By Kelly Fiveash → More by this author
Microsoft has admitted that it will not deliver a fix to a Windows Home
Server data corruption bug it first discovered late last year until
June at the earliest.
The firm confessed to the massive delay on a Technet blog post
yesterday.
It claimed that only a "small percentage" of people have been affected
by the bug. Apparently it corrupts data on a number of well-known
Microsoft and third-party applications when the programs are used to
edit or transfer files in the firm's latest server operating system for
the low-end, home user market.
The software giant first became aware of the problem, affecting servers
that have more than one hard drive running Windows Home Server in
December last year.
Apps on the tech multinational's data corruption list include Windows
Vista Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Microsoft Office
Outlook 2007, Microsoft Money 2007, Intuit QuickBooks and BitTorrent
client uTorrent.
"Fixing this issue is the Windows Home Server team's top priority and
the team is making good progress on the fix," claimed Microsoft
tech-bods. "We understand the issue really well at this point – it is
at an extremely low level of the operating system and it requires
thorough testing to ensure that the fix addresses the issue.
"Our current plan is to release beta test versions of a fix over the
next few months, with a final version currently estimated for June
2008, although that date could change as testing progresses. Thorough
testing of the fix is critical and will take time."
However, "truly frustrated" Microsoft evangelist Volker Will, who lost
180Gb of data after his system was downed by the bug, complained about
the problem on his blog back in January.
"I might wait until version 2.0, if I ever decide to install it again,"
he wrote. "The current piece will be permanently banned from our home
by the weekend. Sorry folks, I think it is a GREAT idea, this
implementation is just not ready for prime time."
In fact, the poor guy even fell out with his missus over the data
corruption debacle.
"BTW, thanks to Home Server my wife stopped talking to me as she is now
really mad at me. Not only are some of our pictures gone, I spent
countless hours in my room figuring out what the hell is wrong instead
of with the family," he added. ® --
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/11/microsoft_windows_home_server_bug/
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