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Microsoft Publishes Windows Home Server 2011 Media Streaming Advisory

By Terry Walsh on August 19, 2011 in News, Windows Home Server

Following a couple of articles posted at WGS regarding a nasty issue in Windows Home Server 2011, which allows the system to potentially overwrite you album art and music metadata without authorisation, Microsoft have today posted an advisory note on the TechNet Wiki acknowledging the issue.

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Add-in Update: Snoop-de-dupe v1.3

By Terry Walsh on August 8, 2011 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, News, Windows Home Server

Snoop-de-dupe monitors folders you select on your home server and will detect and display a list duplicate files in the Windows Home Server Console. From there, you can delete the duplicates, ignore/keep the duplicate files, or in the case of the add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 & Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, replace the duplicate files with a hard-link.

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The Great Windows Home Server Sell Off?

By Terry Walsh on August 2, 2011 in News, Windows Home Server

What’s behind the latest round of Windows Home Server 2011 discounts? Are Microsoft selling out, cashing in their chips or is this simply good product marketing?

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Discover DataCore DriveHarmony at Microsoft TechEd

By Terry Walsh on May 12, 2011 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, News, Windows Home Server

Next week sees North America’s technorati descend on Atlanta for Microsoft’s TechEd developer conference. If you’re a home server enthusiast attending the event, then be sure to check out DataCore’s booth (1629), as they’ll be talking about their upcoming DataCore DriveHarmony storage management add-in for WHS 2011.

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Windows Home Server 2011 “Vail” Release Candidate – Connecting PCs & Macs to the Server

By Terry Walsh on February 3, 2011 in News, Windows Home Server

Our look at the Windows Home Server 2011 Release Candidate Client Connector reveals that Microsoft have still to fix support for Apple Time Machine compatibility, which lags behind HP’s efforts in Windows Home Server v1 as well as Microsoft’s competitors. On the PC-side, a lack of UI polish leads us to wonder how high Microsoft have set the quality bar to get Windows Home Server 2011 out the door.

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Windows Home Server 2011 “Vail” RC Released Without Drive Extender

By Terry Walsh on February 3, 2011 in News, Windows Home Server

Microsoft today announced the immediate availability of the Windows Home Server 2011 “Vail” Release Candidate to the general public – the first build of the platform released following Microsoft’s controversial decision to strip the product’s core storage technology, Drive Extender.

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WD TV Live HD Media Player, Now Compatible with Windows Play To Feature

By Jim Clark on May 8, 2010 in Digital Media Receivers, Hardware, News

In addition to being a great little media player, Western Digital’s WD TV Live now has the blessing of Microsoft as the first network media player compatible with Windows 7′s Play To feature.

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HP MediaSmart Server UK Deal – Save £100 + Free Xmas Hamper

By Terry Walsh on December 7, 2009 in Uncategorized

Less Hewlett Packard, more Hamper Package when it comes to HP’s Xmas Wish List for the UK.

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Announcing Home Server Plus – The New Home for Windows Home Server Add-ins

By Terry Walsh on April 20, 2009 in Add-ins & Apps, Site Updates, Windows Home Server

We Got Served’s popular add-ins section moves on to its next version, with a dedicated website offering easier navigation, screenshots, video previews and a whole host of community rating, sharing and discussion options. It’s almost finished, and now we need your help to test it out and give us your feedback.

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