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Smarter Connections for Your Digital Home

By on April 18, 2008 in Windows Home Server, Windows Media Center

One thing I’m learning about being an MVP at this summit is that you get asked a huge amount of questions from other MVPs about the product area you represent – particularly when you represent a new, exciting product like Windows Home Server. Top 2 questions this week: 1. What’s happening with that Drive Extender [...]

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MVP Summit Day 2: Meet the Team…

By on April 16, 2008 in Windows Home Server

Tuesday arrived here in Seattle with it’s usual grey outlook and more drizzle – it’s strange how you can travel thousands of miles and yet still feel like you’re back home. This is one pretty damp city in April. Someone mentioned to me that Seattle gets about the same rainfall as many other cities in [...]

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Windows Home Server Reviewed in ATOMIC Magazine

By on April 14, 2008 in Windows Home Server

News reaches us from the Antipodes that ATOMIC magazine is running a five page article this month on Windows Home Server, written by WGS community member Stephen Reeves (Smadge1). Sections in the article include: Honey, I’m Home Add-ins Windows Home Server Console Computer & Backup Tab Client Restore User Accounts Tab Shared Folders Tab Shared Folders Properties [...]

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Windows Home Server Public Beta – Home Computer Restore CD (Dual Boot)

By on April 4, 2008 in Windows Home Server

Heads up on a new Windows Home Server Beta Opportunity: The Windows Home Server team would like to invite you to download a beta version of the “Windows Home Server – Home Computer Restore CD (Dual Boot)” from Microsoft Connect at http://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer. If you have not previously registered for the Windows Home Server connect site, [...]

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Scandinavia – Getting Served By HP in May

By on April 4, 2008 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

So, if you’re in Sweden or Norway (two of my favourite countries, having spent a good chuck of time in each on holiday) and feeling a little left out when it comes to Windows Home Server goodness, rumour has it that HP are bringing the HP MediaSmart Server your way in May. Find out more [...]

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Windows Home Server Team Announce Power Pack 1 Public Beta With Data Corruption Bug Fix

By on April 2, 2008 in Windows Home Server

A post in the last few minutes over on the WHS Team blog has announced a forthcoming public beta of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 in May, which will be bundled with a fix for the long-standing data corruption bug. The team report that “great progress is being made” on the bug fix, and [...]

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How-To: Listen to Internet Radio with Windows Home Server and SHOUTcast

By on April 2, 2008 in How to Guides, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server v1

SHOUTcast is a free application which anbles you to access thousands of internet radion stations from all over the world. Did you know you can set up Windows Home Server to be your own, personal SHOUTcast server, so you can listen to internet radio anywhere in your home? We’ll show you how, thanks to Drashna’s [...]

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HP Update Regarding the Windows Home Server Data Corruption Bug

By on March 28, 2008 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

I had the opportunity to catch up with Allen Buckner from the HP MediaSmart team yesterday, regarding progress on the data corruption bug. He told me that HP share Microsoft’s point of view that the bug has only hit a very small percentage of their customers, although reiterating that whilst it’s an obscure bug, it [...]

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Windows Home Server Video Training from Scott Lowe and Train Signal

By on March 12, 2008 in Windows Home Server

Here at We Got Served, we’ve featured quite a few Windows Home Server related books which help you build, install, configure and manage your new home server. Some people are much more visual thinkers however, and if you’re one of these type of people, or you don’t have the time to read a manual, a [...]

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Should Microsoft Release Windows Home Server PP1 Now?

By on March 10, 2008 in Windows Home Server

Todd Headrick (who is the Product Planner over on the Windows Home Server team) is seeking some feedback from the community on a question. Earlier today, Microsoft revealed that the Data Corruption bug fix was currently scheduled for June 2008 – previously, we’ve been advised that Power Pack 1 would be held back until the bug [...]

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