Add-in Update: Digital ArcHound for Windows Home Server

Digital ArcHound, the software that brings paperless organization to businesses and individuals has updated the Window Home Server Edition of their software.  V1.3.18 is now now available for download on their website.

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What can Digital ArcHound do for you?  It has been awhile since We Got Served has written much about Digital ArcHound, so to refresh your memory, here is the scoop on what what this WHS add-in can do for you:

Digital ArcHound – Windows Home Server Edition is a multi-user software solution that has been designed for individuals, families and small businesses to quickly and easily move toward a truly paperless environment by allowing them to store, retrieve, archive and manage their electronic documents in a new and innovative way. 

Using the Digital ArcHound client software, each computer connected to the WHS server can independently archive, search, recall, email and combine archives from a centrally located archive vault on the WHS server. 

Users are reporting that when they need to recall or email a bill, insurance statement, report cards, contract, receipt or other important piece of information, Digital ArcHound is the easiest way to find it, and is really easy to backup. A backup previously would have required making bulky copies of everything.

Digital ArcHound is designed to work in concert with nearly all of the scanners and scanner software that write to PDFs, (Fujitsu, Dell, HP, Nuance PaperPort, etc.), and will continue to work more seamlessly with each successive release.

Our goal is to quickly integrate the features that our current and future customers request that will make their archiving experience even easier in the future. 

Some of new features are as follows: 

* Vista 64-bit support
* Resizable Client for greater visibility of documents in the document viewer
* Now supports enhanced DPI settings of 120 and higher (great for looking at XRay images)
* Scanner Control if your scanner supports WIA – Windows Image Acquisition
* New Document Detection Engine supports most scanner software and PDF writers
* New Document Detection Notification Popup Window – allows for batch and delayed processing of detected documents
* Drag and drop PDFs from the desktop and from Email attachments to the Workspace
* Drag and drop images (PNG, GIF, BMP, JPEG) from desktop and Email attachments to Workspace
* Process Existing PDFs in Folders
* PDF Document Splitting
* PDF Rotation (CW, CCW, Flip)
* Document Context Menu allows Documents in the viewer to be rotated, split or deleted
* Check All, Uncheck All, Auto-check/uncheck after archiving
* Enhanced Search Engine now allows search by document date, archive date, date processed, sort by title, by business doc, and date ranges

I know that organization of my electronic documents is horrible.  And that is putting it kindly.  And trying to find that receipt for that XBox 360 that just experienced the Red Ring of Death?  Well, let’s just say that did not go well.

I will be trying out the latest version of ArcHound in the near future to see if it can bring order to my chaotic document world.  So, stay tuned for an updated review coming to you from the staff of WGS.


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About Jim Clark

Hello. I’m from the heartland of the U.S. Lots of corn and beans, although Iowa is a lot more than just farmland. It also has a few computer enthusiasts (no, not me!). I’ve been around PCs since I got my 1st PC XT aloooong time ago. WGS is one of the first sites I found centered around WHS. And the best. Every once in awhile, I do get away from the KB and enjoy time with and my wife and our 4 kids. And I do have a day job.

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  • Steve

    Does this have some form of backup catalog with names for recovery in case you need to reinstall whs?

    I would hate to spend hours organizing bills and then have to reinstall and lose everything.

  • JohnCz

    There is alot of functionality here. Right now I organize business/personal documents using folder structures and document tags when available. I think future Windows OS will support of this functionality. But since it is not universely available now for all file types..this seems like a good solution especially if you are scanning alot. My only concern is that it does not integrate with Windows Search.

  • http://www.zonderdank.be cyberke

    @Steve -

    Yes, you can perfectly backup and restore your database info + the original files.

    Yesterday I treid to purchase the new version online but unfortunately I can’t even buy a version online because I am not a US resident. The online form doesn’t recognize my Belgian postal code. I even wonder if it would be possible to pay with my Belgian Paypal account.

    Time for them to turn their commercial view towards Europe also I think ;)

    Grtz,

    Nic

  • cyberke

    I requested a demo download yestarday morning, today more than 24 hours later I don’t even get any response neither any downloadlink from them…..that service really sucks and is inacceptable from a company selling their products online :-(

    Nic