Rick Drasch has just posted Beta 2 of “Recorded TV Manager Add-in for Windows Home Server”. For those of you that don’t know, the add-in uses a Windows service application on the Home Server to monitor Media Center recorded TV folders and automatically move or copy content throughout your home server network. Overall, the software […]
When using remote access you may find that uploading or downloading a large file or a group of files will cause the connection to time out before the operation finishes with the error message “The remote connection to the computer timed out. Please connect again.” By default, remote access is configured to timeout after 20 […]
I got an email from George Hayles regarding the info I posted the other week regarding ATT, Comcast and Time Warner blocking ports that can affect our Home Servers. He has asked if I can get your juices flowing and bring up the subject again, he adds: “Since we are dealing with an oligopoly here, […]
Today Microsoft published a Technical Brief for Windows Home Server Drive Extender. The 20 page PDF document explains the features and functionality of the drive extender, highlighting the benefits of the technology. The document also looks at the drive extender filter and migrator service, tombstones and the balancing of storage. http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/F/C/2FC09C20-587F-4F16-AA33-C6C4C75FB3DD/Windows_Home_Server_Drive_Extender.pdf
Dave Mercer the developer of Windows Home Server Event Monitor has updated the add-in from it’s initial 1.0.0.8 release to version 1.0.1.0 to fix some bugs: Removed spurious tooltip and fixed typos Clarified UI a little Added tooltips Changed Regex defaults in event grid view to default to “All” versus “.*” Warning dialog […]
After being in beta for the last few months, today sees the launch of the final version of AutoExit 2008 for Windows Home Server. This add-in can be used to shut down and reboot machines in your home network. Wake On Lan is also supported, enabling you to easily boot up machines remotely. These actions […]
HP and Microsoft are making available four free webcasts that will unveil and demo the long-awaited MediaSmart Server. In addition to a live demonstration at these educational events, you’ll also hear from consumer technology industry experts, like Rob Enderle, Rick Doherty, Paul Thurrott from SuperSite for Windows, and Ed Bott from ZDNet on how the […]
Aleksei Nipirakis has started to place you source code to his add-in Home Base onto SourceForge.net. The add-in that allows your Mobile Phone to download files from the Home Server and lets you blog from your phone as well is now Open Source GPL and will enable other developers to build and develop onto it. […]
Dave Mercer has developed a new add-in. Windows Home Server Event Monitor monitors the event logs and sends them in a single email at a fixed frequency, with the ability to send some events immediately (e.g. remote login failures). This is an Alpha release and Dave would love to hear your comments, suggestions and […]
Over on the HP MediaSmart Server page at HP, they now have a link to the data sheet for the EX470/EX475 models. Thanks to Josh Pearl for the info.
