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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Here at We Got Served, we’ve featured quite a few Windows Home Server related books which help you build, install, configure and manage your new home server. Some people are much more visual thinkers however, and if you’re one of these type of people, or you don’t have the time to read a manual, a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 10, 2008
Todd Headrick (who is the Product Planner over on the Windows Home Server team) is seeking some feedback from the community on a question. Earlier today, Microsoft revealed that the Data Corruption bug fix was currently scheduled for June 2008 - previously, we’ve been advised that Power Pack 1 would be held back until the bug [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 10, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 9, 2008
If you’ve recently made a donation to We Got Served’s running costs, you’ll see that your WGS Forum status will have been upgraded from “Member” to “WGS Supporter ‘08″ - this gives you access to a number of exclusive benefits here at WGS which include a much larger inbox for personal messages, larger limits on [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 8, 2008
Seems like we’ll all get an update at some point on Monday from Microsoft regarding the status of the data corruption bug. Stay tuned to WGS, the Windows Home Server Team Blog and Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Continue reading...Thursday, February 28, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 24, 2008
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. [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 23, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 14, 2008
Over in Norway, European online retailer Komplett has recently released their cunningly named Komplett Home Server - a white label chassis with the following base specification: Chassis: Chieftec Aegis Midi Tower Black, ATX/EATX, w/USB/Firewire (Without PSU) PSU: Chieftec ATX 400W, 120mm Vifte, A-PFC, 2xSATA, PCI-E, 20/24pin Motherboard: MSI P6NGM-FD, nForce-630i+GF7100, m-ATX Socket-775, DDR2, DVI, GbLAN, PCI-Ex16 Processor: Intel Pentium® Dual-Core E2160 1.8GHz, Socket [...]
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Friday, March 28, 2008
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