Unfortunately, the Microsoft update KB5066835 from October 2025 has unpleasant side effects on HttpListener, which is also used by Lights-Out on the server. Who is affected? All users who operate a Windows 11 computer as a server with Lights-Out. It is not possible to log in, either from the clients or via the console. Solution […]
The latest Windows Update from February 2023 introduced an issue on Windows Server 2022 that also affects Lights-Out. What is the problem? Lights-Out internally accesses the command line tool powercfg.exe. Powercfg.exe was corrupted by the latest Windows update. If you run then the program hangs and puts 100% load on one CPU core. And this […]
We published two updates yesterday. Lights-Out 2.5.3 and Lights-Out Mobile on Android 3.0.0.4361. Important: Prepare for Lights-Out 3! Lights-Out 3 will soon be available. If you have up-to-date “maintenance and support”, you’re ready to upgrade to Lights-Out 3 for free. If your “maintenance and support” has expired and you wish to upgrade to Lights-Out 3, […]
Lights-Out 2.5.2 maintenance release is now available. Lights-Out 2.5.2 addresses issues reported by our customers. #764356, Timer removed after Standby #466884 Fixed Console does no longer show recorded events #638492 Fixed unreliable wake-ups (tasks missed) #550438 Improved backup history (missing backups results) Fixed parameter “-update” for LightsOut2.Server.SSL application Fixed bug with downloading updates Improved handling […]
We published Lights-Out 2.5.1 maintenance release today. This is a minor bug fix release and addresses issues reported by our customers. #354962 Fixed failing login after server rename or domain join #200111 Fixed scaling issues in Remote Desktop from High DPI system to server #491426 Fixed client installer warning “RemoteRegistry Service not running” #252270 Fixed […]
Since today the popular Home-Server-Forum is available again at https://forum.home-server-blog.de Unfortunately it took longer than expected, but now the different Windows-Home-Server versions can be discussed again. Lights-Out Support is also open to everyone again via the forum. Customers with a license can of course always open a ticket.
Today we published a Lights-Out maintenance release 2.0.3 which fixes issues reported by our users since release of 2.0.2. What’s new in Lights-Out maintenance release 2.0.3? With the previous Lights-Out maintenance release 2.0.2 we enabled the use of the modern TLS protocols 1.2 and 1.1. During the initial phase, the client and server select the […]
Today we published a Lights-Out maintenance release 2.0.2 which fixes issues reported by our users since release of 2.0.1. See below for a complete list of all fixes. It also includes a new console feature and a server feature to monitor Windows Updates. What’s new in Lights-Out maintenance release 2.0.2? Console The console does now […]
Last week, Terry Walsh at We Got Served, announced to close his forums. From the beginning, we were part of the Home Server community and have been loyal to WGS for many years for English-speaking support. But now we’ve been forced to move the English-speaking forums to a new home. A new home After some […]
Today we published maintenance release 2.0.1 which fixes issues reported by our users since release of 2.0.0. See below for a complete list of all fixes. It also includes a new feature which allows waking multiple computers. What’s new in maintenance release 2.0.1? In this release, we added one new feature which was already available […]