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Announcing the Windows Home Server Add-in Idea Challenge ‘09 Finalists

By Terry Walsh on June 14, 2009 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

At long last, it’s time to reveal the finalists of the Windows Home Server Add-in Idea Challenge ’09!

Which idea will be developed into a community add-in? It’s up to you, so take a look at the ten finalists, and get ready to vote from tomorrow!

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WHS Add-In Idea Competition ‘09 – Congratulations to Our Runners Up!

By Terry Walsh on June 13, 2009 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Check out who were the runners up in the Windows Home Server Add-in Idea Challenge ’09!

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Add-in Review: @WHSTweet

By Jim Clark on June 12, 2009 in Add-ins & Apps, Apps & Add-in Reviews, Reviews, Software, Windows Home Server

Tweet! Tweet! What will they think of next? First. let me preface something. I am not a fan of social sites. No MySpace. No Facebook. I do have an MSN Live page, but that is only because I was curious. Once. IIRC, it cannot be seen by anyone. Along comes Donavon West. He writes this add-in for WHS called @WHSTweet. I promptly looked away when I saw Terry posting the original WGS announcement about this add-in.

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How To: Installing PerfectDisk the WHS Way

By Jim Clark on June 12, 2009 in Add-ins & Apps, How to Guides, Software, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server v1

Greg at Raxco added a comment to my PerfectDisk vs. Diskeeper Head to Head article recently. In his comment, he indicates that the PerfectDisk installer has been updated to allow installation of this program using more traditional WHS installer methods. Just make sure you do it the right way!

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Get Started: Install the Windows Home Server Connector

By Terry Walsh on June 12, 2009 in Get Started, How to Guides, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server v1

In the next part of our Get Started series, we connect computers around the home to Windows Home Server.

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Hands On: Norco RPC-4220 Rackmount Chassis

By Jim Clark on June 11, 2009 in Hard Drives and Storage Reviews, Hardware, Reviews, Windows Home Server

Recently, I took a look at the Norco RPC-230 and RPC-430 rackmount cases. I just got my hands on one of Norco’s latest cases, the RPC-4220 and took it for a spin. This is one massive case with massive features!

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Add-in Update: @WHSTweet 1.2

By Terry Walsh on June 11, 2009 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Twitter alert add-in cans the spam and adds direct messaging.

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@WHSTweet

By Terry Walsh on June 10, 2009 in Add-ins & Apps, Home Server Administration, WHS v1

@WHSTweet is a Windows Home Server Add-in that monitors your WHS health status and sends an update via Twitter.

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WhsDbDump

By Terry Walsh on June 10, 2009 in Add-ins & Apps, Miscellaneous, WHS v1

Creates human readable text from the Windows Home Server backup database files. Currently is able to decode all database files. This is more of an informational learning tool than an actual utility.