Update Rollup 3 For Windows Home Server 2011
Update Tuesday was yesterday and MS released Rollup 3 for WHS 2011. Any problems with this update? Anyone tried it on their test servers?
View ArticleHelp With Whs Restore Of Pc With Hidden Recovery Partition
Help I have a major PC crash and I have not been able to restore from WHS even though I have been religiously backing up using the WHS. Original PC had a D for recovery, and a C for the active...
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Virus Protection
Just a reminder for those of us testing Vail to protect your server and network. Most viruses come from childrens websites and can infect your networked computers including your server. Avast has a...
View ArticleEasy Way To Back Up Shared Folders?
So my WHS v1 stopped doing backups, so I figure it's a good time to give 2011 a try. I think I have it mostly figured out, but it looks like server backups are now a pain. I dont want to back up the...
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Opinions Please - I (Or Ms) Have Shot Themselves In The Foot
It's a bit of a long post, but you experienced wizards can probably offer some sensible advice... I've been a very happy WHS v1 user for the last year. Current system is an HP Microserver with 4x 2TB...
View ArticleAero Has Stopped Working (Administrator Account)
Aero was working (via RDP), but has stopped. The personalization screen says: 'One or more of the themes has been disabled by Remote Desktop connection settings'. I have performed the steps mentioned...
View ArticleResell Advice
Hey guys, I recently picked up a job selling the decommissioned computer hardware for a small company that will for the time being remain nameless. The used computers were an easy sell but I am now...
View ArticleAnyone Is Using Carbonite Backup?
Hi everyone, I have encountered a strange issue today. After the Carbonite backup client tried to update itself and failed, I contacted the support and they told me that since I have a server OS, I...
View ArticleEasy Solution
I have (3) clients to back up.......a full system BU and BMR is a wish for all 3 and file/folders another.....that's it. Just look at all the posts below me......can't, problem, unsuccessful,...
View ArticleSil680 Driver For Whs2011
Hi I am trying to add a IDE / RAID controller to my WHS 2011 server to extend the number of PATA drives. The PCI controller card I have uses a SIL 680 chip and although I can find win 7 drivers for it...
View ArticleConnect To Vpn After Resume
Hi guys, Trying to get WHS to auto reconnect to a VPN when it resumes from standby. I've created a batch file to do this and works when executed manually and also set Lightsout to run the batch file on...
View ArticleRobocopy Scheduled Script Locks Up Whs 2011?
I created a script a long time ago (back when I had WHS v1) to manage archiving my recorded TV. It moves all recordings older than 5 days to a server shared folder. I started having issues after...
View ArticleRename Whs 2011 - I Know You Shouldn't But...
Hi Everyone This is my first post on this forum. I have a WHS 2011 that I wanted to upgrade the motherboard on. I used the sysprep tool to generalize the installation. Then I installed the new...
View ArticleMove Whs 2011 To Another Computer
I installed my WHS 2011 from and OEM cd I purchased on an HP machine that had the AMD Athlon II. My system is locking up more and more, so I have decided to build my own machine. Can anyone help answer...
View ArticleCannot Install Connector Software With New Software Updates
I am having a problem that I cannot figure out with the connector software after a recent 2011 E software update. I have many computer on my home network connected to my 2011 Essentials server. All of...
View ArticleWindows 8 New Pcs
Curious about something. I read that all new PCs shipping with Windows 8 require UEFI bios supported Secure boot. Since UEFI requires booting from a GPT, and WHS 2011 does not back up clients with GPT,...
View ArticleShared Software Folder Missing
Hi everyone Tried searching for a solution to this but no luck. I have installed whs 2011 and I have been trying to install the connector software to my laptop. However, there is no shared software...
View Article3 Tb Hard Drives
Hello, Can somebody please summarize (in detail) the restrictions regarding WHS 2011 and drives larger than 2 TB (including 3 tb hard drives and much larger RAID volumes). I am not interested in using...
View ArticleBooting To System Recovery
Any one got any ideas with this? I've recently done some updates and when I rebooted te server it wasn't accessible. Plugged it into a monitor and it seems it's only booting into System Recovery mode...
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