In a year marked by shifting priorities in data privacy and an ever-increasing hunger for seamless, self-managed digital storage, the arrival of the Synology DiskStation DS925+ could not be better timed. This new iteration of Synology's celebrated NAS family claims to blend robust power...
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Compact, high-capacity storage solutions are redefining how small businesses, creative professionals, and home enthusiasts manage their ever-growing data needs. The TerraMaster F4 SSD, a newly released network-attached storage (NAS) device, encapsulates this shift with its minimalist footprint...
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Building a personal media server has never been more accessible, thanks to the evolution of Single Board Computers (SBCs) and open-source platforms like Jellyfin. For users with stacks of digital memories, home movies, and an ever-growing collection of free media stored across multiple hard...
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As the end of Windows 10 support looms on the horizon, millions of users worldwide are facing an increasingly urgent question: what should they do with their trusted, and often still highly functional, PCs once Microsoft officially pulls the plug? The reality is, while official support ends on...
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For those passionate about taking back control from the endless sprawl of cloud platforms, self-hosting a digital ecosystem is no longer the exclusive domain of IT professionals armed with expensive Network Attached Storage (NAS) arrays. Over recent years, the landscape has shifted...
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I use my Win10 as an pure media file server, is there an way to make Win10 read usage of network and Hibernate if noe network activity is not breing used for the last hour?
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Hi,
Just decided to use a second PC and trying to network.
Desktop 1 see a Media Server on Desktop machine (an Acer PC) but does not show computer in File Explorer
Desktop 2 sees Desktop 1 (I call STONE) and can access files etc
I believe I have the 'discoverable boxes ticked
Both can see the...
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This is a strange phenomenon that I never have come across during my many years of fiddling.
I saw on my media server b(running on Windows 7), a series that was misplaced, upon opening the correct directory, I found.. nothing, the directory and the files didn't exist in the series...
Hi all,
I have a Windows PC that I'm running as a media server. It was connected to the internet via Powerline Ethernet Adapter as there is no wireless capability on the computer.
However, now it will not connect to the internet no matter what. I have tried the following steps.
1. Changing...
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I'm new to windows, and i just built a computer that runs windows 8.1. I set up my computer to work as a dlna media server and ive put some photos in windows media player and im 100% positive that there on the dlna server. But when i go to my xbox and click the server, all the folders show up...
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So I have a laptop with my entire music library on it, and a desktop with part of my music library on it.
My ipod is synced to my laptop, but what I've found lately is I'll hear a song on my desktop, either add it to a list to download to my laptop later, or download it and use one of many...
I have an unusual question. I run a Windows 2008R2 "server" system on dual-display. The secondary monitor is devoted to an application ("Blue Iris") that displays security cameras on it. The main monitor is on a KVM, so that the monitor is switched to my laptop and/or my regular desktop...
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EDIT 2: New information again, I tried copying the files without using a homegroup and it all worked just fine. Any ideas as to why things transfer fine without a homegroup and just regular sharing but not with a home group? Any help would be appreciated, I would really rather use a homegroup...
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BSOD - IDSvia64.sys - Help Please
Hello All,
I have a
ASUS P8Z86-V PRO/GEN3 Motherboard
ASUS GTX 580 ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
16 GB RAM
OCZ Agility3, bios 2.15 (Updated) SSD Boot
Western Digital WD2002FAEX 2TB Drive
Western Digital...
Hi there....
I am having a terrible time trying ot get my new windows 7 system to work with my other devices on the network. The real kicker is that my other windows 7 system works fine.. I just can nto get this new one to work correctly for some reason.
Basically I wish to have all the...
A newby here. Just installed a SiliconDust HDHomeRun Digital Tuner a week ago (Single Network). Using a digital ant. The pgm. finds a doz. or so channels w/ terrific pictures but no sound (sound is working via misc. 'net connections). Signal strength & quality are above suggested minimums and...
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i tried myself to set up file sharing between my win 7 home edition 64 bit desktop with my xp pro laptop. but, now win 7 identifies the xp as a music media server and not as a computer. i do have a media server installed on the xp (tversity). what i would like to do is undo what i did. and...