Experience Level: Standard

ASoft AutoExit for Windows Home Server is a console add-in for Windows Home Server.

It can be used to shut down, reboot client machines in your home network
from within the console.

Other options are: suspend, hibernate, log off, lock workstation and the
server itself can be shut down or rebooted!

The server can be woken up via WOL from the client.

Sending a message to the different machines can also be done.

There is even support for opening a Remote Desktop session to the remote
machines and to the server!

Statistics are kept of all actions, so that a detailed trace can be viewed
on when certain actions were executed.

ASoft Live! Is now supported to inform the user when a new update is
available.

Developer: Asoft

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Release History

v. 2009 (12/08/09)

• Wake On Lan all clients.
• Send a message to all connected clients.
• Warn users when the server is going down.
• Support for Windows 7.
• Possibility to the Wake On Lan port to send to.
• Possibility to enable easy logging on the client side.
• Mac-address of the server is retrieved when opening the diagnostic dialog and the Mac field being empty.
• When downloading an update, it is automatically saved to the ‘Server\Software’ or ‘Server\Logiciel’ folder, if none of these exist the browse directory dialog is shown.
• Fix: On some machines the actions did not work and an error 998 was displayed, this has been fixed.
• Fix: Fixed issue that settings in Vista/Windows 7 weren’t read correctly and because of this AutoWOL Server didn’t work.
• Fix: Now when a client comes out of sleep, a WOL packet is sent to the server if enabled.
• Fix: Small improvement to the update dialog to show the product name.
• Fix: When using hibernate/sleep, the machine sometimes couldn’t be enabled again.
• Fix: Detects if Remote Desktop is enabled on a Home Edition.

v.2008 R2

• Much easier to set up, minimal configuring needed.
• Support Hibernation mode
• Support Sleep mode
• Logging of a user
• Locking the machine
• Client software to install on each client machine to support more features
• Diagnostics module in the client that checks if hibernation & sleep is supported and if Remote Desktop is supported.
• It gives a set of instructions when one of these aren’t configured.
• Cancel a shutdown from the client.
• WOL Server from client is now possible. So waking up the server can now be done from every client.
• WOL Server from client automatically. This allows you to automatically WOL the server when a certain clients starts up.
• Gives a notification the first time the addin starts up with a small instruction set.
• Checks for new versions, when logging into the console or manually.
• The help is extended by a guideline document which is placed on the server so that it is easily accessible from the whole network, that contains the whole help on how to do the install, setup, troubleshooting completely with screenshots on how to do it in the different versions of Windows.
• Fixed issue with mac address, now a users can edit the mac address manually.
• When the list was refreshed and the popupmenu was open, the selection of the machine disappeared. Now the refresh doesn’t occur until the menu is closed.
• Option to shutdown the server
• 64bit support.

Experience Level: Standard

PowerSwitch puts Windows Home Server into Sleep or Hibernation and resumes it at user defined times.

In the tab you’ll see two time entries and a drop down for selecting power down state.  Simply select the times you want WHS to wake up and sleep, the method of shutdown (standby or hibernate if supported).

Please enter the administrator password into the dialog box.  For consistent operation of the shut down task you should enter this.  If you feel uncomfortable entering in your password you can wait to do until after the task scheduler task is created.  Then you can enter it into the task in the task scheduler (task name is PowerSwitchService).

If you happen to change your password while you have a task created you should change the password on the task itself.

Hit apply/ok and your WHS machine will merrily go to sleep and wake itself up at the specified times.

If you need to access your WHS machine, simply hit the on/off button on your WHS machine to start it.  If you’ve woken the machine before PowerSwitch.exe is suppose to turn it back you should kill the PowerSwitch.exe process before it attempts to shut the system back down (five minutes after start).  You can restart the process by executing C:\Program Files\PowerSwitch\PowerSwitch.exe.  This will immediately put your computer into hibernate or standby.

The developer is now no longer actively developing this add-in.

Developer: C Hanlon

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Release History

v0.82

• Final release (retired)