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Microsoft launch their first user survey for Windows Home Server.

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HP MediaSmart Server Owners: Time to Speak Up

HP are seeking the views of MediaSmart Server owners in an online survey published this week. The MediaSmart team want to  understand how people are using the product and what their experience has been so far. Josh Peterson, HP’s Director of Home Server Marketing, told us, “We hope to uncover information on what they like, what we [...]

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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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Poll: What’s In Your Server Cupboard?

Over at the forums, we’re running a poll to understand what type of Windows Home Server system you are running. As well as the limited numbers of commercial systems available (HP Mediasmart Server et al.) we’ve included the option to identify your system as either a new custom build or a “recycled” system. So far, 37 readers [...]

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Announcing the We Got Served Community Forums for Windows Home Server!

Now that we have a few more contributors in place at WGS, it’s time to announce our next exciting new feature here at We Got Served…. the WGS Forums!   I wanted to wait until we had a decent sized readership before launching forums here at WGS - there’s nothing worse than having a forum that no-one [...]

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New Blog - Windows Home Server User’s Guide

If you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you’ll have read about Andrew Edney’s new book, Windows Home Server User’s Guide, which is released in October via Apress. Now that the book is complete, Andrew’s opened up a blog to support the book, which you can check out at http://usingwindowshomeserver.com Disclosure: At this point, I should [...]

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