Comments on: Windows Home Server Toolkit V1 Released

By: John Russell

John Russell — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:09:21 +0000

I have installed WHSC onto my DELL PC. I can get as far as putting the pasword in, and then it shuts me out. I believe that is DNS related – I can access the server, and internet sites – but only by using IP addresses. The names are somehow not being resolved. I have done a considerable amount of tweaking to attempt to resolve this, but I am afraid that I am beginning to go round in circles…

By: Philip Churchill

Philip Churchill — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:54:16 +0000

Hi George,
Thats no problem, let us know if you have any more problems.

By: George

George — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:04:45 +0000

Phillip and Judge, Thank you both for your replys I am certain I will be able to figure this out and get it installed. Unfortantly I have a network error that is preventing me from installing the msi file on my client and don’t have the time to determin why at the moment but I will get the time probably tomorrow. I just wanted to acknowledge your assistance (both of you) and thank you for your reply. More when I have this figured out… :)

By: TheJudge

TheJudge — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:25:56 +0000

George,
Yeah, I did a double take on this one too. But you install this on your client PC first. Then from the Start>Run type code above to activate the Advanced version of the tool kit. Then at the top of the kit window you will have an option to install on WHS. Once that is done you will find the Tool Kit add-in waiting in the list to install in the WHS console. Install and restart Console. Now you will see it in the list on the left side.

Like Philip said, follow along above and you’ll have it up in a few steps.

By: Philip Churchill

Philip Churchill — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:19:48 +0000

Hi George,
This piece of software has to be installed differently, just follow the instructions under – Windows Home Server Toolkit Add-in above.

By: George

George — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:54:54 +0000

Phillip or others,
Do you have to have RTM installed for this toolkit download to install in WHS? I downloaded the MSI file to the \\server\software\Ad-Ins directory but it does not show up in the install list. Maybe I did something wrong?

By: Philip Churchill

Philip Churchill — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:28:26 +0000

Hi The Judge,
Some nice goodies available from within the console now.

By: TheJudge

TheJudge — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:19:37 +0000

This kit is nice! Especially when the add-in is installed on WHS. Access to log files right from the console! Pretty simple to install on your main pc then install on WHS. Thanks for the instructions, Philip!