Microsoft has just released Power Pack 1 for their Windows Home Server software. Similar to a service pack for other versions of Windows, the Power Pack includes a number of bug fixes and improvements designed to enhance the overall experience the consumer has with the software. The highlighted changes listed are as follows:- Support for home computers that are running Windows Vista x64 editions
- Backup of Home Server shared folders
- Improvements to remote access
- More efficient power consumption
- Improved performance
Additionally, Power Pack 1 also includes for the bug described in KB Article 946676 in which files could possibly become corrupted on a Windows Home Server computer that contains more than one hard drive.
If you have Windows Update set to "Automatic", Power Pack 1 will be downloaded automatically and installed for you. The setup file can also be manually downloaded from Microsoft's website.
Link: Description of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1
Download: Download Windows Home Server Power Pack 1
Yeh TRC is right it doesn't suggest what it is in my view.
I think Microsoft have had "power packs" for a while now. They've definitely had power TOYS and I can't help but feel the term "power pack" is somewhat familiar in this context, although I don't see why it also includes bug fixes and updates, those should really be separate unless it's a service pack.
Odds are they did.
Look at Powershell:
Monad->Microsoft Shell -> Powershell
time will tell when you start seeing Power Pack 2...3...4...5...just a patch in marketing disguise.
time will tell when you start seeing Power Pack 2...3...4...5...just a patch in marketing disguise.
Why do you even care what it's called? They may as well call it "Oops, We'll get it right next time #1" release. WHS was essentially a broken product on the market for the past year, this update actually adds the first hint of reliability to the system.
I doubt that, Vista is built on Windows 2003 as well.
Yes, but the point here is that Windows Home Server is Windows Server 2003 with special licensing and additional user-mode services to tie certain things together. The same with Windows Small Business Server. These products are developed on top of an underlying operating system. Small Business Server 2008, developed on top of Windows Server 2008 is due late this year (from memory).
I guess we're speaking semantics here, because I pointed the same thing out to you in an earlier forum post. "built from" implies that it uses the same exact source code version and resulting compiled binaries of the same version. Vista is a "descendant" of Windows 2003 source code, it only served as the starting point for a new generation of features and rewrites, the source code version is now incompatible with the parent code. In this case, "WHS is Server 2003" is an accurate statement, they use the same underlying versions of binaries, WHS has it own unique components slapped on top of that framework.
You can right-click on "My Computer" of a WHS machine, click properties, and see that it is not identified as WHS, but as Windows Server 2003 SP2.
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