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Add-In Review: DupeCleaner

By on December 5, 2008 in Add-ins & Apps, Apps & Add-in Reviews, Reviews, Software, Windows Home Server

One of the housekeeping chores that a user must deal with in a WHS is the potential for duplication of data in the Shares folder.  DupeCleaner is a utility that will search your Shares folder, sniff out duplicated files, and provide you the ability to delete the duplicated files.

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Add-In Review: WHS Disk Management

By on December 4, 2008 in Add-ins & Apps, Apps & Add-in Reviews, Software, Windows Home Server

Depending on what you want WHS to do, you should be able to find a WHS add-in to help get you there.  Regardless of any specific needs, there are a few must-have add-ins that you should have installed for general use in WHS.  WHS Disk Management is one such add-in.

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Add-In Review: Program Launcher

By on December 3, 2008 in Add-ins & Apps, Apps & Add-in Reviews, Reviews, Software, Windows Home Server

This handy add-in will allow you do add any program you desire to use from within the WHS Console.  You can even bring the WHS desktop to the surface and do all your maintenance as if you were using a RDC.

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mControl for Windows Home Server – Automate Your Home

By on March 19, 2008 in Apps & Add-in Reviews, Digital Media Receivers, Hardware, Reviews, Software, Windows Home Server, Windows Media Center

One area we’ve not really featured to date here at WGS is Home Automation – it’s a pretty specialist area with a large following in the Media Center community, I know, but Embedded Automation’s mControl for Windows Home Server now brings the potential to control your digital home directly from your home server. The mControl Editor [...]

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Software: KeepVault for Windows Home Server

By on September 14, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Apps & Add-in Reviews, Reviews, Software

KeepVault is an online backup utility, which offers an extra layer of protection for your Windows Home Server and home computers. Whilst WHS’ Drive Extender technology allows all of your files to be replicated on the home server itself, physical damage to the server (say in the case of fire or flood) could cause your data [...]

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New Add-in: LobsterTunes 4 Released For Windows Home Server

By on June 20, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Apps & Add-in Reviews, Reviews, Windows Home Server

LobsterTunes is an add-in that allows you to stream music directly from Windows Home Server to your Windows Mobile phone via WiFi or 3G. It comes with an MP3 player for your phone which allows you to: Play your entire music collection on your phone Play internet radio stations Find and view album art for [...]

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