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 Post subject: uTorrent and WHS2011
PostPosted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:16 pm 
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Anyone have any experience installing uTorrent as a service on WHS2011?

I had this running on my WHSv1 box with no problems, and was hoping to hear about similar experiences.

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 Post subject: Re: uTorrent and WHS2011
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It runs fine on WHS 2011, even as a service.

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 Post subject: Re: uTorrent and WHS2011
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That's good to know.

How did you get it working on WHS2011?

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 Post subject: Re: uTorrent and WHS2011
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Just installed it using rdp into the MSS. There was no magic, I downloaded the lastest level and did the install. Everything went fine, then used microsoft tool to make it a service.

Edit: Here's a link that will give you some idea http://jack.ukleja.com/utorrent-service ... rver-2011/ but there are other links as well. I used this one as a basic guide but did install 3.0 of the torrent program. Use google, you can find out how to do anything.

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 Post subject: Re: uTorrent and WHS2011
PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:33 pm 
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So basically the same as it was on WHSv1.

I've checked out Installing uTorrent on WHS “Vail” as Service and Utorrent On Whs2011.

I like the idea of just installing it as a scheduled task.

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 Post subject: Re: uTorrent and WHS2011
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Success! Here's what I did.

1. Install
Downloaded version 3.1 of uTorrent from the official web page and copied the installer to my server then installed just the program, not the browser bar or any of the other guff. I also did not request starting the program when Windows starts.



2. Configure
I went into Preferences and set up my directory structure:
New Downloads: D:\ServerFolders\Torrents\Incomplete
Completed Downloads: D:\ServerFolders\Torrents\Complete
Load Torrents from: D:\ServerFolders\Torrents\Dropbox
(with "Delete loaded .torrents" checked)

I also enabled and configured the scheduler - I like my evening and weekend bandwidth. The "Remote" function is new to me, so I expanded the "Advanced" setting and selected Web UI, then enabled the Web UI and confirmed the alternative listening port.



3. Test
I accessed the Web UI from the server locally, then from my desktop. Finally, I tried using my remote access address. This didn't initially work because I had the wrong IP Address in my port forwarding, but a quick change fixed this.



4. Schedule
I started Task Scheduler, selected "Create Task", called the new task "TorrentService", selected "Run whether user is logged on or not", and under "Configure for" selected "Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2".

Under the Triggers tab I clicked New and selected "Begin the task At startup".

Under the Actions tab I clicked New and selected "STart a program" and navigated to "C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent\" to select uTorrent.exe

I checked the Conditions tab.

Under the Settings tab I unchecked "Stop the task if it runs longer than: 3 days".

When I clicked OK the system asked me for my administration password, which I entered. I confirmed the task "TorrentService" was running, and rebooted my server to test it.


5. Server Folder
After confirming that on reboot I could access the Web UI both locally and using the Remote Web access I opened the Dashboard, went to Server Folders and Hard Drives, and added a new Server folder called "Torrents" and set the Location to D:\ServerFolders\Torrents



Dropped a torrent into the Dropbox and I can confirm this is working a treat.

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