DA Document Manager for WHS Demonstration Videos

Andrew Edney
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If you are using DA Document Manager, or if you are thinking of using it, you might be interested in watching some demonstration videos that the guys over at Group Seven Technology have posted.

DA Videos

The DA Team has added some helpful videos on how to use DA Document Manager. We hope these short 1-2 minute videos will help you to become more familiar with DA Document Manager and how it can be a benefit to you. To see the videos click HERE.

Quick Start Video

This video will show you how to save your first Document and how to Search and find it once it is Archived (93 Seconds)

Add a PDF Document to the Workspace

This video will demonstrate how to add an existing PDF Document into your Workspace. This includes using Drag & Drop, the PDF Digitizer and Moving or Coping to the Workspace. (68 Seconds)

Adding New Documents to Existing Archives

DA Document Manager will allow you to combine a new PDF with an existing PDF already stored in your Vault

Auto Fill Form Feature

The “Auto Fill Form” feature will allow you fill the Workspace Form from the information previously saved in a PDF file (65 Seconds)

Whilst these videos are not very long, they are worth a look.

We will be reviewing DA Document Manager for WHS shortly.

Ceton InfiniTV 4 CableCard Tuner Card Now Available For Pre-Order

Andrew Edney
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Back at CES, one of the biggest news items was the announcement of the Ceton 4 CableCard Tuner Card for Media Center. Since then news has been a bit scarce, and now the announcement has been made that the card is available for pre-order and will be shipping May 31st.

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The Ceton InfiniTV 4 is the world’s first multi-tuner PC card for watching digital cable TV on the PC, including support for premium and encrypted cable channels like HBO and Showtime. It enables Media Center PCs to play or record up to four live channels of HDTV at once, and stream live HD channels or recordings to multiple HDTVs throughout the home, all from a single cable connection and using a single CableCARD from your local cable operator.
NOTE: this is a special pre-order program for Ceton InfiniTV 4. A valid credit card is required at the time of order but will not be charged until your order is shipped. InfiniTV 4 is expected to ship on May 31, 2010.

  • The first multi-tuner PC card for watching digital cable TV on the PC
  • Support for premium and encrypted cable channels like HBO and Showtime
  • Enables Media Center PCs to play or record up to four live channels of HDTV at once
  • Stream live HD channels or recordings to multiple HDTVs throughout the home
  • System Requirements: InfiniTV 4 is a PCIe low-profile PC card and ships with both low-profile and full-height backplates. The recommended minimum system requirements are: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, or Windows 7 Ultimate; 2GHz or faster CPU minimum, either 32 bit (x86) or 64 bit (x64) – 2.7GHz or faster dual-core CPU is recommended; 2GB of RAM minimum – 3GB or more is recommended; 1 PCIe slot, which can be either an x1, x4, x8, or x16 type slot; HDCP compliant on-board graphics or graphics card; HDMI out, or DVI out with separate audio out; Multi-Stream CableCARD (M-Card) – available from your local cable provider; Digital cable subscription from a U.S. cable provider

Click here to place your order now: http://www.zones.com/site/product/index.html?id=003201915

The card will retails for $399, something tells me that Tim will be placing his order today 🙂

For more information on the Ceton InfinitiTV 4 card, click here: http://www.cetoncorp.com/products.php

Upgrading the Processor on an HP MediaSmart EX485 or EX487 Windows Home Server

Andrew Edney
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Have you ever thought about upgrading the processor on your HP MediaSmart EX485 or EX487 Windows Home Server? If so, then MediaSmartHome.com have a great article you should read.

StarNet has pulled together a lot of really useful information on what you should do if you want to upgrade the processor.

He says:

This article is a culmination of the work of many on this and other web sites.  The sole purpose is to clearly define and outline the steps necessary to modify your HP EX485/487 MediaSmart Server (or MSS) from a single core Intel Celeron 440 to the more powerful Intel Dual Core. It will present various options for the MSS user and provide a one stop resource for the complete upgrade process.  Choosing a CPU, performance gains/benchmarks, power consumption temperature and memory upgrades are discussed as well.

I will try to sort through some of the technical jargon and issues that can make this process complicated.  While the scope of this article will toward the E5200 CPU that has been extensively tested, it will also list other CPU designations reported to work for your consideration.

Depending on your level of expertise you might find some topics interesting or boring, but they’re listed here regardless of your abilities.  Some useful tips have been included and some very useful links have been placed in the reference sections at the end of the article.

I’ve been toying around with the idea of upgrading my processor, I was going to ask Diehard, but now I will try following this article, which has lots of details and pictures.

