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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Ah, the Belgians - home of great beer, great chocolates and Hercule Poirot - and now, courtesy of the Channel Tunnel, Belgian Home Server enthusiasts can now take advantage of Djinx’s strangely familiar new home server, the WHS-A3. What’s that you say? Looks a bit like the Tranquil PC T2-WHS-A3? Hmm, yes I agree. Still, it’ll [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 10, 2008
Last week, Microsoft’s Community Lead for Windows Home Server, Keven Beares, gave a presentation on Windows Home Server to around 300 people at the Vancouver Technology User Group’s meeting. You can download the slides from Kevin’s presentation, which include an overview of Windows Home Server as well as a look at Power Pack 1 (which Kevin [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 10, 2008
Andreas M. has released an update to his (so far) wildly popular add-in, Advanced Admin Console. The add-in now comes with the ability to to add custom program shortcuts to the drop-down menu. To add a new program shortcut, just click the “Add Shortcut” button. The familiar Windows shortcut wizard will show up. Your custom shortcuts [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 8, 2008
The Spanish press are reporting that HP have launched the MediaSmart Server in Spain. This is the first geographical expansion for the MediaSmart Server, which was released in the UK and USA back in December. Both the Ex470 (500Gb) and EX475 (1TB) models will be released, priced at 649€ and 799€ respectively. Spanish support and product information has now [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 8, 2008
Model: Piranha Home Server Manufacturer: LEO Computer Website: http://www.leo-computer.de/ Price: TBC Whilst Windows Home Server may very much be a product of the United States (supported by some of their friends over at Microsoft China), it has been Europe that has led the way developing and launching hardware systems for the platform. Within Europe, the UK and Germany are front and centre in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 7, 2008
Chris Lanier points today to Ian Dixon’s Media Center Show this week, which has an interview with S1Digital’s Paul Heitlinger about their plans for 2008. I bumped into Paul at the Media Center Show dinner in Las Vegas at CES hosted, and he mentioned that S1 were planning to launch Windows Home Server hardware in 2008. The [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 6, 2008
A common question we see popping up all over the Internet is how to upgrade from the beta version of Windows Home Server, or the 120 Day Evaluation version of the software to the standard, licensed product. Many people have tried out WHS, have their hardware setup just right, and are impressed by what it [...]
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
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