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Microsoft to patch Home Server corruption bug -- in June

Time: 01:01 EST/06:01 GMT | News Source: ComputerWorld | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

Microsoft Corp. today said its engineers were still "heads down working" on the data corruption bug that has plagued Windows Home Server since late last year, but it acknowledged that a fix won't be released until June at the earliest.

In a post to a company blog, the WHS team said it had updated a support document to provide more information on the flaw -- even as it continued to downplay the threat. "We are aware of only a very small percentage of users with confirmed instances of this issue, and we believe that most people are unlikely to be affected," the team said.

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#1 By 2960 (72.196.195.185) at Tuesday, March 11, 2008 07:52:24 AM

You know, this is really unacceptable.

TL

#2 By 54556 (68.35.10.96) at Tuesday, March 11, 2008 07:59:48 AM

Isn't this the bug that was dismissed in this forum as being unrealistic expectations?

#3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Tuesday, March 11, 2008 09:10:48 AM

#3: Something like that. All the apologists were screaming about how nobody edits backed-up files, so the fact that doing so would corrupt your files is your own stupid fault (you dummy). That seems to be a common defense vector: if you get screwed by MS somehow, it's not their fault for screwing you; it's your fault for not knowing better.

#4 By 3653 (65.80.181.153) at Tuesday, March 11, 2008 08:53:12 PM

I love how we, with no info at all... profess to know more about this than those who spent their days (every day) doing this for a living.

AWers... read this and apply it to yourselves...

http://www.brandonleblanc.com/2008/02/28/i-learned-a-lesson-this-week-about-microsoft/

#5 By 9589 (68.17.52.2) at Tuesday, March 11, 2008 09:35:43 PM

I don't know about this bug, but I can say that the HP/MHS combo is terrific. I live during the week near my work, but travel some distance to my home on the weekends to be with my wife. So, I bought the HP MHS and put it on my network at my weekend home.

It's great!. I bought the minimum hard drive version (1 X 500GB HDD) and then, pulled that out and replaced it with 4 X 1TB HDDs and 1 x 1TB eSATA external drive for a total of 5TBs of hard drive space. I connected it to my wireless router/switch and plugged in my Dell MP printer/fax/copier/scanner. I installed the software on my desktops and laptop and volila! - one network finished. Time - about 15 mintures. On Monday, I installed the software on my desktop at work and my desktops and laptop at my condo. I can now connect over the Internet to it from either work or my condo.

Instead of having several computers all with different datasets on them (music, photos, videos, financial information, etc), I now have one. Instead of several computers with various backups at various locations, I now have one. If I need a file I can get it wherever I am so long as I have a comptuer and an Internet connection.

I have gotten my kids (they are grown up and living in D.C. and Boston) set up on the MHS. They can log on any time and retrieve/deliver family photos, a program, anything. If they want to leave me something that has to have my signature, they send it to the printer at the house. They can even use it to fax a file from it. It is becoming the entire family's network server.

I spent a little less than $2k for the HP MediaSmart EX470, five 1TB drives and an external eSATA enclosure. My family (and friends) are looking forward to many years of use from it.

Great idea, Microsoft and HP!

Here's a demo page at HP's web site that explains some of its features:http://www.hp.com/united-states/digitalentertainment/mediasmart/serverdemo/msserver.html?jumpid=re_r602_de_artgen_lnav_psg_msserverdemo_447351 .

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