So if you want to read the article, click here: http://www.mediasmarthome.com/article/14459/Upgrading-the-HP-EX485-487-MediaSmart-Server-Processor-Removing-the-Smoke-and-Mirrors/;jsessionid=5B4004552FE10B85DF9FBEB879AD2C7B

The Home Server Show Podcast Number 80

Andrew Edney
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Dave and the guys over at the Home Server Show have released podcast number 80!

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Here’s what Dave had to say about this weeks show:

The Home Server Show 80

In today’s episode we go over all the latest news and releases for Windows Home Server.  HP and Tivo are in the news and is Avast for WHS recognizing their new 5.0 client?  Add-In updates and more.

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Avast for WHS recognizing the new 5.0 clients?

HP and Tivo

WHS Health

WHS Quicken, Quickbooks, Add-In Central

Chris’s favorite financial program, Mint.com

Microsoft Discussions on defragmenting WHS

MS Forums thread on defragmenting

Doubletwist

I wonder if we will be mentioned this week 🙂

Tim suggested we start a drinking game!

We Have Moved

Andrew Edney
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Earlier tonight I posted a quick note to say we were moving hosting providers. If you are now seeing this then the move has taken place 🙂

Hopefully your service was not interrupted!

The main reason for the move was performance, so hopefully you will start to see a much better service!

Obtaining the HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo Add-In Outside of the US

Andrew Edney
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Yesterday we told you that HP had launched a new Add-In for Windows Home Server called the HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo that enables TiVo owners to manage their content from their HP MediaSmart Windows Home Servers.

One of the questions we have been asked a few times since yesterday is how to obtain the add-in if you are a TiVo owner outside of the US. I was surprised as I didn’t think there were that many outside the US, but we have an answer.

Rather than going through the Windows Home Server Console and following the steps, you can download the add-in directly to your computer from here: http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/everyday-computing/mediasmartserver/add-ins/HPTivoExpanderAddin.msi

You can then install the add-in “the old fashioned way”. If you want to know how to do that, you can click here: How to install or remove an Add-in for Windows Home Server

Also, it has been confirmed that you can install this add-in on ANY HP MediaSmart EX series Windows Home Server.

Tech Tip on a Tuesday – Turning Off Twonky

Timothy Daleo
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Is your HP MediaSmart Server going SLOW? Is your CPU usage at crazy high levels? Is remote access trying your patience? Maybe Twonky is the issue. You do not have to use Twonky for it to affect your Windows Home Server!

This is what my Remote Access looked like this morning with Twonky on. Really slow!

Twonky Issue

Now, I turned Twonky off when I first installed the HP 3.0 Update so it should not be slow. What happened?

 

Well I am going to tell you…

 

Microsoft issued an Update and my EX485 restarted this morning. After a HP MSS WHS restart Twonky sharing will start again making your HP MSS slow! I looked in my Update History to see if I had an update this morning.

Twonky Issue

How To Turn Off Twonky

 

Go to MediaSmart Server>Media Server and Click on “Stop Sharing”.

Twonky Issue

If your HP MSS immediately starts to perform better than Twonky was the issue. I went from 100% to 4% with a single click.

Twonky Issue

How To Keep Twonky Off

 

To avoid the Twonky service starting again AFTER a restart, disable your Twonky service on your WHS through the Services manager.

You can access the Services through Remote Desktop or the Advanced Admin Console.

Get the Advanced Admin Console at: http://www.home-server-addins.com/

Twonky Issue

THANK YOU to John and Andrew for the help on this process!

 

Change the Twonky service from Automatic to Disabled.

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Twonky will not start next time your Windows Home Server restarts. To restart the service just change it back to automatic.

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See you next Tuesday,

Tim

Tranquil PC Windows Home Server March Madness

Andrew Edney
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Our friends at Tranquil PC have been in touch to let us know of an offer they are running called March Madness.

Here are the details of the March Madness offer:

Does 1+1 = 2 ?

Not in our March Madness Offer

Order any SQA-5H Home Server + at least one extra HDD and receive a FREE Xtreamer Media Player (included the XSC side cooler)

So in March 1+1 = 3

· SQA-5H – Award winning, low energy, high performance, rugged, multi-drive Home Server Appliance

· Xtreamer – Tiny but amazing network media player – enjoy all of your movies, music, pictures and YouTube etc on your big screen

To make your claim – check out the offer here

To check out our review of the SQA-5H, click here: Review of the Tranquil PC SQA-5H Windows Home Server

We also reviewed the SQA-5H-SAFE here: In Depth Review of the Tranquil PC SQA-5H-SAFE Windows Home Server

And the very cool Xreamer here: Review of the Xtreamer Media Server and Streamer

So, what are you waiting for? This is a good offer if you are after a Windows Home Server and also an Xtreamer, so be quick!

