There is a simple tool available which makes it easy to open ports on your home router. Simple Port Forwarding is a free application which supports over 1,100 models of router. The app saves the steps to configure the router into its database and updates your router without the need of you doing it yourself, […]
The dudes at Tested.com have a really good guide on how to rid your DVDs to play on any device. Ripping your DVD collection to a compressed, more compatible format will enable you to store more DVDs on Windows Home Server and allow you to stream them to your Windows Mobile, Zune, iPod/iPhone etc. Its […]
Going from a "Frankenbox" build to a MediaSmart EX485 from HP, Jason Dunn filled the bays with the fast, quiet and power-efficient Western Digital Caviar Green series hard drives. Was it worth the switch going from the self build to the HP unit? Jason says absolutely. It allowed him to go from a mess to […]
Timothy Daleo has a great video on how to setup the iTunes Server for those of you using the 3.0 software on a HP MediaSmart. The video shows how to configure the server for iTunes and setup the associated HP Media Collector. You can find the video here.
The How-To Geek looks at how to enable media streaming in Windows Home Server to Windows Media Player in both Vista and Windows 7. The tutorial takes you through the process of getting it setup and configured which you can find here.
The Home Server Show podcast episode 81 is out with the latest news and views about all things Home Server. Its available here.
Borg Custom Audio and Video Ltd take a look at Windows home Server. The company that specializes in media room, lighting control and automation tells us about what WHS does and looks at the HP MediaSmart too. I use a Windows Home Server to stream my content to the Apple TV. And to backup all […]
Digital Home Thoughts is reporting that online backup provider Mozy is nearing completion of a Windows Home Server add-in. Every few months writer Jason Dunn emails Mozy to ask them to create a version of their software for the Windows Home Server platform. Imagine his surprise when they responded with this email: "Our Research team […]
Thanks to reader Dale Branson who directed us to a post on Virtualizing Windows Home Server On Hyper-V. The post explains how to install and configure Microsoft’s free Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 software and run Windows Home Server on it as a virtual machine. Its a very detailed post which you can read here.
A new version of the add-in WHSClamAV has been released. Version 0.1.6 of the free open source add-In for Windows Home Server using the ClamAV Anti-Virus package, includes the following changes: The scanner and update processes are now as Windows Services Cleaned up the GUI Added the ability to scan particular shares and provide alerts […]
