Recently I lost contact between a laptop running XP and the home server (HP EX475). For some reasons the backups were not running anymore and the WHS trayicon was gone. So I decided to uninstall the connector software, reboot and reinstall the connector software by going to
http://tower:56000/ in a browser and clicking the install button.
Everything installs fine, and the WHS trayicon is back. I decide to do a reboot to check that everything is in order again. After a boot the WHS icon is once again gone. I check the Windows Event Viewer and discover this message:
Windows Home Server protocol mismatch. This computer uses protocol version 6.0.2030.2, but partner computer TOWER uses protocol version 6.0.2030.0. A connection cannot be established.
This is a copy of the version information from the WHS console:
Windows Home Server Console: 6.0.2030.2
Windows Home Server Backup & Restore: 6.0.2030.0
Windows Home Server Drive Extender: 6.0.2030.0
Windows Home Server Remote Access: 6.0.2030.0
Windows Home Server Storage Manager: 6.0.2030.13
I have three other computers that are connected to the same server, they all work just fine. Any ideas?
I'm running PP 2 and I have not tried PP3 beta.
HP MediaSmart EX475, 2 GB ram, 2 TB storage.
Author of WHS File Manager Add-In, WHS Jungle Disk Add-in and WHS Media Connect Configuration Add-in.
http://blog.paks.no/whs-add-ins/