Hp mediasmart update problem

Server ID is not set yet. On the client it means that the server discovery discovery. The Windows Home Server Connector service started successfully.

The description for Event ID 0 from source esClient cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer. If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event: Service started 8. This computer uses protocol version 6. A connection cannot be established. The Windows Home Server Connector service stopped succesfully. Are those entries from the Client or the Server? Have you tried running Server Recovery again?

Hi msinger welcome to the forums! First lets take a deep breath and put any thoughts you may entertain about putting the computer in the drive way and introducing it to your vehicle.

Ok I know not funny but I just want you to relax and I need to simplify your post abit in so I am clear on where you are so lets first see if I understand you correctly. You installed the 3.

Lets put all the other stuff aside right now. You also indicate the Home Server Icon in your task manager is green.

This is a good sign but what I am not clear on is if you were able to ever connect to the servers console or not. The only thing about backups that bother me right now is if your server is upto date with the updates that were not included in the 3. Getting your server updated is most important. When it asks you for the computer you want to connect to simply enter the name of your server.

This is actually good advise for the moment. Once on your server run the Windows Home Server Console there will be an Icon for it on the servers desktop. Keep running the updates until there are no more left to be downloaded.

Do this only in the console not from the desktop. HP also has its updates in the settings area under MediaSmart Server, from there you can have the server look for any updates from HP but during the 3. If you are not able to get on your server let me know what you did and exactly what happend. I would rather take it one piece at a time. Every detail is important so just the begining parts are whats most important right now.

Posted: Tue Apr 13, pm. I have used your board and responses to resolve previous issues — thanks. I posted the results from the Client event manager while doing a server recovery. I have done at least one and some days server recoveries for the past 2 weeks.

I — like many people — finally trusted this approach and have 30 years of photos; docs and music that I do not want to lose. While lying in bed last night — I thought I should have posted the information from the connector troubleshooter — I will do that tonight. Thanks again for this board and your help … Mike Singer. Good Morning Comp, I have seen many good responses and help from you on this board. You are exactly correct — I am ready to toss the server and find another way for provide a home server.

When I click on it I can bring up the web based access screen — but it does not connect to the server. When I look at the network from the Vista start menu — all I see it a printers folder. The disks I got from HP have 3. I have also downloaded the update 2 and update 3. When I try to run update 2 — the program exits because it can not find the installed server.

All forum topics. Level 2. Message 1 of HP Recommended. I'm once again stuck with the forced update problem in HP Mediasmart.

I assume there is a new version newer than SP to download and install to keep my Blu rays playing. Can anyone direct me to the proper link to download the update????

Tags 3. Tags: Archived. Accepted Solutions. Level Message 8 of Well, don't blame HP entirely, it's not really their fault. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Message 2 of Message 3 of This seemed to work for about a year, until now. Message 4 of Message 5 of We are talking about Windows Vista Home Premium are we not? Message 6 of You're making this harder then it has to be. Message 7 of OK, I get it now I know I'm quite disappointed with the whole Bluray process Thanks for the information!

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Downloads and installs updates on the server in the background. If necessary the server will automatically reboot. Your computer notifies you that an update has been downloaded and is ready to install on the server. To get updates with this choice you will have to click Check for updates located in the Version section.

The following information and options are in the Version section of the HP Update dialog. The server software version number and date are shown. Click Check for updates to immediately check for available software updates, regardless of the configuration settings you selected above.

The Install link becomes active when an update has been downloaded, but not installed. Click Install to run the server update. The Rollback link becomes active when a software update has been installed. Use this link to uninstall the update on the server and revert to the previous server software version. Each home computer still needs to be updated or rolled back so that the server and client computers are running the same version of software.

If your server does not have the correct software version, you will get an error message when you try to install the client software. See Updating and Rolling Back the Server for more information. Once the server is updated, the client PC update is on the server and can be run from the software folder. The following sections describe various methods for installing the client PC update. Click an option below to view the instructions for updating your client. Figure : Run Programs. Figure : HP Update.

Click Next to immediately check for a client PC update. When the server software is updated, the new client executable file is placed on the server but not installed.

As long as you run the Software Installation Disc after you update the server, the CD will find the new client executable file on the server and install it. See Updating and Rolling Back the Server. At the computer, click Start , and then Run. The network address will be different if you renamed your server.