Canadian TV Show DottoTech last week devoted a large section of its program over to Windows Home Server and the HP MediaSmart Server. Host Steve Dotto covered most of the basics of using Windows Home Server in some depth, including the use of WHS as a simple file server to a Mac. If you look [...]
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Add-In: To Desktop
A new add-in has been released courtesy of the official WHS Forums, called To Desktop. To Desktop allows you to minimize, close or exit full screen from the WHS console. The UI is a tab in the settings window. The add-in has been written by C Hanlon, who writes: I consider the plug-in to be [...]
Add-in Update: WHS Disk Management 1.0.6.0
Today brings another update to Sam Wood’s WHS Disk Management add-in, which brings the following new features a nd fixes: 1.0.6.0 – Update Added: Each drive bay now has a user-editable comment field (currently only displayed in the Settings dialog) Changed: Drive bay settings dialog now has Update/Replace functionality (previously you had to delete the [...]
Download the Windows Home Server Toolkit and Manual
Last week, Microsoft released a manual to accompany the previously released Windows Home Server Toolkit which hit the webback in October. The WHS Toolkit is a collection of tools that help you troubleshoot issues with Windows Home Server. The toolkit has the following components: • Error Reporting The Error Reporting tool collects log files from your home [...]
Add-In Update: WHS Disk Management v1.0.5.0
Sam Wood’s hard at work with another update for his popular add-in, WHS Disk Management which is now at version 1.0.5.0. Sam posted news of the update over at the WHS Disk Management forums here at We Got Served. 1.0.5.0 – Update Added: Disk Information now includes Volume Shadow Copy size Changed: Storage information panel on [...]
How To… Automatically Download Audio and Video Podcasts Via RSS With Windows Home Server
Last week, a post over at the WGS forums discussed options for automatically download Audio and Video Podcasts with Windows Home Server via RSS Feeds, and move them to the correct shared folder on the home server. I invited one of regular forum contributors, DSSystems to pull together a walkthrough on achieving this, and I’m delighted to say, he’s [...]
Add-In Update: WHS Disk Management 1.0.4
Sam Wood has released an update to WHS Disk Management this morning with a number of new features, including the abilty to edit disk names and the addition of SMART status and temperature viewing in the Windows Home Server console. Version 1.04 has the following changes: 1.0.4 – Update Added: Editable disk names – [...]
Add-In: Recorded TV Manager
Rick Drasch has released the final version of his Recorded TV Manager add-in to the web. The add-in, previously in beta, is designed to help you manage your recorded TV programs and series between your Media Center PCs and Windows Home Server. Features include: Collections – Collect series episodes automatically to the Home Server (or [...]
Add-In Update: Windows Home Server Disk Management
Sam Wood has updated his add-in, Windows Home Server Disk Management to version 1.0.3. Here’s what’s changed: 1.0.3 – Update Added: Right-click menu for disk operations Added: Disk information detail. Select a disk and click the info button, double click a disk, or right click a disk and select Details Added: Non-storage pool disks with [...]
Add-In Update: TiVo Publisher 1.21
Rob Durfee’s released an update to his add-in, TiVo Publisher which is now at version 1.21. The update includes the following features and fixes: Firewall Port exceptions are added automatically when the add-in first starts. FLV and files with the .DIVX extension now appear in Videos. Playlists now show up in Music (they appear as folders). [...]
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