Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

re: Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

Charlie Russel — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:13:27 GMT

The Beta is over - PP1 has released to the web, and will be automatically downloaded to WHS servers next month, or you can grab it now. See msmvps.com/.../windows-home-server-pp1-releases-to-web.aspx

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WHS Power Pack 1 Released

ÎÜñ|‹ø\/\/ñ [ÐëÞrëçã†ëð]'s Blog — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:48:05 GMT

This more than a "Power Pack" and fixes a whole host of issues including the (in)famous data

re: Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

Allan H. — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:10:19 GMT

guys,

I'm currently testing out Power Pack 1 using my Vista 32 BIT machine. I haven't managed to break it yet, but I'm only just starting to play with some of the applications known to cause a problem with the corruption bug.

I should point out that, once installed, Windows Home Serverworks fine under Windows XP professional x64 - with the sole exception being that you can only restore drives, and not individual file. And testing this m offa few weeks ago with something I hadn't actually planned on doing. But I can vouch that it works.

cheers,

Allan H.

re: Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

Charlie Russel — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:18:56 GMT

Believe me, Chris - I wish it as well. Even though I've pretty much moved off of XP x64 (or, in fact, ANY XP), I still would prefer that they'd supported XP x64.

re: Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

Chris Lucas — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:11:51 GMT

Too Bad the WHS Connector doesn't support XP 64. That's all I want. Too bad. No backups for me.

re: Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

Charlie Russel — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:55:17 GMT

Just to be clear - yes, this is still a "beta". But it _does_ include the corruption fix to the Drive Extender. That was the key to getting it to work with TiVo Desktop. And you can whine and naysay all you want, but I still think this is far and away the simplest, and best, client backup solution I've ever used. Bar none. I've give MS more than a bit of feedback on WHS since it originally released, without 64-bit support, and I've avoided recommending it to any one while they resolved the DE bug. But they've fixed both of these issues, and they deserve credit for the quality of the product that is there today. Oh, and they _did_ just save my bacon on the Ferrari.

Charlie.

re: Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

Graham Jones — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:42:06 GMT

Charlie, finally you can stop holding your breath about WHS and your "beloved" 64bit :)

re: Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

Boss — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:35:07 GMT

over confidence, leads to pushing WHS, when everyone knows it's broken, even if and that's assuming PP1 was to deliver, minus removed features in a Power Pack.

Still incomplete!

re: Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

Kevin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:54:15 GMT

I've been using WHS since last November 2007. Unfortunately, PP1 still isn't RTM, keeping from using this product with a proven data corruption defect in the WHS Drive Extender code.

Assuming that KB 946676 is resolved, and that all the other third party application will work, I will give it another try.

And if this time around, PP1 still doesn't get WHS to work and function as advertised, then I'm stuck with a broken defect that Microsoft should fully refund.

And when or how much longer should everyone need to wait for the promised June PP! RTM release?

If that's wasn't bad enough to keep everyone waiting sinc\e last year, I'm told even in PP1 the advertised feature to backup the database has been removed!

So once again, no method to backup WHS in the event of something to go wrong, which has already happen and no doubt will ahead.

Why can't Microsoft get it's act together?

Windows Home Server saves my bacon...again

Windows Home Server Team Blog — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:10:20 GMT

Last December, I posted a story to my personal blog titled " Windows Home Server is actually useful!