Comments on: I’m Giving Up on Windows Home Server

By: merdzd

merdzd — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:57:05 +0000

and this is another box on which it is necessary that the update program to install new ones.
I have a backup service does not work for 2 months.
Again you do not want to reinstall just want to give….

By: merdzd

merdzd — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:57:05 +0000

By: Vette5885

Vette5885 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:36:29 +0000

http://www.whsplus.com/2009/06/26/lightsout/

Of course, doesn't work well if you have Linksys extenders without WOL, as you'd have to keep the MC computer awake at all times.

By: skatingn330

skatingn330 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:52:16 +0000

Just run WHS in a virtual machine program, like vmware

http://neuralfibre.com/paul/it/combining-vista-...

By: cw-kid

cw-kid — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:15:23 +0000

Why can't you configure S3 sleep on your Windows 7 Media Center PC? The XBOX 360 extender will wake it up when it attempts to connect an extender session.

By: Dangelus74

Dangelus74 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:28:54 +0000

I have similar issues. An integrated 'Media Server' system would be the ultimate solution.

I would also be interested in opinions about S3 sleep for MC as I've had countless issues with this in the past and it is the reason mine is on 24/7.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:13:15 +0000

My WHS only draws ~30 watts, compared to the 120 my MC draws and I use it as a HA controller. But I can totally see where you are coming from, but it might be worth some effort to get sleep working.

By: andy vt

andy vt — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:04:23 +0000

Configure your MC to do S3 standby, it will consume b/w 3-10 watts (depending on your system) when it sleeps. Set the NIC to wake on lan (the 360 will send one when it wants to connect).

No reason you can't do the same w/ the WHS.