At the time this article was published, the Microsoft announcement originally called this release RC0. That blog post has since been changed and the Release Candidate wording has been removed. I still believe that this release should not have been given to the general public since it includes known data corruption issues.
Microsoft has today announced [...]
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MediaSmartServer.net
Long time MediaSmartServer.Net member J-Rock (creator of the Light Show Settings Add-In) has created a handy new Add-In to add that an extra level of reliability and security to your HP MediaSmart Server or other Windows Home Server platform.
The WHS Backup Database Hard-Copy Add-In allows you to keep an offsite copy of your backup database [...]
I’m very pleased to report that HP has granted me the exclusive rights to announce the upcoming release of their newest offering to the MediaSmart Server series of Windows Home Server systems. Customizable and Special Edition versions of hardware is nothing new for HP, with one of the more notable examples being the Vivenne Tam [...]
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 [...]
About a month ago Alex and his wife brought into this world their second baby boy. Well, about a month later I am happy to report that at 9:24am this morning (September 03) my wife gave birth to our second son, Evan Alexander. He came in at a whopping 9lbs 11oz (4oz bigger then my [...]
I’m pleased to announce that long-time forum member and media streaming guru Damian “dbone1026″ Perez will be joining me as a contributing editor to the blog. Damian is well known to the members here primarily as one of the main sources of knowledge and help in the Media Streaming forum, especially for his excellent Media [...]
I’m very proud to announce the birth of my second son, Zachary Darbie Kuretz. He was born on Friday July 24th at 11:40 AM, weighed 6 lbs 12 ounces, and was 20 1/4 inches long. It was an incredibly fast delivery, only 20 minutes after we arrived at the hospital, so very exciting and action [...]
July 7th 2007 is the day I first registered the MediaSmartServer.net domain name, and on July 31st the forums went live. Things started incredibly slow, as can be expected when you’re running an enthusiast site for a product that didn’t yet exist, and I was the only person posting for about the first 3 months. [...]
There has been much discussion about the recent 2.5 Software Update for the EX48x MediaSmart Servers, with the overwhelming majority of the discussion coming from unhappy 1st generation EX47x MediaSmart Server owners who are disappointed that they will not be receiving the new features. In response to this feedback, on Friday April 24th HP sent [...]
HP has granted me the exclusive rights to announce the upcoming release of their newest offering to the MediaSmart Server series of Windows Home Server systems. The GX3297 features bays for an astounding 32 internal hard drives, with an equal number of USB ports for external connectivity should the internal 64TB (using currently available 2GB [...]