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Microsoft needs Windows Home Server test dummies
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| Microsoft is looking for Windows Home Server guinea pigs to test a public
| beta of a patch to a major corruption bug that has blighted the product since
| late last year.
|
| The bug, which corrupts data on a number of well-known Microsoft and
| third-party apps 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,
| first reared its ugly head in December.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/05/23/windows_home_server_public_beta/
This is a /mess/ [5]. They knowingly sell a broken product that shreds files
[6], without fix for almost a year [4]. When they did this with XBox, people
actually died [3] (arguably) and houses burned for a fact [1,2]. Windows XP
SP3 had similar issues [7,8].
Recent:
[1] Xbox 360 burns house down
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| An Xbox 360 has allegedly caused over $100,000 (£50,000/€62,000) worth of
| damage to an US gamer’s house, after the console’s power brick caught fire.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/04/21/arkansas_xbox_360_fire/
[2] Bill Gates May Have to Testify In Xbox Fire Case
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| The lawyer for the family of a teenage girl who was horribly burned in a
| house fire allegedly sparked by a faulty Xbox game console is threatening to
| have Microsoft chairman Bill Gates testify about the safety of his company's
| offshore manufacturing practices.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207000426
[3] http://slated.org/microsoft_kills_baby
[4] Microsoft admits big delay on Home Server bug fix
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| 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.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/11/microsoft_windows_home_server_bug/
[5] Microsoft Pulls Windows Home Server Backup Feature
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| The We Got Served blog cited several messages on the Windows Home Server
| (WHS) support forum from Power Pack 1 beta testers who claimed server-wide
| backup had been ditched because of difficult-to-solve bugs.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146013/microsoft_pulls_windows_home_server_backup_feature.html
[6] Stay Away from Home Server Day Care
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| The problem is fundamental in several ways. Data corruption or deletion
| occurs "when certain programs are used to edit or transfer files that are
| stored on a Windows Home Server-based computer that has more than one hard
| drive," according to the Microsoft support document. So, the problems are
| with file copying and data storage—both fundamental features—and occurring in
| the likeliest of scenarios: Multiple hard drives. Surely Microsoft must have
| known that the earliest adopters would be enthusiasts?
|
| Nine programs are associated with the data problems, seven of them from
| Microsoft.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/server/stay_away_from_home_server_day_care.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Data Corruption Bug - List of Potential Applications Affected Grows
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| In summary, Microsoft has reproduced the bug successfully with the following
| applications:
|
| * 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
| * Intuit QuickBooks
| * uTorrent
|
| Home Server users have reported the issue occurring with the following list
| of applications:
|
| * Photoshop Elements
| * Zune Software
| * Apple iTunes
| * TagScanner
| * Mozilla Thunderbird
| * Adobe Lightroom
| * Intuit QuickenMS Digital Image Library
| * MP3BookHelper
| * ACDSee
| * WinAmp
| * Windows Media Player 11
| * Microsoft Office Excel
| * Visual DataFlex
|
| So, to put this in perspective, the list of potential applications affected
| is growing.
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http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2008/02/21/data-corruption-bug-list-of-potential-applications-affected-grows/
News Briefs: 1-17-08
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| Windows Home Server Anti-evangelism. Microsoft technical evangelist Volker
| Will is really unhappy about Windows Home Server. I'm a big fan of the
| product marketing, but Will's anti-endorsement has me wondering about getting
| a HP MediaSmart Server as planned.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/news_briefs_11708.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Windows Home Server bug corrupts files
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| Given that the point of Windows Home Server is to allow you to store
| your media files, a bug in the storage process that could result in
| corrupted files is bound to get attention.
|
| Microsoft has issued a support document for the 13 or so (just
| kidding) people using Windows Home Server, the company's latest
| product for those attempting to build the digital home of the future.
| Apparently there's a flaw in the way Windows Home Server works with
| certain Microsoft applications, such as Windows Vista Photo Gallery,
| that could result in corrupted files if you use those applications to
| save files to the server. A list of the specific applications can be
| found in the support document.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9838093-37.html?tag=newsmap
[7] Windows XP SP3 still officially AWOL, but can be found on BitTorrent,
Microsoft servers
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| On Tuesday, in a low-key announcement on a support newsgroup, Microsoft said
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| it would delay the release of XP SP3 because of data corruption issues
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| between the updated operating system and its retail point-of-sale software.
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=intellectual_property_and_drm&articleId=9082098&taxonomyId=144&intsrc=kc_top
[8] XP change corrupts data, hamstrings SP3 rollout
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| A Microsoft spokeswoman on Wednesday acknowledged that the same problems
| affected Dynamics RMS users running XP SP3.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9081438&taxonomyId=89&intsrc=kc_top
Related:
Welcome to the Ubuntu Home Server Project
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| Ubuntu Home Server (UHS) will be an edition of the Ubuntu operating system
| which allows users to administer their home network.
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http://www.ubuntuhomeserver.org/
Who needs Windows Home Server with Linux around?
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| Is this a joke? I only recently started paying attention to Windows Home
| Server, since I tend to focus more on desktop operating systems and
| enterprise server systems. So I didn't realize until now that WHS is really
| just a vanilla file server.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9015653445.html
Will bad backups doom Windows Home Server?
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| Microsoft just announced it's working on Windows Home Server, which
| among other features, will automatically back up files on all PCs in
| the home. But if the product uses the same kind of brain-dead backup
| built into Windows Vista, this is a product that will be dead on arrival.
|
| The backup tool built into Windows Vista may be the worst utility
| every packed into an operating system. It doesn't allow you to back
| up individual files, folders or even file types. Instead, you have to
| back up every single file and folder of broad generic types.
|
| For example, if you want to back up a single picture, you have to back
| up every single graphic of every graphic file type on your entire PC,
| including all the graphics that Vista itself uses. This means you can
| be forced to back up hundreds of gigabytes of files if you only want
| to back up a few family photos.
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http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4303
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| In an entry on the Home Server blog, program manager Chris Sullivan
| said that the group has received nearly 2,400 bug reports so far from
| beta testers, and still had 495, or about 21% of the total, classified
| as "active."
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9014183&intsrc=news_ts_head
Will Windows Home Server be Microsoft’s next flop?
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| If you buy-off on the theory that the world seems to be heading in the
| opposite direction that Microsoft wants to lead it, then you can’t help but
| wonder what the long term prospects for an offering like Windows Home Server
| are. Not good, if you ask me.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=791
HP offers Linux home server
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| HP has unveiled a Linux-based home media server at half the price of its
| Microsoft-based MediaSmart model.
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http://www.computeractive.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2214568/hp-offer-linux-home-server
HP Media Vault 2100 Linux Server Reviewed: One Kick-Ass Little Penguin
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| In the end, this product isn't just another NAS, but a bold statement that HP
| is making, that it doesn't have to be saddled by the rough riders of Redmond
| when it can build (license?) its own practically identical box at a lower
| cost. Now I know that there are some things that you can only do with a
| PC-like server running a full OS, but honestly, what are they? I mean, do
| most people, even die-hard server-needers, give a crap? I want to know from
| you folks: Why bother with Windows Home Server when the Linux-based
| alternatives are on the surface equally friendly, equally powerful and—oh
| yeah—half the cost?
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http://gizmodo.com/373711/hp-media-vault-2100-linux-server-reviewed-one-kick+ass-little-penguin
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