is recommended when either recording 2 or more HD streams […]
The DVBLink software allows your tuner cards to become network aware, allowing you for example to install the tuner cards into WHS and enabling you to watch TV in the lounge on Windows Media center which is accessing those tuners. The DVBLink software has been updated with new features and fixes. The major change in […]
SmallNetBuilder has a review of the Asus TS mini Home Server. The review looks at the unit, both inside and out as well as looking at the value added software Asus has included on top of the Windows Home Server platform. Specifications and performance charts for file copy read/write performance are also included. …the TS […]
Don’t Get a Drobo (Build a Server) is a post by Ian Aleksander Adams, who states: …I’ve also recommended the Drobo product in the past. After lengthy use, I’m revoking my recommendation entirely. Make some kind of home server out of an old shell or buy something that doesn’t use a proprietary data format. Yes, […]
The Shifted Librarian (also known as Jenny Levine) decided it was time to investigate a centralized backup solution, a way to listen to her music collection from anywhere, and the ability to listen to different music in different rooms of the house. Ideally she also wanted similar access for her video, with an easy way […]
The Asus TS mini Home Server in now available to the Japanese market. It finally has reached Japan (26 March 2010), and costs 49,800 Yen ($536). Powered by an Atom N280 1.66GHz processor, with 1GB of RAM (Max 2), 1TB of HDD (3.5”), an Intel 945GSE Express Card, Gigabyte Ethernet, 6x USB 2.0 ports and […]
