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How Do You Integrate Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center in Your Home Setup?

By on January 25, 2008 in Digital Media Receivers, Windows Home Server, Windows Media Center

Ian Dixon over at The Digital Lifestyle dropped me a quick IM this afternoon. He’s running a post today asking how his readers have attempted to integrate their Media Center set ups with Windows Home Server. It’s clear that these are two products which should, in a perfect world, work hand in hand to receive, store and [...]

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Data Corruption Bug – HP Guidance for MediaSmart Server Customers

By on January 15, 2008 in Windows Home Server

As you’re aware, an obscure, but particularly nasty bug was highlighted in Windows Home Server’s Drive Extender technology in December, that in some cases could corrupt files on the home server that were being edited in certain applications. The Microsoft Knowledge Base article communicating the bug was updated this week, bizarrely removing a lot of the background [...]

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CES 2008: New HP MediaSmart TV Range

By on January 3, 2008 in Hardware, Windows Home Server, Windows Media Center

  So, wrapping up the HP MediaSmart announcement for CES, comes a range of HP MediaSmart TVs. Remember that MediaSmart Receiver I told you about earlier? It’s built-in, so it’ll work with your home server and bundles in Extender for Windows Media Center (still a mouthful) for good meansure.  You also get 1080p resolution, 3 [...]

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CES 2008: HP to Announce HP MediaSmart Receiver with Extender for Windows Media Center Support

By on January 3, 2008 in Digital Media Receivers, Hardware, Windows Home Server, Windows Media Center

  Next up in HP’s CES MediaSmart announcements is the HP MediaSmart Receiver – a Digital Media Receiver (DMR) which is fully compatible with the HP MediaSmart Server and includes Extender for Windows Media Center Support (or the v2 Extender you may have read about elsewhere). The DMR enables you to playback music, videos and [...]

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WHS Data Corruption Issue: KB 946676 Updated

By on December 30, 2007 in Windows Home Server

Those of you tracking the data corruption issue which was reported last week will be interested to know that the Knowledge Base article outlining the issue has been updated. The update provides more details on how the issue occurs and reassures users that computer backup and restore is not affected. Update as of December 28, 2007 [...]

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Under the Hood: Windows Home Server Drive Extender

By on November 1, 2007 in Software, Under the Hood, Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server Drive Extender is one of the major technical innovations in Windows Home Server. It’s the technology that pools all of your internal and external storage, removing the need to worry about the physical location of your storage. No more drive letters! Automatic folder duplication is another great feature delivered through Drive Extender. [...]

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