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Archive | February, 2010

avast! Professional Family Pack for Windows Home Server Discontinued

By Terry Walsh on February 7, 2010 in Software, Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server edition of popular anti-virus package to be updated “eventually” whilst 10 client value pack for the platform is discontinued.

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HP MediaSmart iStream App for iPhone Updated

By Terry Walsh on February 5, 2010 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Improvements to search, photo uploading and language support come with one big drawback – video streaming over mobile has been removed.

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HP: They Finally Got One Right

By Jim Clark on February 4, 2010 in Hardware, News, Software

Sorry, this is not about an HP MSS or X510. This is about one of those other segments of HP, their printer division.

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S1Digital Introduce DVD/Blu-ray Disc Changer for Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center

By Terry Walsh on February 4, 2010 in Hardware, Windows Home Server, Windows Media Center

Okay, it’s a buck under $1500, but it holds 100 discs, provides auto-ripping and looks very cool. What more do you want?

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Add-in Update: LightsOut 1.0.1 and LOPA

By Terry Walsh on February 4, 2010 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

LightsOut, the power management add-in for Windows Home Server has been updated to version 1.0.1, and it’s joined by a new diagnostic tool also released today. Called LOPA (LightsOut Problem Analyzer) the tool will help identify common issues with the application.

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Fujitsu Respond to SCALEO Home Server Recovery Confusion

By Terry Walsh on February 3, 2010 in Windows Home Server

Over the weekend we reported on an issue with Home Server recovery on the Fujitsu SCALEO 1500 & 1900. Fujitsu today responded with an outline of the issue, and a disc exchange offer for customers. Good work Fujitsu!

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Having PC Backup Problems? We’ve Got the Answer!

By Dave Marchant on February 3, 2010 in Windows Home Server

I have been spending quite a while on the forums recently picking up on what is a common problem which has not made it into our Wiki. Just what should you do when you have a PC that consistently fails to backup to your home server?

Here are a few steps you can take to try and get that elusive PC Backup working again.

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Win an HP MediaSmart Server in the 2010 WGS Reader Survey!

By Terry Walsh on February 2, 2010 in Site Updates

It’s been a while since we ran a reader survey here at WGS – almost 18 months in fact, and in that time our readership has grown considerably! It’s really helpful for us to understand a little more about who is reading the site and gives you the opportunity to tell us what you want to see more of here at WGS.

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QNAP: Expanding their Product Line Again

By Jim Clark on February 2, 2010 in Hardware, Network Attached Storage, News

QNAP continues to introduce more Intel-powered NAS devices. Are we seeing a shift away from Marvel to Intel? Will we see a Windows powered NAS device someday? Only time will tell.

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