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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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Integrating Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server for the Average Family - Part 1

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

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Add-In: Media Connect Controller

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

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Vista Caller-ID WHS - Now in Public Beta

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 [...]

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Add-In: PowerSwitch

   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 [...]

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Add-In: Vista Caller-ID Home Server

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 [...]

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Add-In Review: Advanced Admin Console 0.2.0 Beta

If an FBI profiler was asked to produce a profile for the average Windows Home Server user, I don’t think it would raise too many people’s eyebrows if they were to describe them as; male, 25-55 years of age, able to hold down a job and appear as upstanding members of their communities. As with [...]

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Add-In Update: WHS Disk Management v1.0.5.0

Sam Wood’s hard at work with another update for his popular add-in, WHS Disk Management which is now at version 1.0.5.0. Sam posted news of the update over at the WHS Disk Management forums here at We Got Served. 1.0.5.0 - Update Added: Disk Information now includes Volume Shadow Copy size Changed: Storage information panel on main tab now [...]

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Hands-On: Leo Computer Piranha Home Server

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 [...]

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How To… Automatically Download Audio and Video Podcasts Via RSS With Windows Home Server

Last week, a post over at the WGS forums discussed options for automatically download Audio and Video Podcasts with Windows Home Server via RSS Feeds, and move them to the correct shared folder on the home server. I invited one of regular forum contributors, DSSystems to pull together a walkthrough on achieving this, and I’m delighted to say, he’s [...]

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