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Add-In Update: LightsOut 0.7.1

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A recommended update for LightsOut has been released This update fixes 3 problems: • Month change detection • Deleted clients are no longer counted in display space calculation • Adding new calendar events without a selected date Please read the documentation for update and installation hints. Download: LightsOut 0.7.1

Add-In: Media Connect Controller

Sunday, March 9, 2008

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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

Vista Caller-ID WHS - Now in Public Beta

Saturday, March 8, 2008

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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 [...]

Add-In: PowerSwitch

Thursday, February 28, 2008

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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 [...]

Windows Home Server Add-Ins List - The Next Generation

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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The Add-ins page here at We Got Served is one of the most popular areas of the site, with details of all released add-ins for Windows Home Server in the past year, As the number of add-ins grows, it can be difficult to find time to keep the list up to date, so I’d like to welcome [...]

Add-in Review: Digital ArcHound

Friday, February 22, 2008

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Lounging here in my paisley shirt and brown corduroys staring across the misty fenstowards the turrets and gargoyles of academia, I have time to ponder. What is the perfect add-in? Is it one that installs with the minimum of grief and then works away in the background doing whatever it needs to do without further [...]

Add-In: Vista Caller-ID Home Server

Thursday, February 21, 2008

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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 [...]

Add-In: To Desktop

Sunday, February 17, 2008

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A new add-in has been released courtesy of the official WHS Forums, called To Desktop. To Desktop allows you to minimize, close or exit full screen from the WHS console. The UI is a tab in the settings window. The add-in has been written by C Hanlon, who writes: I consider the plug-in to be beta status. I [...]

Add-In Update: WHS Disk Management v1.0.5.0

Sunday, February 10, 2008

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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 [...]

How To… Install Add-Ins

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

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So you’ve bought a Windows Home Server (WHS), now every PC on your network is backed up, you can access shared folders from any PC and stream music and video, as well as show holiday snaps on your TV. Your digital life couldn’t be looking much brighter! But is this it? Can more be done [...]