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What Windows Home Server Hardware Do You Have: Poll Update

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Which WHS System Are You Using? We’ve been asking our members and visitors to the WGS forums what WHS systems they are using for just over two months now. We believe this is the best source of data available anywhere on what people are using for WHS. As well as the limited numbers of commercial systems available [...]

How-To: Listen to Internet Radio with Windows Home Server and SHOUTcast

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

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SHOUTcast is a free application which anbles you to access thousands of internet radion stations from all over the world. Did you know you can set up Windows Home Server to be your own, personal SHOUTcast server, so you can listen to internet radio anywhere in your home? We’ll show you how, thanks to Drashna’s [...]

Competition Time: Win a Copy of Digital Archound!

Friday, March 28, 2008

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It’s time for our next exciting giveaway at We Got Served! A few weeks go, you’ll have read our review of Digital Archound Home Server Edition which digitises all of your important documents, saves them as a PDF, and stores them safely and securely on your home server, with fast search and easy retrieval when you need [...]

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 [...]

Another Windows Home Server Bug Fixed - No, Not That One.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

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The Windows Home Server Team today announced that a fix for a well documented “random expiration notice” bug would be hitting Windows Update this evening. Those of you with OEM systems (for example, the HP MediaSmart Server) may have noticed the bug already - you receive a random notification that Windows Home Server has expired, with a [...]

Win a $10,000 Digital Home Makeover From Microsoft

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

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As part of the launch of the new Windows Media Center v2 Extenders, Microsoft are holding a competition in which one lucky winner can have their digital lives transformed from their current frustrated, disconnected experience to a digital enthusiast’s dream with $10,000 worth of new kit, including a new PC with Windows Media Center, Extenders [...]

How To: Install Orb on Windows Home Server

Thursday, March 20, 2008

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If, like me, you have a long weekend coming up thanks to the Easter holiday, you may be looking for a project to work on with your home server. May I suggest working through the following How To developed by WGS forum member GaMeR, which walks you through installing Orb on your Windows Home Server system. Orb [...]

Poll Update: What’s In Your Server Cupboard?

Saturday, March 15, 2008

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Since I announced on 11 February that we have a poll on the WGS forums about what you use for your WHS system we’ve had another 236 responses - so now 273 of you have responded. Thanks to all of you who have responded - I think it’s fair to say that this poll now [...]

Top 5 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do With Your Windows Vista Media Center PC

Friday, March 14, 2008

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Hey guys I put together a video tips video on soapbox of the top 5 things you can do with your Windows Vista Media Center PC. This isn’t purist Home Server but one of the tips is! Let me know what you think! Video: The Top 5 Things YOU didn’t know you could do with your Vista [...]

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