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Add-In: GridJunction 1.0

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

GridJunction is a new add-in from Alexander Kent (who previously authored Vista Caller-ID for Windows Home Server) which allows you to monitor the state of any Uninterruptible Power Supply attached to your home server, either by USB or Serial connection. If the home server switches to battery power (i.e. lead unplugged, no power etc) it will use the [...]

Add-In Update: LightsOut 0.7.1

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

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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 Update: LightsOut 0.7 (With English Documentation)

Friday, March 28, 2008

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Martin Rothschink has updated his power management add-in LightsOut to version 0.7. This update fixes a few bugs, and now provides English language help and documentation. English language support will be handled here at the LightsOut forum at WGS by Martin. A big thanks to Martin and Christoph over at home-server-blog.de for the translation! English Summary LightsOut - [...]

Having Problems With Your UPS and the HP MediaSmart Server?

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

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I was interested to see this support post up at HP.com regarding the use of Uninterruptable Power Supplies with the HP MediaSmart Server: HP MediaSmart Server - Uninterruptible Power Supply is not Supported The Media Smart Server does not support active Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). Using the USB cable to allow the UPS to communicate with the [...]

Add-In: LightsOut

Monday, March 17, 2008

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LightsOut is a new power anagement add-in from Martin (courtesy of home-server-blog.de) which allows you to place your home server in standby or hibernation at set times via a calendar or automatically if no client computers are switched on. Documentation is currently provided in German only, but an English translation is on the way. More Info: Lights [...]

Should Microsoft Release Windows Home Server PP1 Now?

Monday, March 10, 2008

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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 [...]

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 [...]

Full Details on the Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo Home Server (inc. Datasheets)

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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We now have full details on the two Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo Home Server models which will be shipping in Germany this week, and the UK from February 27th. Some of this information was released at IFA last year, but everything is now confirmed. There will be two models available to order - the Scaleo Home Server 1500 [...]

Tranquil PC to Launch T7-HDX Home Server Extender

Monday, February 11, 2008

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Back in September, when we reviewed Tranquil PC’s first Windows Home Server unit, the T7-HSA we loved its small, compact size which came with one big headache - a single internal drive and the lack of expansion options other than the use of external USB hard drives - which defeated the purpose of having such a small and neat [...]

Microsoft to Support WHS vNext in the Second Half of 2008?

Friday, February 8, 2008

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Activewin are running an article suggesting that someone over at Microsoft may have let slip the support schedule for 2008, which apparently includes plans to support “Windows Home Server vNext” in the second half of 2008. At this point, to my knowledge, Microsoft haven’t released any official guidance on release dates or features for Windows Home [...]