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1. J.R. Raith

   
   Posted on: October 08, 2009 at 12:07PM  

   I have a lot of love for whiist -- I even managed to shoehorn MySQL and PHP on top of it: jrrver.homeserver.com/.../blog (it's a little slow sometimes, but it will load.)

   Of course, in the process I managed to break my WHS management site... heh. Oh well -- that's all the fun, right? :)

   Great post! Great add-ins. I didn't realize something like WebGuide was out there, but now I want to play with it.
2. drparrot

   
   Posted on: October 08, 2009 at 12:51PM  

   And don't forget autoexit from asoft (www.whsplus.com/.../autoexit-200-for-windows-home-server or www.asoft.be)

   and whs diskmgt www.whsplus.com/.../windows-home-server-disk-management which are two of the top ten add-ins.
3. Dragonwyntir

   
   Posted on: October 10, 2009 at 4:31PM  

   Are there any plans to allow Webguide functionality for Windows 7 clients?
4. Nicole Berett

   

   
   Posted on: October 12, 2009 at 4:55PM  

   Dragonwyntir - If you are interested in WebGuide's capabilities but are using Windows 7, you should take a look at the new features which includes Remote Media Streaming:  windows.microsoft.com/.../remote-media-streaming
5. DaveSussman

   
   Posted on: October 16, 2009 at 5:49AM  

   Remote MEdia Streaming doesn't do what Dragonwyntir

   was asking, and I'm of the same opinion; you really need WebGuide (or any web based support for viewing and modifying the schedule) support for Windows 7 MCE clients. I upgraded my MCE box, and while MCE is much better, I've lost one of the best features, which was WebGuide; I'm not interested in remote streaming, what I and many people need, is web based access to the schedule. There are a couple of reasons for this:

   1) I don't have to walk downstairs, switch the TV on, etc; I can just hit access WebGuide from my main machine.

   2) WebGuide showed more channels at once, making it far more efefctive for viewing the schedule and setting recordings, than the guide in MCE itself.

   Whether you support a WebGuide type system directly on Win7 (and it's only the Win7 guide format change that has stopped the existing product working) or via WHS, I don't mind, although I suspect many WebGuide users don't have WHS.  Effectively what you've done with Win 7 is broken one of the most popular add-ons to MCE.

   I believe the WebGuide author now works for MS, so go and prod him in the back and keep prodding him until he releases a new version 8)
6. Nicole Berett

   

   
   Posted on: October 16, 2009 at 11:53AM  

   Dragonwyntir and Dave - I reached out to the WebGuide author and he noted that this topic is very important to him as well.  He reccommended to check his website closer to Windows 7 GA as this will be the place where any announcements will be made:  asciiexpress.com/webguide  
7. Dragonwyntir

   
   Posted on: October 16, 2009 at 1:34PM  

   Nicole,

   Thank you for checking into this; I, like most Microsoft fans, believe that the integration of your products is where your success will truly be manifested, and this "last 10%" sort of cleanup is what we all look for as we attempt to become increasingly dependent on your ecosystem of products.

   Cheers,

   Tim
8. Jovina868

   
   Posted on: October 30, 2009 at 1:10AM  

   Web guide will be really very  helpful for us because I have little idea about Windows Home Server.thanks for providing such a great information.

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9. raj_luckyonline

   
   Posted on: November 24, 2009 at 10:35AM  

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