Day 3 – Win PerfectDisk 10 WHS Family Pack
Its day 3 for your chance to win 1 copy of PerfectDisk 10 Windows Home Server Family Pack. And for the chance of winning a copy we want to know your favorite piece of software which you install directly onto your Home Server which isn’t an add-in. e.g. like Nod32 antivirus or Live Mesh etc.
Leave a comment below with the details on the piece of software and how you use it. Winners will be announced Sunday 11th October.
FACT: PerfectDisk 10 for Windows Home Server’s new StealthPatrol feature lets you set up a defrag schedule that works with your busy life. Schedule defragmentation of your Windows Home Server to run seamlessly in the background only during system idle times.
More details on PerfectDisk 10 Windows Home Server are available from here.
UPDATE: Day 3 of the competition is now closed and so are the comments.
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I like to install Smartdefrag, Imgburn (because I archive to DVD) and extractnow. All free and fantastic.
I install Windows Live Mesh, which goes on all my PC’s. Especially with Win 7 Home Premium not supporting RDP. Also Any DVD HD.
PerfectDisk will make my WHS just perfect.
Since I’ve just recently started using WHS, I’ve been a bit reluctant to install additional software.
Things that are on the list that may go there include perfectDisk, LiveMesh.
I’d like to put an antivirus on there, but I’m not sure which one yet. I’ve tried McAfee previously on other computers, and didn’t like it, so it has not been installed on the WHS computer from HP yet.
I have quite a bit of storage on my home server and would love to have Perfect Disk “maximize My streaming media performance”.
My favorite software, that isn’t an add-in, is Orb. Works beautifully for consuming my stored media while away from home.
I use IDrive to do a remote backup of my most critical documents (family pictures) every night. I like having the offsite copy in case the worst case scenario happened, ie comet destroying the house, zombies attacking and eating the server etc.
PerfectDisk 10 for Windows Home Server completely defrags my virtual drives (all files and metadata) and consolidates free space in just one pass – no matter how large or fragmented the system.
For me, I’ve loaded the Zune software on the server which centralizes all the synching of added music/podcasts/etc.
My favorite software for the HS is the new iTunes 9! The new home sharing feature is just perfect for my hole setup.
I forgot to mention that you have to google a bit to find a way to install it on your WHS cause Apple ended the iTunes support for Windows Server 2003 since iTunes 8.1 or something.
My favorite software for my whs is uTorrent.
I installed Hamachi X. I allows me to access to my server while away. Much better than the web based solution offered with WHS.
My Favorite Software is Utorrent just drop a torrent in a directory and it takes care of the rest!
Symantec AntiVirus for Windows Server 2003 installed and seems to work for me. It’s only console access though. It seems to work but I’ve not been thowing virus’ at it just to test.
TVersity.
Love to be able to have this application on the machine, and stream a variety of items (music, movies) to my wii and xbox360.
CQC (Charmed Quark Controller) Automation software. You can control your whole house with it.
http://www.charmedquark.com
I guess I should leave more details on how I use it….
Control my A/V system via touchscreens, Nokia wireless internet tablets, and IR remote controls. I can watch any source on any/all TVs. Includes whole house audio system, SageTV DVR system, Sony mega changer DVD player, Wii, Onkyo 7.1 Home Theater system, ripped media on my WHS, etc, etc.
I can announce missed calls, control the HVAC and lights, etc when I come home. I can announce caller ID information when calls come in. Announce specific weather alerts (like tornado warning) when they occur. Control sprinkler system based on current weather. Automate lighting system.
I’m sure there are other things I am forgetting about.
Live Mesh
It allow me to quick sync son files between my server and Home and allow me to get access to my server remotely
My favorite is Meta Browser (running as a service) with the utorrent addin. Together they rename and organise my TV shows for HP`s Video Converter software on my EX47x. Serves the videos nicely to my W7 MCE Media Browser.
I`ve also installed Zune & SharePoint Server, AD,CCleaner,Revo Uninstaller, blah, blah, blah.
My plan is to Install iTunes and use the new sharing functionally to create a central repository on the WHS and allows my other PC’s just to sync the music to thier albums they care about. This will keep me from sharing a single itunes library with my wife and keep all the music installed on my server.
My most favorite non addon is uTorrent.
I use “hamachi” on my WHS and make one big virtual network with my laptops and work machine. This allows me seamless access to all of my WHS features regardless of where I am without having to mess with trying to get VPN’s to work through others firewalls. Works great!
I installed ActiveHome Pro and its SDK on my HP MSS and uses it to control all my X10 devices. I wrote a small ASP page and adds it to the Home Server webpage so I can control from the web.
Seamless integration with WHS Console
I record and delete 15 shows per week so the frags are all over the place.
So far I have only installed uTorrent.
its new, its informative, it looks grea,t its, its, can it be… P80
I have already found this tool to be a manditory install on my system.
hoping to see it as an add-in some day
Microsoft Live Sync (which keeps my Music synced between my laptop and the WHS machine).