Today I received the beta invitation from Microsoft for Windows Home Server. I was able to download the DVD iso, but I could not find a way to directly install from the windows box; as none of the setup programs are available within the ISO files. Only option it is allowing is to reboot using the DVD.

I made a DVD using Nero, and upon booting from the DVD, it was able to load the image and then I can see that the screen with “Setup is initializing…”… but suddenly in the middle, I get the “Windows Home Server Setup Error” dialog with the message “Could not initialize UI subsystem” ..up on clicking OK…it boots back to original OS ‘Vista Ultimate’ that I had on that system. It is bit annoy, not sure if it is because of the bad DVD or corrupted files. I may retry with another image