Multimedia-PCs

Media Smart Home has a how-to on getting CinemaNow movies on your Windows Home Server.  The article does require you to have some experience with some advance features of the Home Server.  The directions are fairly easy to follow so even if you’re a beginner you should be able to follow along.   The process [...]

Microsoft has released another KB with an update to the data corruption bug. The KB article can be found here. I have reconsidered recommending this product to everyone. It doesn’t mess up computer backups but I know most people, including myself, really like the fact that you can work directly off of [...]

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The video above is an unboxing of the HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server. I originally was going to buy the HP Home Server but decided not to because of price. But as you can see from the video it is really small and the removable hard drives is nice.
(via Ian Dixon)

I’m glad to see some more companies getting into the Windows Home Server. I built my own and couldn’t be happier. With all the plug-ins you can do about anything. Below is a link to the review of the Tranquil Harmony Home Server by PC PRO. They gave it 4 out [...]

I built a Windows Home Server a few weeks ago. It has been great and I would recommend it to anyone. While I do have Windows computers, I also have some Mac computers. I have a Mac Mini, MacBook and a MacBook Pro. I wanted all my Macs to backup to [...]

I went back and forth about either buying a pre-built Windows Home Server or buying just the Windows Home Server license. I picked just the license and I feel I made a good choice. Below are some of the pros and cons of going with a pre-built system vs. building your own.
For the [...]

http://www.asciiexpress.com/webguide/homeserver.aspx
I posted WebGuide for Windows Media Center. Now they have WebGuide for Windows Home Server. It allows you to access your digital media on your Windows Home Server. This is another reason to get that Windows Home server you wanted. Below is from their website.
WebGuide for Windows Home Server enables you [...]

http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/
This is an update to Windows Home Server that provides some new features and fixes. It will ship the first half of 2008 and will be available to existing users via Windows Update. Some of the new features are listed below.
1. Windows Home Server Connector Software2. Windows Home Server [...]

This has been spreading around the internet the last few days. Lots of major sites have covered it. I hope that Microsoft gets a fix out soon since it affects so many programs. The issue is if you edit files directly from the Windows Home Server they become corrupt with certain programs. [...]

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/whs_hp.asp
Paul Thurrott has reviewed the new HP MediaSmart server. Like all of his reviews there is a lot of information as he goes over every part. One interesting note is that the HP MediaSmart has a built in iTunes server which I had not heard yet. It doesn’t work with iTunes DRM [...]