Alex over at mediasmartserver.net spotted that Microsoft have released a new update for Windows Home Server which should be with you right now.
The update drops the screen resolution of the Windows Home Server Console from 1024 x 768 down to 1024 x 600 which means that it will now display correctly on Netbooks with 8-10” screens. This is a boon for me as I use a Samsung NC-10 as my day to day machine and have had to put up with the bottom 20% of the WHS Console disappearing behind the taskbar.
SYMPTOMS
When you open the Windows Home Server Console on a home computer that has a screen resolution that is lower than 1024 × 768, the Windows Home Server console may be displayed incorrectly.RESOLUTION
An update is available to resolve this issue. This update enables the Windows Home Server console to support low-resolution displays. The lowest resolution that is supported after you apply this update is 1024 x 600.How to obtain this update
The update will be automatically downloaded to your Windows Home Server computer through Windows Update if the Automatic Updates feature is enabled on your home server. Or, you can click Update Now on the Settings tab of the Windows Home Server Console.
Fire-up Windows Update and go get it!
More Info: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article KB963032
27. May 2009 at 7:47 am
Now all we need is a restore option that boots from a USB drive
27. May 2009 at 11:44 am
And support for larger screens, the console takes up just a small corner of my HD monitor, but most of my laptops' screens.
27. May 2009 at 12:45 pm
How will this sit with apps like perfect disk which were struggling for space before?
27. May 2009 at 3:57 pm
NOW they update it. I returned my HP Mini specifically because I couldn't stand the bottom portion of the screen getting chopped off. I purchased an HP 2140 for considerably more because I wanted the portability and the ability to see my WHS console. OK OK, I also wanted the Wireless N draft, gigabit, SATA hard drive, aluminum frame, and 6 cell battery too… but that's besides the point. Do you get a choice of window sizes or are you stuck with the *600 resolution?
27. May 2009 at 6:18 pm
After installing KB963032 (and reboots) is the client console not able to login. It says: ‘The system cannot find the file specified’ ‘This initial program cannot be started: homeserverconsole.exe -b’.
The WHS console is ok. Any ideas?
27. May 2009 at 6:19 pm
It's silly it STILL doesn't fit properly on a Netbook running Windows 7 and now there is a vertical scrollbar in the main window that reduced the width enough to cause a horizontal scrollbar to appear as well. Finally the background of the logon screen of WHS interface is distorted.
So not only does it still not look right, it now looks down right ugly!
27. May 2009 at 8:06 pm
After killing console process manually through remote desktop, I was able to login. But now all tabs have scrollbars and look like crap
28. May 2009 at 7:59 am
I can’t believe this is positioned as a critical update. And you need to update the connector software too.
All that just to support a snall number of users so they don’t have to go to their workstation to change the configuration of their homeserver.
28. May 2009 at 9:05 pm
Ouch – I'm also getting the maximum number of allowed connections was exceeded error. Bah.
10. July 2009 at 6:47 pm
How does one update the Connector on the client machines?
I agree the newly introduced scrollbars–due to the window content staying at the same size though the window size has be reduced–are horrible!
27. May 2009 at 6:16 pm
You made the right move, now go grab a Samsung NC-10/NC-20 – much better than the HP mini, John
27. May 2009 at 6:17 pm
Yes, Kacey – you're right. Let's hope the Console in Vail is fully re-sizeable for the various screens we use (and let's not forget mobile phones here for the future…)
27. May 2009 at 8:02 pm
Can confirm that. But on top of that I can't login, because of maximum number of allowed connections was exceeded.