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Add-Ins

If you’ve ever found yourself dealing with issues with a Windows Home Server Add-In, only to find a new version was released weeks ago or you’re struggling to find a good place to find a certain Add-In then help is at hand from our friends over at Homeserverland.
Add-In Central is now available as a [...]

Some time ago, I wrote a Wiki article on a new interface to the FireFly Media Server that was written by Bo Mellberg to enable streaming of MP3 files through your browser using an Adobe Flash plug-in. That article proved to be very popular, and Alex Kuretz persuaded me to package it up as an [...]

MSS Fan Control is a Windows Home Server Add-In that allows you to change the behaviors of the exhaust fans in the HP MediaSmart Server EX470 and EX475. In the new 3.0 Software Upgrade for the HP MediaSmart Server EX470 and EX475, HP made a few changes that caused the Add-in to no longer work. [...]

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WHS Health Updated

by Nigel Wilks on March 10, 2010 · 9 comments

WHS Health has had some major restructuring recently, so much so we have a new co-Author joining the team in Neil Edwards. We’ve taken the feedback from the current version, and added some new features.
Version 1.0.0.14 now has the following key changes:-

A Logoff button has been added when viewing over HTTPS
The drives page has been [...]

Today we are releasing an update to one of our Add-Ins, WHS Health (v1.0.0.10).
Following feedback we have added an icon to the home page to give an at a glance status of the server health (in the same way you see in your system tray on your desktop). We’ve also reworked the console page itself [...]

A few weeks ago, Sam Wood highlighted a new feature that Microsoft has included in Power Pack 3 to expose the state of various components of your server.
Microsoft are using the this feature to generate the content to Windows Media Center’s new Home Server Console View, and I thought it would be useful to expose [...]

When Nigel “Cougar” Wilks released his PHP and MySql Installer Add-Ins for Windows Home Server a couple of weeks ago we knew that those two were just the building blocks for delivering much more functionality. Today we get our first new Add-In that capitalizes on the PHP and MySql Add-Ins, in the form of Wordpress [...]

I’m pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Windows Home Server Backup Database-Backup (BDBB) Add-In. Version 1.0.2.2 is primarily a maintenance release with only bug fixes and minor feature changes. Here’s what you can find in the new version.

Redesigned method of drive detection for better accuracy
Really display TrueCrypt encrypted drives (I [...]

I’m happy to announce the release of a new version of MSS Fan Control, the Windows Home Server Add-In that allows you to modify the behavior of the exhaust fans in the HP MediaSmart Server EX470 and EX475. Note that this Add-In only works with the EX470 and EX475, I’d love to support the newer [...]

Nigel “Cougar” Wilks has released two new Windows Home Server Add-Ins today that should be of interest to those of you that are looking to expand the capabilities of Home Server. Both Add-Ins should work with any Windows Home Server, and not just the MediaSmart Server. The first Add-In is called WHS PHP Installer. It [...]