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Watch Netflix, Hulu, ESPN and more via WHS

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

By installing the PlayOn Media Server onto your Windows Home Server (Service Pack 1 or later) you are then able to watch Netflix, Hulu, CBS, YouTube, CNN, ESPN and Revision3 amongst others on your PS3, Xbox 360, HP MediaSmart TV, Popcorn Hour or other UPnP/DLNA compliant device.

This is all done via the PlayOn software pulling RSS feeds from the content providers and then presenting them to your DLNA-compliant networked media devices. So how do we use it?

  1. You first have to install Windows Media Player 11 onto WHS and then disable Internet Explorers enhanced security configuration.
  2. Once complete you can then install the PlayOn Media Server onto WHS by using Remote Desktop.
  3. The PlayOn interface will then appear on your UPnP/DLNA device – Simple!

The software is free and fully functional for 14 days although after this, a one-time $39.99 licensing fee is required.

Please note that channels like Hulu and CBS, geographically restrict their viewers to within the United States.

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Use WHS as an FTP Server – No!

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

The Home Server Land series on Securing Your WHS & Network is now at part 13, and this installment is about FTP Hosting Threats.

As well as explaining what the FTP protocol is, the article explains about FTP Servers and why you shouldn’t  install FTP add-ins or use the WHS as an FTP server.

You can read all about it here.

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Add-In: LightsOut 0.8.2

Monday, June 29th, 2009

The add-in which can put your Home Servers into suspended mode or hibernation and resume on a user defined event has been updated.

Version 0.8.2 of LightsOut include the following changes:

Added Chinese (simplified) and Italian language support
Added Menu shortcuts
Added Keyboard support in calendar
Bug fixed in backup time calculation
Bug fixed in action setting "Shutdown" for Acer Aspire models

The add-in plus PDF documentation are available from here.

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The Home Server Show Podcast #46

Monday, June 29th, 2009

The Home Server Show Podcast

The Home Server Show podcast #46 is up with a chat about the top 10 add-ins from the add in challenge 2009. You can listen/download this edition from here.

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Acer easyStore H340 Mini Review

Monday, June 29th, 2009

“The hardware is solid, the performance is acceptable, and the price is stellar…”

Gadget blog "CrunchGear" have a mini review of the Acer easyStore H340 Windows Home Server unit which you can read here.

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Save 25% Off PerfectDisk 10 Windows Home Server

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

PerfectDisk are offering 25% of off all their PerfectDisk 10 products including PerfectDisk 10 Windows Home Server as a summer special.

Just purchase or upgrade by June 30, 2009 and simply add any PerfectDisk product(s) to your cart and enter coupon code PDJUNE25 during checkout to receive 25% off any licenses.

More info is available from here.

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NOD32 Antivirus for Windows Home Server

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

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NOD32 Antivirus from makers ESET is one of 2 antivirus products which I recommend to clients on a day-to-day basis, as it both has one of the best detection rates and has a small footprint to it too.

And what has this got to do with Windows Home Server?

Well the good news is that version 4 of NOD32 Antivirus Home Edition can be installed on our Home Servers but it has to be done by using the client computers Remote Desktop Connection and thankfully ESET have put up a Knowledgebase article explaining how to do so.

Read it here.

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Windows Home Server Re-Wire

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Kevin Tofel from website jkOnTheRun is in the process of re-wiring his house before installing his Windows Home Server.

Kevin of JKOnTheRun

If you would like to see what he is going to do then Kevin has posted a short video explaining his process, which you can view here.

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Japan Reviews Epson Endeavor SV120h

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Japanese website "+D PC User" has a 3 page review of the Epson Endeavor SV120h .

Epson Endeavor SV120h

The small low energy Home Server is benchmarked and taken a look at both inside and out.

All the details are here (in Japanese).

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Windows Small Office, Home Office and Home Server

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Microsoft have opened a sub-section on their WHS site for Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) users to promote Windows Home Server as a backup solution for the small business user.

The site has five case study videos to watch as well as five matching documents to download and read, and as it states on the site:

“Don’t be fooled by the name. Windows Home Server was designed as a solution that is as functional in a small office setting as it is in your home…”

All the details are here.

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