On technology and development

Just before Christmas 2008 I bought the HP EX475 MediaSmart windows home server. After reading about it before I purchased it I already knew that the puny 512 MB ram that it came with was too little so I already had 2GB ready for installation when the server arrived.
Now a little over six months later [...]

v1.1.0.0
- Fixed shortcut keys (F5, F6, F8 etc)
- Pattern matching for select and deselect of files
- New dialog for storage information and server uptime
- Revamped user interface to match the Home Server Console style
I’ve implemented the two top features you the users had voted for. Click to read more and download.

The 31337 guys over at 4Hak3rs have written a guide for Quick & Easy Windows Home Server Backup and Restore. The WHS have duplication support for your data, but not the actual OS itself. So in the event of a disaster (or OS meltdown) you need to reinstall the WHS OS from a supplied restore [...]

My first release of the WHS File Manager add-in got a rather bad review from Jim Clark over at We Got Served. Well I’m not one to let a bad review keep me from doing what I like. So I continued development and released a couple of updates. Today Jim posted an appreciation to all [...]

My WHS File Manager Add-In has gotten yet another public update and is now at v1.0.1.0.
New features:
- Support for removable storage (CD, DVD or USB disks that are not part of the storage pool)
- Support for opening files directly via the Home Server Console (files are opened on your local computer and not the server)
- [...]

The new EX48x series MediaSmart servers from HP are already getting a software update. Today HP is announcing the upcoming release of a Software Update to the Windows Home Server powered EX485 and EX487 MediaSmart Server. The primary new features delivered in the 2.5 release are a Remote Video Streaming capability, a video conversion utility, [...]

The WHS FileManager add-in just made version 1.0.0.5
Changes in this version

1.0.0.5
- Does no longer show printers as shares
- Made current location of each pane to stand out more (easier to see)
- Made each folder in pane path (above panes) clickable for easy access to
any parent folder
- Fixed problem with caching of exe file icons (all [...]

This add-in allows you to edit the settings for Microsoft’s media serving software, Media Connect, which comes bundled with Windows Home Server.
The configuration software is available in-box on HP’s MediaSmart Server or it can be downloaded from here if you have other brands of Home Server.
This add-in simply starts that configurator from within a Windows [...]

I’ve updated the WHS FileManager AddIn to v1.0.0.3. Improvements are support for drag and drop (hold CTRL down to copy, otherwise files are moved). Also support for renaming files and folder (select item to rename and press F2).
Read post for more information.

1450 downloads

Released: 2009-05-16
Version: 1.1.1.0
This is a simple dual-pane file manager for the WHS management console. It allows you to safely copy, move and delete files on your home server. You can navigate all files shares on the server and any removable storage devices attached to the server. The latest version even lets you open/run files [...]