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Would You Really Trust Your ISP to Back-Up Your Data?

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Online backup is set to go large in the next four years, according to a recent study, and your ISP is sharpening its profit pencil. But who would you trust to look after your data?

Windows Home Server Team Announce Power Pack 1 Public Beta With Data Corruption Bug Fix

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

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A post in the last few minutes over on the WHS Team blog has announced a forthcoming public beta of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 in May, which will be bundled with a fix for the long-standing data corruption bug. The team report that “great progress is being made” on the bug fix, and a [...]

HP Update Regarding the Windows Home Server Data Corruption Bug

Friday, March 28, 2008

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I had the opportunity to catch up with Allen Buckner from the HP MediaSmart team yesterday, regarding progress on the data corruption bug. He told me that HP share Microsoft’s point of view that the bug has only hit a very small percentage of their customers, although reiterating that whilst it’s an obscure bug, it [...]

Should Microsoft Release Windows Home Server PP1 Now?

Monday, March 10, 2008

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Todd Headrick (who is the Product Planner over on the Windows Home Server team) is seeking some feedback from the community on a question. Earlier today, Microsoft revealed that the Data Corruption bug fix was currently scheduled for June 2008 - previously, we’ve been advised that Power Pack 1 would be held back until the bug [...]

Windows Home Server Data Corruption Bug Fix Slated for June 2008

Monday, March 10, 2008

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At long last, Microsoft today released a number of communications around the long-standing Windows Home Server Data Corruption bug, providing more details on the cause of the bug and outlining plans to release a fix for the issue in June 2008. In a post today on the Windows Home Server Team blog, the team stated that Microsoft now understood [...]

Data Corruption Bug - Microsoft Will Communicate On Monday

Saturday, March 8, 2008

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Seems like we’ll all get an update at some point on Monday from Microsoft regarding the status of the data corruption bug. Stay tuned to WGS, the Windows Home Server Team Blog and Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Medion Delay Windows Home Server Release Due to Data Corruption Bug

Friday, March 7, 2008

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Personal Computer World are reporting that German OEM Medion are delaying the release of their long-awaited Windows Home Server hardware in Europe until Microsoft release a fix for the Data Corruption Bug which has been identified in the product. Whilst the device is on show at Cebit over in Germany this week, UK product manager Rick Munday [...]

The Media Center Show, With Ian Dixon and… Me.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

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It’s a shame that I’m on The Media Center show this week having to discuss the Windows Home Server data corruption bug, rather than other more inspiring aspects of life with Windows Home Server, but there you go. Big thanks to Ian for getting in touch to help us communicate what the bug is all about, and [...]

Data Corruption Bug - The Media Center Show Interview

Friday, February 22, 2008

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Just got off the phone with Ian Dixon who interviewed me regarding the data corruption bug for next week’s Media Center Show. Whilst a few websites appear to have gone into meltdown regarding this week’s KB update, we both thought it was important to get some clarity back into the situation, as well destroy a couple of [...]

Data Corruption Bug - List of Potential Applications Affected Grows

Thursday, February 21, 2008

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Microsoft today updated KB 946676 which is the Knowledge Base article covering the Windows Home Server data corruption bug. This bug causes data to be corrupted when you try to edit or save certain files directly on the home server within certain applications. As well as fixing the original publication date of the article, worrying, Microsoft states [...]