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How To: Make Windows Home Server Appear in Vista’s Network Map

If you've been trying to locate your home server in Windows Vista's Network Map, you'll know it doesn't appear out of the box. But with a few simple steps, we'll show you how to do it.

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Add-In: MSS Fan Control

MSS Fan Control allows the user to easily control the speed of the upper and lower exhaust fans of the MediaSmart Server. It also allows the user to configure the speed and temperature thresholds that determine how the fan speed should increase as the CPU temperature rises.

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Exclusive: The Next Generation HP MediaSmart Server - Codename Encore

"Encore" is the codename given to HP's next generation MediaSmart Server, plans for which were presented to a small, select audience of analysts and online journalists yesterday in Denver, Colorado. We Got Served was there, and whilst we can't say a lot at this point, what we saw may just take Windows Home Server to a whole new level.

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HP MediaSmart Server Update to Sync With Power Pack 1 Release

The main news from today's webinar is that HP have taken the decision to hold the release of their long-awaited update for the MediaSmart Server until the final release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1, to ensure full compatibility with Microsoft's update.

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HP Berlin 2008: Catching Up With Carlos Montalvo on the HP MediaSmart Server

Whilst in Berlin at HP's "Connecting Your World" event, I got the chance to spend time chatting with HP's Managed Home VP of Marketing, Carlos Montalvo about what HP had learned about the home server market this year, and hear how he feels the HP MediaSmart Server can evolve in the future.

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