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Microsoft's Windows Home Server corrupts files
Gregg Keizer
December 26, 2007 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. has warned Windows Home
Server users not to edit files stored on their backup systems with several
of its programs, including Vista Photo Gallery and Office's OneNote and
Outlook, as well as files generated by popular finance software such as
Quicken and QuickBooks.
"When you use certain programs to edit files on a home computer that uses
Windows Home Server, the files may become corrupted when you save them to
the home server," Microsoft said in a support document posted last week.
The document went on to list the software, which includes Windows Vista
Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo Gallery, OneNote 2003, OneNote 2007,
Outlook 2007, Microsoft Money 2007 and SyncToy 2.0 Beta. Others programs,
however, may also corrupt files stored on a home server powered by
Microsoft's operating system.
"Additionally, there have been customer reports of issues with Torrent
applications, with Intuit Quicken and with QuickBooks program files," the
document said. "Until an update for Windows Home Server is available, we
recommend that [you] do not use the programs that are listed to save or to
edit program-specific files that are stored on a Windows Home Server-based
system."
Microsoft blamed the problem on a glitch within Windows Home Server's shared
folders. The company said it had reproduced the bug and would post any new
information to the document tagged as KB946676.
"Our development team is working full-time through the holidays to diagnose
and address this issue," claimed an anonymous posting last Thursday to the
Microsoft blog dedicated to Windows Home Sever.
Windows Home Server, which was unveiled nearly a year ago by Chairman Bill
Gates at the Consumer Electronics Show, is a heavily modified version of
Windows Server 2003 designed for consumers and small businesses.
Hewlett-Packard Co. launched the first hardware powered by Windows Home
Server, its $599 and $749 MediaSmart Servers, last month and is now shipping
systems to customers.
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Nothing against Microsoft....just thought you may need to know.
jim
Gregg Keizer
December 26, 2007 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. has warned Windows Home
Server users not to edit files stored on their backup systems with several
of its programs, including Vista Photo Gallery and Office's OneNote and
Outlook, as well as files generated by popular finance software such as
Quicken and QuickBooks.
"When you use certain programs to edit files on a home computer that uses
Windows Home Server, the files may become corrupted when you save them to
the home server," Microsoft said in a support document posted last week.
The document went on to list the software, which includes Windows Vista
Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo Gallery, OneNote 2003, OneNote 2007,
Outlook 2007, Microsoft Money 2007 and SyncToy 2.0 Beta. Others programs,
however, may also corrupt files stored on a home server powered by
Microsoft's operating system.
"Additionally, there have been customer reports of issues with Torrent
applications, with Intuit Quicken and with QuickBooks program files," the
document said. "Until an update for Windows Home Server is available, we
recommend that [you] do not use the programs that are listed to save or to
edit program-specific files that are stored on a Windows Home Server-based
system."
Microsoft blamed the problem on a glitch within Windows Home Server's shared
folders. The company said it had reproduced the bug and would post any new
information to the document tagged as KB946676.
"Our development team is working full-time through the holidays to diagnose
and address this issue," claimed an anonymous posting last Thursday to the
Microsoft blog dedicated to Windows Home Sever.
Windows Home Server, which was unveiled nearly a year ago by Chairman Bill
Gates at the Consumer Electronics Show, is a heavily modified version of
Windows Server 2003 designed for consumers and small businesses.
Hewlett-Packard Co. launched the first hardware powered by Windows Home
Server, its $599 and $749 MediaSmart Servers, last month and is now shipping
systems to customers.
from
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9054178
Nothing against Microsoft....just thought you may need to know.
jim