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Check Out the Home Server Show

10. May 2008

David McCabe has released the inaugural Home Server Show podcast, which he plans to make a fortnightly broadcast covering the world of Windows Home Server, including news, interviews and lots more.

HP’s Managed Home Team Answer Your Questions

21. April 2008

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A few weeks ago we invited WGS readers to submit the questions they want answered by HP’s Managed Home Team - these are the people who brought you the HP MediaSmart Server, as well as HP’s MediaSmart TV, the HP MediaVault and the forthcoming HP MediaSmart Connect media receiver. As you’ll see, the team provide a [...]

Smarter Connections for Your Digital Home

18. April 2008

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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 bug? 2. When [...]

Win a $10,000 Digital Home Makeover From Microsoft

25. March 2008

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As part of the launch of the new Windows Media Center v2 Extenders, Microsoft are holding a competition in which one lucky winner can have their digital lives transformed from their current frustrated, disconnected experience to a digital enthusiast’s dream with $10,000 worth of new kit, including a new PC with Windows Media Center, Extenders [...]

Add-in Update: Recorded TV Manager 3.4.5 & MCE Collections Beta

25. March 2008

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Rick Drasch has updated his add-in, Recorded TV Manager, to version 3.4.5, as well as releasing a new add-in suite for Vista Media Center, called MCE Collections. Recorded TV Manager comes with the following changes: Version 3.4.5 Posted March 24, 2008 Startup Requirements- Improved the startup code regarding problems running the programincluding extended error reporting in the local eventlog. PERFORM_STARTUP_CHECK - Each [...]

mControl for Windows Home Server - Automate Your Home

19. March 2008

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One area we’ve not really featured to date here at WGS is Home Automation - it’s a pretty specialist area with a large following in the Media Center community, I know, but Embedded Automation’s mControl for Windows Home Server now brings the potential to control your digital home directly from your home server. The mControl Editor is [...]

The Media Center Show, With Ian Dixon and… Me.

28. February 2008

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It’s a shame that I’m on The Media Center show this week having to discuss the Windows Home Server data corruption bug, rather than other more inspiring aspects of life with Windows Home Server, but there you go. Big thanks to Ian for getting in touch to help us communicate what the bug is all about, and [...]

Don’t All Shoot At Once :)

24. February 2008

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So first of all hello everyone! As Terry mentioned I work for Microsoft and I’m pretty active in the Media Center / WHS circles both internally and externally. I also take part in the Microsoft Champion program which I’ll speak a bit more about in a minute. I do want get the quick disclaimer out first. [...]

Welcome to Microsoft’s Steven Lindsay!

23. February 2008

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Please give a big welcome to Steven Lindsay from Microsoft, who will be a resident expert here at We Got Served on many aspects of Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center technologies. I’ll let Steve introduce himself, but as well as being a self-confessed digital enthusiast, he’s part of Microsoft’s new Windows Champions initiative which [...]

A Glimpse of the Future From Alienware?

1. February 2008

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Alienware today released details of their new High Definition Media Server, which looks really fantastic for those people seeking high capacity storage, media recording and streaming capabilities and a wealth of connectivity options in one good looking box…. apart from the fact that it’s actually not a server at all. This “server” actually runs Windows Vista [...]