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Stream your iTunes Music Collection over the Internet
MediaSmartHome.com has a tutorial on how to stream your iTunes music collection over the internet by using the included Firefly media server and FirePlay, a Flash based interface to the FireFly Media Server. Once...
Scaleo Home Server Power Management Tool
SCALEO Power Management Viewer is a new German language tool for those of you that own a Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo Home Server. The tool enables you to see the Power Management details in a simple list....
Add-In: My Movies - Coming Soon
Ian Dixon’s Blog has details that one of the most popular Media Center plug-ins is coming to Windows Home Server. The movie collection management and playback application ?My Movies? will work as a server for...
WHS and Windows Media Center UK Meet Up
Media Center enthusiast and fellow MVP Ian Dixon has posted about having a meet up next year with like minded enthusiasts. So what do you reckon to a UK event for Windows Home Server, Windows...
The Home Server Show #19
This edition of The Home Server Show Podcast has snippets of the latest WHS news as well as your emails and a review of the online backup solution ?KeepVault for Windows Home Server?. You can...
KeepVault Online Backup for WHS Limits Space
KeepVault is an online backup solution for Windows Home Server who were offering unlimited storage for only $99 per year. But this has now changed, Proxure the company behind the product now offer 100GB of...
Update NIC Drivers on the HP MediaSmart
If your Windows Home Server is a MediaSmart Server from HP then there is a walk through on We Got Served on how to upgrade the NIC SiS191 drivers on the unit. Get the details...
New Windows Home Server MVPs
After being away for a few days at Microsoft in Reading, it?s good to notice on my return home that two new guys have joined Microsoft’s MVP program for Windows Home Server. Existing MVP Donavon...
WHS Custom Build v Frankenstein Build v HP MediaSmart Server
The home theater news site "Missing Remote" has a comparison of Windows Home Server systems. They compare a home brewed frankenstein build, in a Antec P180B chassis alongside a custom built WHS housed in a...
Addin Cleanup Tool
The Addin Cleanup Tool is a small handy utility that will remove add-in entries from the list of installed add-ins, that can’t be removed anymore due to a problem with uninstalling the add-in. Normally the...
Configuring WHS for Remote Access Walkthrough
If you would you like easy to follow steps on how to configure Windows Home Server for remote access then Steven Warren has the details for you over at TechRepublic. Read it here .
Another Ideal Home for Windows Home Server
The Shuttle KPC K45 is a barebone system which could be ideal for Windows Home Server. Available for approx $99 (?80 UK) in barebone form, the unit comes complete with case, an Intel 945GC...
Japanese WHS Courtesy of the Epson Endeavor SV110H
As we reported back in August , the Japanese version of Windows Home Server is available in the Epson Endeavor SV110H. And here are some more shots courtesy of ubergizmo.com . Very cute (the cats...
How did I ever live without Windows Home Server?
IT Trainer, Community Leader and MVP Mitch Garvis has written a post regarding Windows Home Server on his blog "The World According to Mitch". Mitch states: ?…how simple WHS is to install, use, and maintain…I...
WHS and Vista Media Center Combined via 2x Motherboards
One enterprising Home Server user has integrated Vista Media Center (VMC) and Windows Home Server (WHS) in a novel way. Within his customized white case, (which he hand sprayed himself) are mounted two Micro ATX...
Tab Add-In's and Media Connect Controller Development Ceased
Developer Brendan Grant has announced that he shall cease development on his four add-ins Tab Scroller, Tab Reorder, Tab Manager and Media Connect Controller. Brendan states that those mentioned rely on unsupported and undocumented capabilities...
The Home Server Show #18
The latest Home Server Show #18 is now available. The 17 minute podcast has the latest news as well as information on the Power Pack 1 fix ( KB950133 ) and details on the memory...
MediaSmart Memory Upgrade Chatter
Yesterdays announcement on HP allowing memory upgrades on their MediaSmart Server’s without voiding the warranty has started some new ?chatter? on the matter. Of course the original walk through on how to upgrade the memory...
Upgrade Memory without Voiding Warranty on the HP MediaSmart Server
Based on customer feedback HP are now allowing owners of MediaSmart Server’s to upgrade the memory without voiding the warranty after research showed that some customers were installing multiple add-ins and/or additional software, which could...
Last Post: September 25, 2008 3:25 PM by adamgothe
WHS Protects Users from Dying Hard Drives
Microsoft has published a Knowledge Base article ( KB950193 ) for users running Power Pack 1 (PP1). If you remove a hard drive incorrectly by NOT using the Remove a Hard Drive Wizard before physically...
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