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Microsoft is researching a fix for a bug in Windows Home Server that could corrupt some files saved with certain applications.…more

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Looks like we’ve got a definitive answer to “How would you change Windows Home Server?” — make it so it doesn’t corrupt data. Microsoft has just posted a Knowledge Base document saying that it’s confirmed WHS corrupts various files when saved to the server by certain apps. The bug affects several MS apps, including Money, Outlook 2007, Vista Photo Gallery, Live Photo Gallery, and SyncToy, but it also hits Quicken, Quickbooks, and — fatally for a media server — BitTorrent clients. Microsoft says it’s working on a fix, but that in the meantime, you should avoid using WHS with these apps.

[Via Computerworld, thanks Tanner E.]

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crustymonkey points out a ComputerWorld article which says that “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.” Crustymonkey asks Don’t back up your files to Windows Home Server, as recommended by Microsoft themselves? I’m not exactly what the point is in having a home server if you can’t back up files on it.”

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