Windows Home Server
TiVo Plug-in for Windows Home Server
HP released a free plug-in called mediasmart expander for TiVo. This is very cool since you can use the Windows Home Server as storage of your TiVo recordings.
— transfer shows from TiVo to a HP MediaSmart Server and back to TiVo
— view TiVo recordings stored on a HP MediaSmart Server
— watch TiVo [...]
HP MediaSmart Server 3.0 Available for EX47x and EX48x Owners
HP is making the 3.0 software available for EX480/475/485 and 487 owners. The upgrade isn’t free but $25 isn’t bad for all the new features. You also need at least 1GB of memory for some features to work. Now you don’t have to be behind the EX49x owners. This is a [...]
Windows Home Server Health Plug-in Updated
Windows Home Server plug-in health has been updated with some new additions and bug fixes. This plug-in allows you to view health status for your Windows Home Server from mobile devices. Devices like iPhone, iPod Touch, Android and Palm Pre. It reads it’s data from the health.xml file. This is a [...]
S1Digital Released a 100 Disc Blu-Ray Changer for Windows Media Center
If you have a lot of Blu-Ray discs than the 100 disc changer from S1Digital might be for you. It works with Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server. It can even rip your Blu-Ray discs for you. The cool thing is it does one after another until it’s finished with them [...]
Windows Home Server v2 “Vail” Leaked
The new version of Windows Home Server codenamed “Vail” has been leaked to the internet. The screenshot above shows the new dashboard, as they are calling it now. There are a couple things that bother me with the new release. It will come in two flavors. That’s a horrible idea. [...]
Rip, Store and Play Blu-rays from a Windows Home Server
The how-to over at nedmug will show you how to rip, store and play Blu-rays from a Windows Home Server to Windows Media Center. There are a few pieces of software and not all of them are free. You will also need a whole lot of storage if you start archiving Blu-ray discs. [...]
Home Server Show – Podcast 69
I was mentioned in the Home Server Show Podcast and thought I should share it on here. I believe it was around the 20 minutes mark but I listened on the 24th so I might be a little off. They didn’t say much but they were talking about my update to getting time [...]
CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server
CloudBerry Backup allows you to create online storage of your Windows Home Server to Amazon S3. HP bundles a service that works with S3 in it’s MediaSmart servers but for the DIY crowd you can have that same security with CloudBerry. It’s only $29.99 and there is a 30-day trail. They do [...]
Update: Time Machine Backup to Windows Home Server
I thought it was about time to revisit an earlier post, which has been quite popular, on how to backup your Mac using Time Machine to a Windows Home Server. There have been many updates to Windows Home Server and Mac OS X that has complicated the process just a bit and therefor my [...]
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Now Available
It’s been talked about for awhile but today Microsoft released Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server. I won’t go into great detail on the process or the features since it has been covered everywhere. The big updates are with Windows 7 integration and some Windows Media Center features. Check out Using [...]





