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Integrating Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server for the Average Family Part 2

This is the second in a series of articles detailing how one network went from dilapidated junker to media hero with the help of WMC and WHS. 

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My Personal TV Digital

I recently came across a post over at Ian Dixon's Digital Lifestyle blog, and first reported by Broadcast Buyer, talking about a new addin that will be available in November from Microsoft as a free update to Vista Media Center.

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How to… Create a Static IP Address for Your Home Server

The We Got Served forums have now been open for just over a week, and I’ve been blown away by the passion and enthusiasm the WGS community has for supporting each other’s adventures with Windows Home Server. Already over 400 people have registered (with, I suspect, a lot more lurking - you know who you are!) [...]

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HP MediaSmart Server Update

Looks like HP are starting to send an update down the wires for the HP MediaSmart Server, which provides a few Help file changes, plus more importantly, bug-fixes for their Monitor service. I’ve pinged our friends at HP for a little more info, which I’ll post if/when it comes through. This update is not required [...]

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Announcing the We Got Served Community Forums for Windows Home Server!

Now that we have a few more contributors in place at WGS, it’s time to announce our next exciting new feature here at We Got Served…. the WGS Forums!   I wanted to wait until we had a decent sized readership before launching forums here at WGS - there’s nothing worse than having a forum that no-one [...]

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WHS Team Q&A - Submissions Close Friday

Last week I posted that I’ll be doing a Q&A session with the Windows Home Server team at Microsoft, and we’re throwing the doors open to the community to find out the questions that you want answering. We’ve already had lots of questions sent through, but you still have a few days to send in your [...]

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HP MediaSmart Delay: Improvements to Initial WHS Setup, Remote Access Configuration, Firewall Conflicts and Help Files

Over the past two days there have been a number of reports about HP delaying release of their HP MediaSmart Servers due to enhancements that are currently being worked on at Microsoft, to make the product more “user-friendly”. Delaying a hardware release for a few months is a pretty big decision, and I was initially concerned [...]

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