Windows Home Server
Have you ever…?
Have you ever disconnected the power cord to an external hard drive in your Windows Home Server pool? As of 6:07 AM on August 1st, 2010 I have. I was switching out a lamp in my home office and thought I had followed the correct power cord through the rats nest and disconnected. I then proceeded to try and wrap up the power cord and found myself still pulling on a cord that was plugged in. I followed the power cord that I had disconnected and came to a power brick… that is definitely not a accent lamp norm. I quickly took a look at my Windows 7 screen were I had my Windows Home Server Console open and I had a ‘Critical’ health status. My first thought was that I had really messed up and potentially lost some information or possibly the hard drive all together. I went back to the rats nest and plugged the external hard drives power cord back in and came back to the Windows Home Server Console and was happy to see that I quickly had a ‘Network Healthy’ status… what a relief. I proceeded to move through the tabs on the Windows Home Server console that give me information about the hard drive pool to ensure that I truly was back in a green status. Lesson learned… I need to do some cord management and get the rats nest organized. Have you ever done this before? What is your story?
Microsoft Security Essentials & Microsoft Windows Home Server
I have been using Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) since it launched (after the program got reviewed by Steve Gibson). I have been very pleased with this Anti-Virus software and feel it is a better solution for client machines then some of the other free Anti-Virus software applications. On a side note, I am waiting patiently for Microsoft to allow MSE to run on a Microsoft Server platform. Anyways… the reason that I am writing this post is because I am reminded of this issue almost daily as I log into or restart my machines. Do you have a Windows Home Server (WHS) and Windows OS PC’s in your enviroment with MSE installed? If you do, then you probably already know what I am going to say.
The issue.
This is not a big annoyance but it is an issue. As the Windows OS PC is loading the desktop the fact that there is a slight delay in the Anti-Virus software to get up and running through’s a WHS error; stating that the machine that was just turned on or restarted is not secured by a Anti-Virus program. This WHS critical error goes away after 15 seconds or so but if you have logging turned on or the @Twitter add-in installed this error makes the status reporting inaccurate and tends to make non-techies worried about the security of their infrastructure.
Do you have the same issue? Do you have a workaround? Let me know in the comments.
Contemplating update ideas to my tech world…
With Christmas around the corner I off course have some items on my list that are technology related. There are only two this year as I have almost everything I can want. I am asking for either another 1TB hard drive or Windows Home Server software. I am currently running a custom home server that I have engineered to provide all of the functionality that I need along with a separate server for VM needs.
Of the two items (the 1TB hard drive and Windows Home Server) I am hoping to get the WHS (Windows Home Server software). In the past I have thought about if WHS and if the software currently has everything that I need. It would not make sense to change my current server configuration around only to loose some features and/or functionality. With the release of Power Pack 3 for WHS I think that I will be happy with the product.
What do you currently run for a Home Server?
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 to come…
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 rolling out November 24th: "
The name may not exactly suggest any groundbreaking changes, but we’re guessing that most Windows Home Server users with Windows 7 computers will want to upgrade to Power Pack 3 as soon as they can, which we now finally know will be on November 24th. As we’d heard previously, the big news with this update is that it brings Windows Home Server up to speed with its desktop OS counterpart, including support for full backup and restore of Windows 7 computers, Windows 7 Libraries integration, ‘better support’ for netbooks and, of course, a slew of enhancements for Windows Media Center. Best of all, the update is completely free, and should show up via Windows Update as soon as it’s available.
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 rolling out November 24th originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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