Over at TheDigitalLifestyle.com this weeks The Media Center Show chats to David McCabe from The Home Server Show about his top Windows Home Server add-ins including one’s for enabling Windows Media Center integration.
The podcast can be listened to from here.
We Got Served has published details that the session "Design Considerations for Building a Windows Home Server", from WinHEC2008 is now available for download as PowerPoint slides.
Download from here.
How do you fancy a HP MediaSmart Server EX470 for $314.99?
The HP store are having a sale on their $549.99 EX470. There’s a $100 instant rebate specifically for the EX470, a $50 Microsoft Server instant rebate and using coupon code SV2132 a $30 rebate. That’s a total saving of $180, bringing the cost of the EX470 down to $369.99 which also includes free shipping.
You can order from here and if they are out of stock just keep re-checking as new stock always arrives.
Thanks to J. Waire for the info and discount code.
A new public version of My Movies for Windows Home Server has been released.
Build 4 of pre-release version 1.02 has the following additions:
Added: Automatic database backup feature. Automatically runs backup during the night with the internal you choose, and lets you choose how many backups to keep.
Added: Ability to use non WHS based shares and part of a share for copy target and monitoring.
Added: Support for Flac lossless music codec for Music Disc Copier.
Added: Option to reject disc if no meta-data is found for Movie Disc Copier. This allows you to use a client to contribute disc id’s for unknown discs, and then re-insert the disc to be copied with proper meta-data.
Added: Ability for movie disc copier to copy to Media Center extender compatible MPEG2 format, either as only file, or as combination of VIDEO_TS folder structure and MPEG2 file.
The following change has been implemented:
Now asks to set services to manual startup when you stop them, to avoid them from restarting after a reboot.
Also in this version are the following fixes:
Fix: Runs optimize and clean of unused covers, photos and temp files before running a backup.
Fix: Movie disc can some times be rejected if it has been previously copied, even though the file no longer exists.
Fix: Notifications can pop up again and again. Notifications is now removed after a specific time period, depending on their importance.
Fix: Movie disc copier can fail to copy discs if the disc name in the meta-data contains special characters.
Fix: Firewall configuration issues can occur on some newer version HP Home Servers.
Fix: SQL Server install could error out if firewall configuration fails.
Fix: Clean photos on database backup
Fix: Percentage only goes to 99 percent and not 100 until the task is fully complete
More information is available from here. This pre-release version of My Movies for Windows Home Server is available for download from here.
DirectoryOfTutorials.com has details that the Windows Home Server Restore CD has a built in web browser.
To see it in action you can watch a video here.
Now that the SQA-SH Home Server is shipping, manufacturer Tranquil PC has bought to our attention that the User Manual is available for download in PDF format whilst you are waiting for the UPS van to arrive!
Tranquil PC SQA-5H Home Server Installation Guide.
Internet Superstore Buy.com (USA) have the HP MediaSmart Server EX47 at an unbelievable price of $399.95, and shipping is free too. This is an excellent price for the 500GB Windows Home Server as Amazon are at least $50 more expensive and Newegg would charge you an additional $160 on top too.
Details of the offer are here.
Fujitsu Siemens today launched its second generation of the SCALEO Home Server with environmentally friendly hard disks.
The SCALEO Home Server 2205, preinstalled with 2 X 1 TB drives, and the SCALEO Home Server 2105, preinstalled with 2 x 500 GB drives, both use the Caviar Green SATA hard disks from Western Digital.
A PDF data sheet with more information is available for download from here.
Tomorrow (Friday 14th November – 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific Time) there is a 1 hour live event for Microsoft Partners on Windows Home Server for small business.
Presented by Kevin Royalty the webcast will cover what you can use Windows Home Server for in small businesses that may not need a Small Business Server, as well as businesses that may want to use WHS as a complement to Small Business Server.
To view the live webcast you will need to be registered as a Microsoft Partner. If you are not it only takes a couple of minutes to complete and is totally free.
Register here.
We Got served has a tutorial on how to host a blog on Windows Home Server using the Graffiti CMS software. Details on how to install and set up the permissions and database are available from here.
