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Add-In: GridJunction 1.0

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

GridJunction is a new add-in from Alexander Kent (who previously authored Vista Caller-ID for Windows Home Server) which allows you to monitor the state of any Uninterruptible Power Supply attached to your home server, either by USB or Serial connection. If the home server switches to battery power (i.e. lead unplugged, no power etc) it will use the [...]

Add-In Update: TiVo Publisher 1.3

Monday, March 10, 2008

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Rob Durfee has updated TiVo Publisher to version 1.3: This update adds the following features: FLAC, OGG, M4A (AAC unprotected) audio formats are now supported. Updated ffmpeg to newer release (2/5/2008, r11870). TagLib# library is now used to read audio file tags. Additional Video Metadata fields are now viewable on the TiVo (e.g., year, cast, ratings). Updated the Video Metadata Editor [...]

Add-In: Media Connect Controller

Sunday, March 9, 2008

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Brendan Grant has released a new add-in called Media Connect Controller, which allows you to share more of your shared folders to devices and computers around your home via Windows Media Connect. More Info: Media Connect Controller | Discuss

Vista Caller-ID WHS - Now in Public Beta

Saturday, March 8, 2008

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A few weeks ago, you’ll remember that we wrote about a caller-ID add-in for Windows Home Server called Vista Caller-ID WHS. Alexander Kent got in touch this week to let me know that after a successful private beta (powered by many of you, I believe) they’re now opening up the beta to all. So, if you’d [...]

Community Ratings at We Got Served - It’s Time to Hear Your Views!

Sunday, March 2, 2008

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One year in to the release of Windows Home Server, and there’s now a plethora of community add-ins and software released for the platform. But which are the essentials, and which are the duffers? We’re working hard to get as many of these releases review for you so you can gauge which you should download or [...]

Add-In: PowerSwitch

Thursday, February 28, 2008

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PowerSwitch is a new add-in for Windows Home Server which puts your home server into standby and resumes it at user defined times. The add-in is a tab in the settings dialog. In the tab you’ll see two time entries and a drop down for selecting power down state. Simply select the times you want WHS to [...]

Windows Home Server Add-Ins List - The Next Generation

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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The Add-ins page here at We Got Served is one of the most popular areas of the site, with details of all released add-ins for Windows Home Server in the past year, As the number of add-ins grows, it can be difficult to find time to keep the list up to date, so I’d like to welcome [...]

Add-in Review: Digital ArcHound

Friday, February 22, 2008

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Lounging here in my paisley shirt and brown corduroys staring across the misty fenstowards the turrets and gargoyles of academia, I have time to ponder. What is the perfect add-in? Is it one that installs with the minimum of grief and then works away in the background doing whatever it needs to do without further [...]

Add-In: Vista Caller-ID Home Server

Thursday, February 21, 2008

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Vista Caller-ID is a free Windows Vista application that tracks and announces phone calls. It uses your Voice or Data Modem and Caller ID service provided by your local phone company in order to identify who’s calling. The team have now released an accompanying add-in for Windows Home Server, which automatically saves and logs caller ID information [...]

We Got… On TV!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

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Canadian TV Show DottoTech last week devoted a large section of its program over to Windows Home Server and the HP MediaSmart Server. Host Steve Dotto covered most of the basics of using Windows Home Server in some depth, including the use of WHS as a simple file server to a Mac. If you look carefully, about [...]