One of the new features in Power Pack 3 is a dashboard-style plug-in for Windows Media Center that gives you a snapshot of the Home Server’s status on your TV. Now, I don’t use Media Center (long live Popcorn Hour), but I do think that a dashboard status view is pretty cool. The question becomes, then, how do we co-opt the Media Center plug-in for our own nefarious uses? Data Acquisition The Media Center plug-in reads from an XML file published through the Windows Home Server “system” web site (the one that runs on port 55000,...
LifeHacker has a follow-up post on their favourite WHS Add-Ins: In our overview last week, we briefly touched on the idea of using add-ins to enhance your Windows Home Server experience and get more out of the console. This week we're highlighting five add-ins and providing a little more detail on their functionality and how they make your Windows Home Server experience even better. WHS Disk Management is the first Add-In listed. I’m going to interpret that favourably!