MS Windows Home Server

Known Issue: KB941913 fails to install

When doing a Windows Update on Windows Home Server, the KB941913 update may fail with the following error message:

The following updates were not installed:
Update for Windows Home Server (KB941913)

The workaround is available from here.

Known Issue: Home Server Storage can’t calculate size for a shared folder

• In the console below the pie chart, chart size calculation for certain folders never stops.
• Within the Shared Folders tab in the console, some folders appear with size unknown

See here for how to resolve this.

Known Issue: WHS 120 Day Evaluation Version Expires Without Warning

We Got Served has the details that the 120 Day Evaluation Version is expiring without warning. To check how long you have left on your evaluation, open up the WHS Console, and subtract 65 days from the expiry date, since this date has been incorrectly set to 185 days.

More details from here.

The official HP MediaSmart Server FAQ has been posted over at hp.com with 19 questions and answers. One that caught my attention was the following:

If my hard drive crashes, would it be possible to re-image a new hard drive for my computer using the HP MediaSmart Server?

Yes, The HP MediaSmart Server automatically backs up your hard disk drive image and can save multiple versions.  It also comes with a PC Restore CD that you merely insert into your PC (after replacing the hard drive in event that the hard disk drive failure), and pull your desired hard disk drive image from the HP MediaSmart Server.  If your computer has merely been corrupted by a virus, malware, spyware etc., you can re-image your hard disk drive from a known good state by bringing back an older version of the hard disk drive image from the HP MediaSmart Server.

The first live webcast about the HP MediaSmart Server was hosted yesterday and all attendees received a $20 discount voucher for use at amazon.com.

Don’t forget there is another webcast today as well as two more later on this month, so make sure you sign up to learn some MediaServer facts and to receive a $20 discount voucher against a MediaSmart Server.

In case you missed lasts night webcast contributor boliek over at the WHS forums,has posted a transcript of the questions and answers from the session.