Comments on: Update for Windows Home Server Due Tuesday November 25th

By: Scott H.

Scott H. — Sun, 08 May 2011 11:24:15 +0000

I know this is a very old thred — but google brought me here. In answer to the issue A. Haines was having — reboots did not work for me. But went to services via RDP — for some reason the transporter was disabled. Set to Automatic, started the service, and now working.

By: A. Haines

A. Haines — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:47:55 +0000

Still having the problems even after cold power ups…

By: H.Ira

H.Ira — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:23:51 +0000

@A. Haines - Someone met similar problem before which disappears after reboot. I want to help.

By: A. Haines

A. Haines — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:46:04 +0000

@H.Ira – Yes, problem is still there – rebooted three times now and it still doesn’t work.

May I ask why? Have you had this error and then it go away with a reboot?

By: H.Ira

H.Ira — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:02:18 +0000

@A. Haines - Hi, Haines, can you try to reboot the server and see if the problem still exists?

By: A. Haines

A. Haines — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:17:19 +0000

Correction: I can no longer access the remote access web site for WHS. Presuming that this is to do with the Secure Certificate problems in the event log – any ideas? Will Google around!

By: A. Haines

A. Haines — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:14:35 +0000

Have successfully applied this update and the server restarted with a couple of errors. Have not had chance to test these fixes, but at least nothing seems broken.

EDIT: One service failed at startup. After checking the event logs it seems to be DCOM.
DCOM got error “The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. ” attempting to start the service WHSTransportService with arguments “” in order to run the server:

I also got:
A fatal error occurred when attempting to access the SSL server credential private key. The error code returned from the cryptographic module is 0×80090016.

By: Windows Home Server November Release

Windows Home Server November Release — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:28:48 +0000

[...] Terry at WeGotServed mentioned recently, we’ve got a new update for Windows Home Server today. It looks like the release contains the [...]

By: A. Haines

A. Haines — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:23:56 +0000

This update contains the following improvements.
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Shared Folders and Server Storage
Issue 1
Before this update is installed, the ability to copy large files or folders from a home computer that is running Windows Vista to a shared folder on the home server is limited by the free space on the primary hard disk drive of the Windows Home Server-based system. After this update is installed, the file size is limited to the free space on the target hard disk drives that are connected to the home server.
Issue 2
Sometimes, Windows Home Server generates lots of notification messages about the files that are stored in shared folders. These notifications may cause high CPU utilization on the home server for applications that are accessing these files. This behavior causes slow performance on the home server. After this update is installed, applications such as the Microsoft Zune software, that may be running at the same time, no longer consume excessive processor resources.
Issue 3
Under certain conditions, Windows Home Server disables duplication on shared folders after a new user account is created. After this update is installed, creation of user accounts no longer affects the status of shared folder duplication.
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Home Computer Backup
When you restore files and folders from a Home Computer Backup, the Home Computer Backup process may stop when it is 79 percent complete. This update provides new functionality to help prevent this issue.
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Home Server Backup
Some issues may occur when you restore files and folders from a Home Server Backup on an external hard disk drive to the software shared folder on a Windows Home Server-based system. This update adds functionality to prevent the unintended restoration of older versions of the Windows Home Server Connector software from overwriting newer versions of the files.
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Remote Access
When you use the search functionality on the Remote Access Shared Folders tab to perform a search that includes accented characters, such as ã or ó, you may receive the following Web page error:
Windows Home Server Remote Access has encountered an error.
This update lets you use accented characters with the Remote Access search.

By: mavs

mavs — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:17:16 +0000

Fingers crossed for VSS and Previous Versions fix.

By: smadge1

smadge1 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:27:28 +0000

yes, something to stop me from balding (or ripping my hair out) These file conflicts don’t make any sense to me.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:52:30 +0000

Any idea if it will fix the file conflict warnings that won’t go away? That’s really the only issue I have with my WHS setup right now.