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

Friday, August 22, 2008

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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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Online Video or Vodcasts in Windows Media Center

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

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Online Video or Vodcasts in Windows Media Center

I've recently been trying TVTonic and the plug-in certainly has potential. TVtonic allows you to download online video content in WMC through RSS.

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Preview: McAfee Total Protection Service

Sunday, July 20, 2008

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Preview: McAfee Total Protection Service

As perviously announced on We Got Served, the next update for the HP MediaSmart Server will include aa trial of an anti-virus product called McAfee Total Protection Service. A user help guide, already published on the web, helped us pull together a quick preview of the software.

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Plug-in: BeebMC - BBC Radio for Media Center

Thursday, July 17, 2008

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Plug-in: BeebMC - BBC Radio for Media Center

For you Brits out there and others within the sphere of influence of the BBC, BeebMC is a plug-in to allow you listen to BBC radio within Vista Media Center.

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Add-in: Download Manager v2.3

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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Add-in: Download Manager v2.3

Christof Rakowski has released a new version of his Download Manager add-in, taking it to version 2.3.

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Add-In Update: Advanced Admin Console 0.4.0 Beta

Saturday, May 3, 2008

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Andreas M has released a new update for Advanced Admin Console, taking the add-in up to version 0.4.0.           New features are as follows: New Statusbar displaying current folder location and server uptime Shutdown and minimize buttons in status bar New setting for enabling/disabling the display of the shutdown button Download: Advanced Admin Console | Support and Discussion

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Add-In: FTP Manager

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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FTP Manager is a new add-in that lets you install and configure the IIS FTP component. Features: Install (or uninstall) the FTP component Create/Remove FTP Sites Start/Stop FTP Sites Create/Remove FTP Virtual Directories List FTP Sites List FTP Virtual Directories Adds firewall exclusion for the FTP component (inetinfo.exe) Warning: Requires your Windows Home Server installation media to install the FTP component. More Info: FTP Manager [...]

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Add-In Review: Recorded TV Manager 3.4.3 for Windows Home Server

Friday, February 1, 2008

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In my digital world Windows Home Server (WHS) was always going to be a logical partner for use with  XP Media Center (MCE) and a media extender. At the moment WHS does not quite manage to integrate itself seamlessly between recording TV on an MCE and watching it using a media extender, this is in [...]

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Add-In Review: TiVo Publisher for Windows Home Server

Thursday, January 31, 2008

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I was glad to see this add-in when I started working with Windows Home Server (WHS) because I have a TiVo Series 2 DVR on my home network and since I got it three years ago it has changed how we watch TV around our house. With the development of WHS and its ability to consolidate [...]

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Add-In Update: TiVo Publisher 1.21

Sunday, January 27, 2008

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Rob Durfee’s released an update to his add-in, TiVo Publisher which is now at version 1.21. The update includes the following features and fixes: Firewall Port exceptions are added automatically when the add-in first starts. FLV and files with the .DIVX extension now appear in Videos. Playlists now show up in Music (they appear as folders). M3U and WPL [...]

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