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PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server - Now With Console Integration

Raxco, the developers of PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server, today announced that a new build of the software is available for customers which provides full integration with the Windows Home Server Console. This allows the software to be fully configured and operated from any home computer on your network. More Info: PerfectDisk Blog

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Site Upgrade

I’m in the midst of upgrading the site to Wordpress 2.5. You may see a few glitches today - for example, the add-in list is currently down. Bear with us, please. Update: Add-ins are back up, but we have an upgrade issue with our Email subscription plugin. It’s likely that email updates will be down for [...]

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Fujitsu-Siemens SCALEO Home Server - Unboxed

Whilst I’m not a big fan of the Intel chassis design of Fujitsu-Siemens SCALEO Home Server, I have to say, looks can be deceiving, as this is a great piece of kit, especially when you crack it open and see the innovation inside the chassis. Watch out for the review later this week.            

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Hands-On: Chenbro ES34069 Home Server Chassis

 Model: Chenbro ES34069   Manufacturer: Chenbro  Price: £175 (inc VAT) More Info: www.mini-itx.com With only a few OEMs releasing dedicated Windows Home Server systems to the market, many enthusiasts have taken it upon themselves to build their own home servers, either through recycling old systems and components lying around the house (Windows Home Server’s hardware requirements a far more [...]

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HP Update Regarding the Windows Home Server Data Corruption Bug

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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Add-In Update: LightsOut 0.7 (With English Documentation)

Martin Rothschink has updated his power management add-in LightsOut to version 0.7. This update fixes a few bugs, and now provides English language help and documentation. English language support will be handled here at the LightsOut forum at WGS by Martin. A big thanks to Martin and Christoph over at home-server-blog.de for the translation! English Summary LightsOut - [...]

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Competition Time: Win a Copy of Digital Archound!

It’s time for our next exciting giveaway at We Got Served! A few weeks go, you’ll have read our review of Digital Archound Home Server Edition which digitises all of your important documents, saves them as a PDF, and stores them safely and securely on your home server, with fast search and easy retrieval when you need [...]

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The HP MediaSmart Server Team Answer Your Questions!

Update: Last day today for your questions - send them in! Back in October last year, we ran a pretty cool Q&A with the Windows Home Server team in which WGS readers submitted their questions and Todd Headrick, Charlie Kindel and Joel Sider from the WHS team at Microsoft came back with their answers - during the interview, the [...]

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It’s the Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo Home Server!

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The Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo is On Its Way

After a long wait and the signing of a release form yesterday agreeing to be invoiced £469.99 if I don’t return it (the things you have to do to run a simple blog!), the Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo 1900 should be on its way to me this week. Fujitsu-Siemens are the second largest OEM to partner with [...]

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