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Data Corruption Bug - List of Potential Applications Affected Grows
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 [...]
Continue reading...Add-In: Vista Caller-ID Home Server
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Vista Caller-ID is a free Windows Vista application that tracks and announces phone calls. It uses your Voice or Data Modem and Caller ID service provided by your local phone company in order to identify who’s calling. The team have now released an accompanying add-in for Windows Home Server, which automatically saves and logs caller ID information [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft to Support WHS vNext in the Second Half of 2008?
Friday, February 8, 2008
Activewin are running an article suggesting that someone over at Microsoft may have let slip the support schedule for 2008, which apparently includes plans to support “Windows Home Server vNext” in the second half of 2008. At this point, to my knowledge, Microsoft haven’t released any official guidance on release dates or features for Windows Home [...]
Continue reading...Data Corruption Bug - HP Guidance for MediaSmart Server Customers
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
As you’re aware, an obscure, but particularly nasty bug was highlighted in Windows Home Server’s Drive Extender technology in December, that in some cases could corrupt files on the home server that were being edited in certain applications. The Microsoft Knowledge Base article communicating the bug was updated this week, bizarrely removing a lot of the background [...]
Continue reading...What’s Happening With That Data Corruption Bug?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
You may be thinking that whilst the guys from the Windows Home Server team are out here at CES working the crowds, no-one’s back in Redmond nailing that data corruption bug. From discussions I had with the team yesterday, they have nothing official to share right now in terms of timings on a fix, but [...]
Continue reading...CES 2008: HP MediaSmart Range Product Data Sheets Online
Monday, January 7, 2008
Following last week’s announcement of the new HP MediaSmart range on show here at CES, you can now download product data sheets for the MediaSmart TV, MediaSmart Receiver MediaSmart Server and the MediaVault. More Info: HP at CES
Continue reading...WHS Data Corruption Issue: KB 946676 - Only Applies to Multi-Drive Home Servers
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
One little nuggest of information came out of our monthly MVP call with the WHS Product Team tonight. The data corruption bug you’ve been hearing about will not occur on home servers running with just a single drive. Home Servers with multiple hard drives are at risk of the bug occurring (once again, check the KB [...]
Continue reading...WHS Data Corruption Issue: KB 946676 Updated
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Those of you tracking the data corruption issue which was reported last week will be interested to know that the Knowledge Base article outlining the issue has been updated. The update provides more details on how the issue occurs and reassures users that computer backup and restore is not affected. Update as of December 28, 2007 This issue [...]
Continue reading...Ed Bott Has More on the Data Corruption Bug
Friday, December 28, 2007
Ed Bott has more news on the data corruption bug, specifically the scenario in which the bug occurs and some behind the scenes context around the KB article - worth a read. There’s been a huge amount of online vitriol poured out around this issue, which is probably to be expected given the seriousness of the [...]
Continue reading...Potential Data Corruption Issue - KB 946676
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Overnight (here in the UK) the Windows Home Server team posted on their blog about a potential data corruption issue that WHS users have experienced when using the following products to save files to Windows Home Server: Windows Vista Photo Gallery Windows Live Photo Gallery Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Microsoft Money 2007 SyncToy 2.0 Beta Various Bittorrent [...]
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- WHS Data Corruption Issue: KB 946676 - Only Applies to Multi-Drive Home Servers
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
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