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The Home Server Show 68

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In Today’s show we will be going over news items with Dave, John, Jim and Chris.  We also have two interviews for you.  One is with Nigel Wilks, AKA, Cougar.  He is going to tell us about his new Add-In,WHS Health.  Dave also speaks at length with Tom S.  You know him in the forums as WODYSWEB.  This will be the first of a couple of interviews about going virtual.  Virtualization is a hot topic and we will be covering everything you need to know to get started. Get the show here: http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-68-virtual-server-windows-home-server.html Could Anti-Virus on WHS keep this from

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WHS Health Add-In with the Palm Pre / Pixi (For the Window Home Server)

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The newly released add-in for the Windows Home Server (more info at The Home Server Show or MediaSmart Server.net) from Nigel Wilks and Alex Kuretz, which was primarily developed to render the health status of your Windows Home Server on an iPhone or iPod Touch, has an additional benefit!  Maybe only for me? I was installing it tonight and testing it on my Touch when it occurred to me that I should be able to get this working nicely on my Palm Pre.  Sure enough, it looked great!  I’ve included some photos below. The add-in is a keeper.  Thanks Nigel

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Office 2010 Beta Available for Public Download

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          If you haven’t heard, Microsoft has released a beta version of Office 2010 for the general public.  In the past, these kinds of events were not always available to the masses but over the last several years, Microsoft has made better by letting more people test.  A good example of this was the Windows 7 beta. You can download it from here.  http://us1.office2010beta.microsoft.com/default.aspx?culture=en-US Beware, you shouldn’t try to install this on a work computer (may get you in serious trouble with your IT folks).  Read this before you try anything!  http://www.winsupersite.com/office/o2010_beta.asp Remember, I search so

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The Home Server Show 67 – PP3 In Depth

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The Home Server Show 67 – PP3 In Depth Today, John, Jim, Chris, and Dave talk about PP3 in depth.  We will go over what we like and what we don’t like.  We will also go over a few tweets and forum posts about PP3.  Chris un-installs the beta and installs PP3 during the show.  This is another fun one with some outtakes at the end that you will not want to miss. Are you going to CES?  I’ve added a forum to discuss all things CES.  Please drop by. AJ and Diehard have been added as a moderators of

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Home Server Shows #61 and #62 – Renegades and Restoration

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Dave is back this week after letting Chris, John and me run the show for #61.  Both shows are now available. Show #61 Show #62 This week we talk about how to make a Home Server out of an old PC.  We also have a listener roundtable that Dave recorded at his Windows 7 Launch Party. If you are a blogger and you would like some more exposure to your articles visit GeekGazette.net. MyMovies 3 MissingRemote.com review of MyMovies The Before you Build Checklist – This is also available on the main page under popular posts. Podcast List has been

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The Home Server Show #59

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The Home Server Show 59 for October 9th, 2009. In show 59 John, Jim, Chris, and Dave go over the week’s news and e-mail.  Dave has a chat with Brent Friedman, Add-In author of  WHS Mobile, TV Manager, DVD Manager, FTP Manager, and Tab Creator. Here are links to items we discussed on show 59. Lacie External Drive Add-In: Directory Watcher Roberts Podcatcher We had an e-mailer with a FireFly issue. Here is that fix. Thanks to John for digging that one out. Add-In of the Week – WHS Mobile Interview with Brent Friedman.  Find Brent’s blog and Add-In’s here.

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