PerfectDisk 11 Giveaway – The Results

Andrew Edney
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Yesterday saw the launch of PerfectDisk11, and we have been running a giveaway for the last few days in order to give away 3 full licences for PerfectDisk 11 Windows Home Server Bundle.

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For more information on PerfectDisk 11, click here: https://moviesgamesandtech.com/2010/03/05/perfectdisk11-out-next-week/

So without any further delay, the three lucky winners are:

Day 1 – Chris Noland

Day 2 – AJ Peck

Day 3 – James Curran

Congratulations – you should receive an email from Raxco shortly.

And for everyone else, thank you for entering and keep your eyes open for future giveaways here at UWHS.

WHS Health Add-In for Windows Home Server Version 1.0.0.14

Andrew Edney
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Nigel “Cougar” Wilks, fellow WHS MVP, has just released an update to his WHS Health AddiIn for Windows Home Server. It is now at version 1.0.0.14. Cougar doesn’t sit around, it was only a month ago we reported about another update to WHS Health : https://moviesgamesandtech.com/2010/02/12/whs-health-add-in-for-windows-home-server-updated/

Version 1.0.0.14 now has the following key changes:-

  • Logoff option when viewing over HTTPS
  • Improved the drives page, it’s now bigger and has status icons.
  • Status Icons added to Backups, Drives and Shared Folders pages.
  • Translation of XML Date format into a more popular format (the installer will pick MM/DD/YYYY for US systems and DD/MM/YYYY for other)
  • Removed Serial Number from System Information page.

The biggest change we have made to WHS Health is localization; we now dynamically support English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish based on the system or browser language settings.

Localization also exists for the WHS Console Settings page but are based on the language of the Windows Home Server.

WHS Health - Ready to install

I installed the new version in a matter of minutes and was up and running in the time it took to log back into the Windows Home Server Console.

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Well done yet again Cougar – keep up the great work. I know I said that last time, but I really mean it. This is a really useful add-in that everyone should use.

You can download WHS Health, and a number of other great Add-Ins from here: http://www.mediasmartserver.net/add-ins/

HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo Add-In for Windows Home Server

Andrew Edney
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HP are releasing a free Add-In for Windows Home Server called the HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo.

This free Add-In will allow TiVo owners to manage their content from their HP MediaSmart Windows Home Servers.

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Here is the full press release from HP:

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 10, 2010 – HP today made available HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo®, a new software application that lets TiVo DVR(1) owners manage video content from an HP MediaSmart Server.(2)

With a high-definition (HD) DVR from TiVo, consumers can record and pause live TV, and access the world’s largest on-demand video store to watch hit movies, TV shows, music videos and cool web videos.

With the new software application, which is offered at no charge to MediaSmart server owners, TiVo customers can:

— transfer shows from TiVo to a HP MediaSmart Server and back to TiVo

— view TiVo recordings stored on a HP MediaSmart Server

— watch TiVo recordings that are stored on the HP MediaSmart Server on any PC in the home using Windows Media Player

Based on the Microsoft Windows® Home Server platform, the HP MediaSmart Server is a central repository for automatically backing up and accessing digital music, videos, photos and documents from multiple computers on a home network.(3)

The HP MediaSmart Server automatically organizes files across all Windows and Mac computers, streams media across a home network and the Internet,(4) and publishes photos to popular social networking and photo sharing sites.

“The HP MediaSmart Server is the ideal companion to TiVo. With the HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo, consumers don’t have to worry about running out of high-definition storage space since they can save their movies and shows on the HP MediaSmart Server and watch them on any computer in the home,” said Jason Zajac, vice president of Attach, HP Personal Systems Group. “Plus, consumers will benefit from all of the additional features the HP MediaSmart Server provides, such as backing up all Windows and Mac computers.”

Pricing and availability

The free HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo application can be accessed through the Windows Home Server Console of the HP MediaSmart Server EX90/EX495 and HP Data Vault.

(1) Requires TiVo DVR Series II, Series III, TiVo Premier and TiVo desktop software.

(2) Compatible with HP MediaSmart Servers EX490/EX495. HP MediaSmart Server, PCs and TiVo DVR must be on the same network.

Whilst it is really great to see HP coming out with some more Add-Ins for Windows Home Server, especially free ones, it’s just a shame they release one that pretty much does the same thing as TiVO Publisher for WHS. Also, its a bit of poor timing what with the announcement this week that TiVo’s Q4 2009 results were a loss of $10.2 million.

Still, anything that adds to Windows Home Server cannot be a bad thing!

I don’t have a TiVo here in the UK, they never really took off, so any of our US readers that have one and try this add-in, let us know what you think – and why not consider writing a review for us?

