Windows Home Server doesn’t (didn’t) do x64

If you try to run the Windows Home Server Connector CD on a Vista x64 machine you get this:

To get it to install on Vista 64 you need to bypass SETUP.EXE to get the connector to install. With the Windows Home Server Connector CD in a drive, open a command prompt with Administrator privileges and type the following:

msiexec /i "D:\WHSConnector.msi" WHSMSI="RUNSETUP"

Which results in a much more hopeful beginning as shown below:

Backup doesn't work (at all) for Vista 64 machines, but you can share files with other users and your XBOX 360, and that's what's important something anyway.

Thanks to this post on the Ms Windows Home Server blog for the tip.