How do I set up WHS IIS to use 32 bit mode on the 64 bit OS?

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  You don't (and don't need to), because Windows Home Server is built on a version of Small Business Server 2003, which is 32 bit only.

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  I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)

  • Proposed as answer by Ken WarrenModerator Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:37 PM

  Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:37 PM

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  Thanks for your reply Ken.
  
  I must be a bit lost, excuse my newbieness, cramming hard on WHS as fast as I can.
  
  I have just launched a brand new HP MediaSmart Server EX485 (latest vesion up to date) which states 64 bit. Is it the just the hardware (i.e the celeron processor ) of the HP MediaSmart Server EX485 that is 64 bit then? yet the OS is 32 bit?
  
  This would be ideal and would really make my task a lot easier and quick too, I was a bit worried about the implications of changing the setings in AppPools and how this could affect the rest of the system.
  
  Thanks
  
  Iwatchlive
  
  

  Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:02 PM
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  The hardware will support a 64 bit operating system, and Windows Home Server will support 64 bit Vista and Windows 7 (when released) clients. But the underlying OS is 32 bit.

  
  

  You should be careful when modifying the built-in web sites. Windows Home Server uses them in several ways, and it's possible to cause serious issues by changing the default configuration.

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  Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:22 PM

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  Thanks again Ken
  
  I wasn't planning (& would prefer not to) be messing with the built in web sites if I could help it, however I am looking for the ability to play around with a mail server option for WHS,, so I plan to have a good test out before putting a WHS unit into production use.
  
  In an ideal world we could have Exchange for WHS, (I already understand the technical implications and reasons as to why MS have not / cannot release an MS Exchange option for the WHS platform and that as yet there are no plans to develop a WHS friendly version of Exchange,) however I wondered however where I should look for a suitable alternative.

   

  May have to post a new topic on this subject (after doing a thorough search of posts 1^st ) however my predicament is this;

   

  I have SOHO and SME clients (less than 10 users) either looking for more than work grouping features and requiring exchange like features OR, existing small businesses and SOHO setups that are less than 10 users that want to be downsizing from larger regular server hardware to WHS units due to the benefits of the platform and for a range of other reasons;

   

  Starting with the ethical green issue regarding carbon footprints for example; adding the savings made due to the lower power requirements (the savings made by running a low power hardware unit like the HP-EX485 is immense in relation to even a low specced windows business server hardware unit);

   

  These make it a no brainier decision for these customers. Also at this end of the spectrum, sys administration and software costs are a very high TCO for them in what is a credit crunch cost aware environment, especially when they have less than 10 users.

   

  I’d rather not be messing around with Non MS options, however don’t appear to have the option without an exchange for WHS option.

   

  Thanks

   

  Iwatchlive

  Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:55 PM
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  For email, use a hosted solution. TCO will be lower.

  
  

  As for Windows Home Server as a business (SOHO/SME) platform, I don't think it's a good idea. Windows Home Server is designed for home use. It can  be a simple workgroup file server, and it does great backups, but any capabilities outside those Microsoft has included are, umm, going to be problematic in a number of ways, for a number of reasons. Microsoft has operating systems that are designed to be a small business platform, but Windows Home Server isn't one of them.

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  • Marked as answer by iwatchlive Thursday, July 16, 2009 4:16 PM

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