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Entries Tagged as 'Windows Home Server'

WHS v1 Backups to External USB 3.0 Hard Drive

August 26th, 2011 · No Comments

With the hurricane on its way, finally installed my EVGA EU30 USB 3.0 PCI-E host card in the WHS v1 Server, along with performing two types of backups to my Seagate 3TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive.  Since the drivers from the EVGA website for the the EU30 were so old, downloaded and installed the [...]

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PlayOn Virtual Audio Driver fix after PlayOn software upgrades & NVRaid RAID 1 Repair

March 7th, 2011 · No Comments

As apart of my house-wide Media Center solution, PlayOn continues to provide the internet audio/video content like Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, etc.  Unfortunately though, when upgrading to a newer version of PlayOn, I always get an error on my Extenders when attempting to retrieve content: “The PlayOn Virtual Audio Device is configured as default”.  The fix: [...]

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Finally started my WHS PP3 Build!

January 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Using the following old (with some new) gear, I finally started my first WHS build: Motherboard: ECS NF650iSLIT-A (V1.0) LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel CPU: Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 2.66GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache RAM: Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Video Card: PNY [...]

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Tags: Favorite Sites · General Site Info · Hardware / Equipment · Windows Home Server

WHS PP3, Heatwave for 7MC, New 7MC MadeForMediaCenter Plugin, Big Upgrade to Media Browser, Concurrent Win7 Pro RDP Sessions

November 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3, which contains MUST HAVE capabilities for Windows 7 integration, will be available Tuesday, 24 November. I will finally do my 1st WHS build, installing it on a DIY PC with the Sans Digital TR4M-B 4-Bay SATA DAS Enclosure (with four 1.5TB Seagates), which WeGotServed wrote a Hands On article [...]

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On the To-Do List: ShowAnalyzer + DVRMSToolbox to auto-skip (and permanently remove) commercials in Windows 7 Media Center

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments

UPDATE: EngadgetHD’s Ben Drawbaugh just posted a detailed article on setting this up!  Thanks a ton Ben! UPDATE 2: MissingRemote’s Mike Garcen just posted a detailed article on setting this up in a CableCard environment! ****************** Thanks to Andy Van Til’s post on Missing Remote, I just purchased a copy of Dragon Global’s ShowAnalyzer for [...]

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Dream Windows Home Server solution using Norco RPC-4220 and more!

September 7th, 2009 · No Comments

This is an older article from June of this year, but I just now happened to stumble upon it.  How I would love to do something like this! It’s a thorough review by Jim Clark at WeGotServed of a Windows Home Server DIY solution using: The Norco RPC-4220 server / disk array combined case One [...]

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