MediaSmart Server High Resolution Photos with Seadragon

Microsoft Labs has released a fun tool called Seadragon.  If there is a hi-res image on the web you can enter it into Seadragon and drag, click, zoom, scroll, you name it.  I’ve included one of my MSS images so you can play with it.  Sea more Seadragon here. (Sea? did you catch that?)

Add-In: WHS Port Forward

Alex Kuretz, of the community website MediaSmartServer.net, has released a new Add-In for Windows Home Server.  We spoke about this new release in podcast 51 and here is your first look at WHS Port Forward.
It allows the user to utilize the UPnP feature of Windows Home Server to open forwarded ports from your router to [...]

The Home Server Show 51

We are cleaning up around here!  In this week’s episode we go over a few posts on homeservershow.com including the LX-195 deal, Live Mesh on your WHS, and the PP3 survey.  I also have Alex Kuretz of mediasmartserver.net and he will debut a brand new Add-In.  Don’t miss this episode!
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Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Survey

In show 50 we discussed running PP3 on production servers versus a test environment.  I threw together a quick survey to hopefully get some insight on how PP3 is being tested.  Please take a second to indicate how you are running PP3 and I’ll announce the results on the next podcast.
There is an option to [...]

Free Offsite Backup For Windows Home Server With Live Mesh

**UPDATE** Jim and Chris have uncovered a limitation while testing this theory.  There is a 2 gig single file size limit to Live Mesh.  We are working on a solution and will post it when we come up with one.  In the mean time, don’t beat your brains out trying to make this work. **
There [...]

HP MediaSmart LX195 Home Server w/ 640GB Hard Drive $199.99 Free Shipping

Thanks to a tip from my good friend and co-host partner Chris Lux over at the Home Server Show, you can now get the HP MediaSmart LX195 for the bargain basement price of $199.  The deal is most likely a short one so you will need to act fast!
As we have discussed on the [...]

The Home Server Show 50

The Home Server Show 50 – Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server in Depth
In today’s episode Jim, John, and Chris go over their thoughts on Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server.  I also chat with Andrew Edney and get into a little bit more detail with the new power pack.
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Another PP3 MCE visual tweak.

Ian Dixon over at The Digital Lifestyle.com posted an article he found at hack7mc.com, that uses a tiny app to modify the Media Center start strips.
I like how in a previous build of PP3 beta, both icons are on the Main MCE Page. So I used this app to delete the “Home Server” strip and [...]

Open mic night for PP3 discussion

Update:  UK and EU listeners, I may try to record some tomorrow afternoon/evening your time.  Stay tuned to Twitter for more info.
If you are testing PP3 for Windows Home Server you are invited to share your thoughts on it tomorrow night at 9:00 P.M. CST.  That is, Wednesday, July 22nd, at 9 Central.
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Changing the text in PP3 icons

From this;                                                                        To this;
Change the text for PP3 icons to Camel Case. (or media capitals),   This requires a registry edit but is very simple.
Open your Registry Editor and change the title to Camel Case in all 3 registries.

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