Synology Release DiskStation Manager 2.3 Firmware Update

Andrew Edney
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Synology make a number of different NAS products that you can use in your home or office network. Today they announced the release of the DiskStation Manager 2.3 firmware update which brings a number of new and enhanced features, including a surveillance app for the iPhone.

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Here is the full press release:

Synology® Announces the Official Release of DiskStation Manager 2.3 Firmware, introducing Synology Hybrid RAID, EZ-Internet Wizard, Shared Folder Encryption, Surveillance iPhone® App and Enhanced Applications.

Taipei, Taiwan—March 8, 2010—Synology® Inc. today officially released DiskStation Manager 2.3 (Synology DSM 2.3) firmware that has attracted participation of over 8,200 enthusiastic users in the beta program since January 2010. Synology DSM 2.3 introduces simple volume management with the new Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR), EZ-Internet Wizard, shared folder encryption, surveillance iPhone® App, backup to the cloud with Amazon S3®, and enhanced versions of File Station, Surveillance Station, Photo Station, and Audio Station.

“We continue to provide customers with easy to use features and applications,” said Edward Lin, marketing director of Synology Inc. The SHR simplifies RAID setup by optimizing the disk capacities with data redundancy when different sized hard drives are used. The EZ-Internet Wizard guides users through the steps to establish access to the DiskStation from the Internet, including firewall settings, PPPoE setup or DDNS registration, including router port forwarding configuration. “Thank you for an amazing product that keeps getting better for each release,” commented Ole Anders Bøe from Norway, a participant of the DSM 2.3 beta rewards program.

Flexible security is added with AES 256-bit shared folder encryption to ensure data security and sub-folder backup is also supported in addition to “shared folders”. Amazon S3® is supported as a backup target. Additional new features include a new iPhone app, the Synology DS cam, which allows users of Surveillance Station to live view their IP cameras, take snapshots, and view recorded events with their iPhone or iPod touch®. DS cam is available for download free of charge at the Apple® App Store.

The Synology DiskStation experience just got better with new enhancements to File Station 3, Surveillance Station 4, Photo Station 4, and Audio Station 2.

In addition to the Synology DSM 2.3 release, the Synology Assistant and Synology Data Replicator 3 are also updated with new features:

New Synology Assistance

Photo Uploader utility is available in the new Synology Assistant to allow uploading photos and videos to the DiskStation with photo thumbnails and H.264 films pre-generated within the client computer.

Wake on LAN utility allows remotely turn on of selected DiskStation models over the local area network by entering the device MAC address.

New Data Replicator 3

Data Replication 3 enhances the compatibility of Windows® 7. In addition, backing up emails in Windows® Live Mail is supported.

Availability

The new Synology DSM 2.3 firmware, Synology Assistant and Data Replicator 3 apply for the following models:

DS1010+, DS710+, DS410j, DS210j, DS110j, RS409+, RS409RP+, RS409, DS509+, DS409+, DS409, DS209+II, DS209+, DS209, DS209j, DS109+, DS109, DS109j, DS409slim, RS408, RS408-RP, DS508, DS408, DS108j, RS407, CS407, CS407e, DS207+, DS207, DS107+, DS107, and DS107e

They come with all newly shipped DiskStations and the free download is also available at
http://www.synology.com/support/download.php?lang=enu

The live demo site of the Synology DSM 2.3 is available at
http://www.synology.com/enu/products/demo/index.php

Synology at a Glance

Founded in 2000, Synology is a young and energetic company dedicated to developing high-performance, reliable, versatile, and environmentally-friendly Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. Our goal is to deliver user-friendly solutions and solid customer service to satisfy the needs of businesses, home offices, individual users and families.

I have a DS409 Slim that I have been using and will post a review of soon, along with a review of the new firmware update.

PerfectDisk 11 Giveaway – Day 3

Andrew Edney
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Today’s the day – the launch of PerfectDisk 11, our friends at Raxco have given us three sets of licences for PerfectDisk 11 Windows Home Server Bundle.

This newly renamed bundle includes a licence for your Windows Home Server and also a licence for one of your PCs.

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So as we are at launch day, we are going to give away the final licence.

So, all you have to do to win today’s licence is leave a comment telling us what you think the one missing feature of Windows Home Server is.

Winners will be drawn at random and announced on UWHS on Wednesday.

Good luck, and stay tuned for lots of exciting giveaways coming up.

For more information on what’s new in PerfectDisk 11, click here: PerfectDisk11 Out Next Week

Monday Morning Media – Five Views from Windows Media Center 03-07-10

Timothy Daleo
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This weekly post is five screen shots of Windows Media Center with a CableCARD tuner to get you excited about Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server.

Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"

Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"

"The Hurt Locker"

Best Motorcycle in a documentary

Kobalt Tools 500

It is MARCH! Where are my Ceton and Silicon Dust CABLECARD tuners?

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