Entries tagged with add-in's - Channel 10

Windows Home Server Add-in: Diskeeper

Larry — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:30:00 GMT

Because of the mirroring function of Windows Home Server, chances are you’re going to have at least two hard drives in your WHS box. But if you’re like us, you’ll likely throw every spare hard drive in your house at your WHS. Now how do you keep all of those hard drives fine tuned?

You might want to give Diskeeper a try. Diskeeper will automatically manage the defragging on your hard drives, which means better performance and reliability, faster boot and load times, faster anti-virus scans, and faster back-up times. You can download a 45-day trial version of Diskeeper 2007, but keep your eye on Diskeeper 2008 -- coming Q4 -- which will include true add-in support, appearing as a button on your WHS Console.

Here's a screenshot of what Diskeeper 2008 will look like.

Windows Home Server Add-in: Wake On Lan

Larry — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:05:00 GMT

Windows Home Server is a great gateway to all the other PC's in your house. Using the dynamic DNS function of Home Server, you can browse to your network with a real name, like myserver.homeserver.com, and then remote into whatever computer in your house that you need to. But what if that computer is sleeping?

ASoft's AutoExit 2008 is a free add-in for Windows Home Server that lets you easily shut down or reboot any or all computers on your Windows Home Server network. Just log on to your Server, right click on the computer you want to rouse, and choose Wake On Lan. Keep in mind you may need to go into the BIOS of your computers and toggle this feature on.

For the security conscious or generally paranoid, there is a detailed trace log kept of all actions.

Windows Home Server add-ins grow your backup powers

Jesse — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:40:00 GMT

Terry Walsh has started We Got Served as a place to gather up all the how-to’s and add-in’s for Windows Home Server. Considering WHS is still working through its beta phase, imagine our surprise at the handful of excellent pieces that have already been built! If you’re a big photo nut, Photosync will keep your Flickr and WHS Photos folder in sync. For the constant travelers, Wake on LAN will power up (or down) any of the machines connected to your WHS. And for the extra secure solution, KeepVault will backup the contents of your WHS online, for yet another layer of redundancy. Keep an eye of the WHS team blog as they march closer towards release.