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Archive | June, 2007

New Add-In: On The Fly Unzipper

30. June 2007

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The guys at MS Homeserver Blog feature a new Windows Home Server Add-in which automatically unzips any compressed files that are uploaded remotely to your home server. This allows you to upload and uncompress multiple files simultaneously and reduce the hit on your transfer bandwidth. Other options or functions: - unzip only archives with a special prefix [...]

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LobsterTunes Competition: Winners!

28. June 2007

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Congratulations to Simon Hughes and Gordon Wheeler who are the lucky winners of a LobsterTunes licence from last week’s competition. Thanks to everyone who said hello! Hello to you too!

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Windows Home Server RC1: Report Your Bugs!

26. June 2007

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If you’ve been having issues with the RC1 release of Windows Home Server, then you need to get quickly to the MS Forums and post what you have been experiencing. This is vital to ensure as many bugs as possible can be fixed before the next build is released, or RTM happens - whichever is [...]

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Add-In: PhotoSync Beta 2 for Windows Home Server

21. June 2007

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Ed Holloway has released an eagerly awaited (by me, anyway) Beta 2 of PhotoSync for Windows Home Server. PhotoSync monitors your WHS Photos folder (or any sub folder you select) and automatically upload the contents of that folder (and every sub folder) to your Flickr account. Best of all, it works almost right out of the [...]

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WHS MS Forums: Down From Today

21. June 2007

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The MS Windows Home Server Forums will be down at some point today for a server update. No news on how long they’ll be down, but expect general strangeness over there for a few days. On a side note, I’m flying to New York on Saturday for work, so posting may be a little light next [...]

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Competition Time: Two LobsterTunes Licenses Up For Grabs

21. June 2007

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Yesterday, I posted that a new add-in called LobsterTunes had been released for Windows Home Server. LobsterTunes enables you to stream your music directly off Windows Home Server to your Windows Mobile smartphone, using WiFi or 3G. Internet radio and TV is also supported. The download is a time-limited 7 Day trial, and you can buy [...]

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How To… Access Your Home Server Remotely When Your ISP Is Blocking You

21. June 2007

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Another great guide from Phillip Churchill! Check it out.

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Code2Fame: Own Goal

20. June 2007

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Oooh Microsoft Marketing, you do do some weird things from time to time. Not only has Code2Fame brought Windows Home Server add-in innovation to a grinding halt (at least publically), according to this thread on the MS Forums, only North Americans can enter the competition in the first place: You are eligible to enter this Contest if [...]

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

20. June 2007

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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 all your [...]

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Microsoft Windows Home Server Forums - Downtime This Week

19. June 2007

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Phillip points to a post on the official Windows Home Server forums at Microsoft indicating that they’ll be experiencing some downtime from Wednesday due to scheduled updates to all of Microsoft’s forums. Right now, there’s no indication as to how long the servers will be down for, but at least you can spend more time bugging [...]

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