The Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 finally patches data corruption issue that was plaguing so many Home Server users for a long time. Computers running Windows Vista 64-bit are supported now after installing the Power Pack which was another point of criticism.

Add to that the ability to backup folder shares, improvements to remote access, performance gains and more efficient power consumption and you got a must have pack for Windows Home Server.

Users who want to read up on it can point their browser to the Knowledge Base article. (via Neowin) Everyone else can head straight to the download page to download the surprisingly (22 Megabytes, that’s half the six word dictionary update from a few days ago) small Power Pack.

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The issue is caused by security changed to the Terminal Service ActiveX control in Internet Explorer which is now disabled by default. Thankfully a workaround was posted already, here are the steps to fix the problem and enable Windows Home Server Remote Access again.

Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools > Manage Add-ons > Enable or Disable Add-ons to enable the Terminal Services ActiveX control again. If you see the Terminal Services control and are able to enable it you are done. If you cannot see it or cannot enable it you need to delete two keys in the Windows Registry instead which will also enable the Terminal Services ActiveX control again.

HKCU \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Ext \Settings \{7390f3d8-0439-4c05-91e3-cf5cb290c3d0}
HKCU\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Ext\ Settings\ {4eb89ff4-7f78-4a0f-8b8d-2bf02e94e4b2)

Once you have deleted those two keys the activeX control should be enabled again in Internet Explorer.

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