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Reader Review: Asus O!Play HDP-R1 Media Receiver

ASUS' O!Play Media Receiver gets a reader review, ahead of o full WGS Hands On Review which is coming soon.

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How To: Restore a Client Computer Without Using the Client Restore Disk

Wouldn't it be great to have the ability to connect a hard drive to your home server and restore any computer to it? It's just one of those things that would make Windows Home Server just soo much better. Well, for the brave, there may just be a way.

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How-To: Install Apache Tomcat on Your HP MediaSmart Server EX470/475

I’m sure by now, you’ve already seen my post on how to install Tomcat on your custom built (or non-HP) home server. If you haven’t, you may want to check it out here.  One of the things that I mentioned was that there are some special considerations for installing on the HP MediaSmart Servers. Well, [...]

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How-To: Install Apache Tomcat on Your Custom Built Home Server

The built in web server on Windows Home Server is not capable of serving up JSP.  This means you have to use a different server to do this.  Why would you want to?

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How To: Sync Your Firefox Bookmarks with Windows Home Server

Did you know you could sync Firefox bookmarks between your home computers using Windows Home Server? Check out Drashna's great guide to show you how.

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Add-In Review: uTorrent

One of the most demanded features for Windows Home Server has been the integration of a Torrent client. Your Home Server is an always on device meant for file storage (and more). And if you already have a machine set to use a torrent client, it makes absolute sense to migrate that to your Windows Home Server box. Always on, always connected, and lots of room.

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Add-In Review: AnyService Installer

Any Service Installer is the add-in you need to run any program as a background service in Windows Home Server.

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WHS Toolkit v1.1

If you're an x64 user who's been waiting for the Windows Home Server Toolkit to be released..... it has!

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How-To: Update your HP MediaSmart Server NIC drivers

If you've been thinking of upgrading the network drivers on your HP MediaSmart Server, our step by step guide will show you how.

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Add-In: WHS Outlook Beta 2

We've been running WHS Outlook since Beta 1 and we love it - it's the add-in which integrates Microsoft's email application with the Windows Home Server Console. Read on to find out just why we think it's so good

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WGS Wiki Editors Needed

We Got Served is looking for a number of volunteer Wiki Editors to drive the future of the WGS WIki as a leading online help and tutorial resource for Windows Home Server and Windows Media Cente. If you're passionate about these products and have some time on your hands, jump in and join the WGS Team!

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How-To: Install Firefly Media Server for Windows Home Server

Do you own an iPod, or use iTunes heavily? Do you want an easy way to access your server's music on iTunes much the same way that HP MediaSmart Server users can? Well, HP used the Firefly Media Server in part to accomplish what they did. And we are going to show you how to install FireFly.

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