Unfortunately, software failure is relatively high even compared to hardware failure. Microsoft sells us crippleware, then randsonware, which is more like crimeware, because it’s always causing us all the need of buying more solution for the failed solution we original had bought.

–> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
–> Microsoft Money 2007
–> Microsoft Office Excel
–> Microsoft Digital Image Library
–> Microsoft Windows Vista Photo Gallery
–> Microsoft Windows Live Photo Gallery
–> Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
–> Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
–> Microsoft Windows Media Player 11
–> Microsoft Zune Software
–> Microsoft Virtual PC 2008
–> Microsoft Project 2000
–> Microsoft SyncToy 2.0 Beta

Notice a developing pattern?

Ask Kevin Beares, Microsoft’s Community Lead for Windows Home Server. Better yet, get him to deny it here! He will NOT. Because, WHS data file corruption bugs get reported all the time.

kbeares@microsoft.com

Walter’s Website: mywoodfamily.us
Walter’s posting on:
http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2007/12/28/ed-bott-has-more-on-the-data-corruption-bug/

And another thing, if WHS DE must be totally rewritten, that’s obviously a very good indication just how messed up WHS is!

It’s been about 1 year since this flaw was reported to Microsoft during the beta period. It’s been about 5 months since WHS was sold to the public… In all this time, Microsoft knew about the flaw and yet we wait, and wait…

It’s so obvious in how a few pat their back for a fine great job, only these types don’t offer a fix or resolution and think that’s accepted to all those that had their data corrupted. Buggy WHS has many other issues, this is just the tip of the iceberg!

Obviously, Microsoft KB 946676 tells you there is a serious flaw in regards to data corruption. Who wants to risk their data on a product that’s been known to corrupt your data?

Why not switch to a proven and FREE server such as a Linux distro? You can run them without worry, even on a CD/DVD, USB Drive or in a virtual machine as well without requiring a second PC just to serve files.

By the way, D-link, Linksys (NSLU2) and even Belkin use Linux for their NAS units… and they work! You can also look at Qnap TS 209 Pro, Synology 207+ Pro, Excito Bubba Miniserver, Seagate, Western Digital, FreeNAS, which all run on Linux…

See: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/nas-linux/

That being said, how can I put together a WHS machine without using WHS? Seems like this should be a thread somewhere. I imagine one could do this using Windows XP Pro, Vista, Windows Server 2000 or 2003. I look forward to your insights.

Microsoft Internal Emails Show Dismay With Vista
http://www.yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/28/1746211

Microsoft knew Vista was unready – report
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/28/microsoft-knew-vista-unready

Microsoft knew of Vista shortcoming prior to release
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsoft-knew-vista-shortcoming-prior/story.aspx?guid=%7B75BE59C7-EFA1-48B5-B4A4-90F5E01A52A0%7D

Microsoft Foresaw Vista Problems
http://www.online.wsj.com/article/SB120425216737201943.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Dell Pointed Out Vista Mistakes, Internal Documents Show
http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18002573FE006B7266.html?ref=technology

Buggy WHS is also flawed too! ;(

Why shouldn’t Microsoft take responsibility to just FIX the problem that effects everyone using WHS instead?

What is more important, that you think, “MS has got way too much invested in this (DE) technology” or for the fact individuals will experience data corruption, where priceless family photos, videos and their data succumbs to worthless memory?

You’re obviously thinking of Microsoft’s own ass, rather than the greater needs of society and certainly us customers. I suppose you work for Microsoft, so you cannot help understand how people should come first.

And anyone saying, they haven’t personally as yet experienced the WHS data corruption flaw hasn’t taken into consideration the rest of us who already lost our data to WHS. Must a million more suffer to prove a point?

So the next time you see someone drowning, by all means keep telling yourself, it’s NOT me drowning. How about caring about someone else other than just yourself!!!

It’s a good thing fanboy’s like to play around with their own computers, being how they don’t store financial data as I do for the Bank of New York (Mellon). Just imagine how bad the economy would slip into a recession with our financial data becoming corrupt, loss or stolen. Obviously, this is where the boys are separated from the men.

The WHS data corruption flaw should have NEVER made it’s way into a public release.

1) Microsoft Windows Vista Photo Gallery
2) Microsoft Windows Live Photo Gallery
3) Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
4) Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
5) Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
6) Microsoft Money 2007
7) Microsoft Office Excel Microsoft Windows Media Player 11
9) Microsoft Zune Software
10) Microsoft Virtual PC 2008
11) Microsoft Digital Image Library
12) Microsoft Project 2000
13) Microsoft SyncToy 2.0 Beta

But by all means, say WHS is outstanding.

And another thing, WHS doesn’t need to be to be any under heavy load just to cause data corruption, so says Microsoft KB 946676.

There needs to be a class action lawsuit here, on behalf of everyone who’s been suckered into yet another misleading misdirected and fraudulent misrepresentation of this failed software product by Microsoft!

Did Microsoft tell anyone purchasing WHS that so many software applications, even it’s own would result in data corruption? Was there a warning label? Was there some indication that what was promised was actually provided in all truth?

You can call WHS whatever you want, but that fact is and remains, WHS doesn’t do what was promised, what was advertised and what was paid to do by customers!

How about the next time you buy gasoline to drive you automobile, would you mind if it had 20% water?

Would you mind if you bought food, and it had rusty nails?

Would you mind or even care if your doctor whom you ask to tend to your broken finger just removed your whole arm?

Why should a home server be allowed to corrupt your data, at any time, because of a known flaw Microsoft was made aware of way before public release?

Can’t the WHS hardware and user community ‘movers and shakers’ jointly pressure MS to be more responsive to this problem??

MS has got way too much invested in this technology, and how it fits into their global view of the information world, to not respond to heavy negative public pressure, IMHO…

I think WHS is an outstanding piece of software and I could not (and would not want to) live without it now. I’m not for one minute saying that WHS is perfect – far from it, just check the WHS forums on Microsoft. But it is very good, and can only get better with subsequent fixes and new versions.

WHS backs up four of my pcs with out a hitch. It lets my friends log on remotely and listen to music. It lets me stream movies and music. It lets me log on to my home PCs at while I’m at work. It stores 100GB of media and personal files in a redundant manner. All in all, it is an extremely useful piece of kit.

I haven’t experienced the data corruption bug – which, it should be pointed out – ONLY happens when the server is under heavy load.

People bashing WHS when they haven’t even used it and experienced problems – why should we even care what you think? Jog on.

My WHS is connected to a Linksys WRT350N wireless N router. We have an XBox 360 that’s also connected to the router via the new Linksys wireless N gaming router.

We have the XBox 360 connected to a 32 inch HDTV via the HDMI cable.

We use the XBox 360 as a Windows Media Extender via a Windows Vista Ultimate computer that’s also connected to the router.

The XBox is setup as a media extender via Windows Media Center in the Windows Vista Computer. All of the Videos, Music and Photos on the WHS is added to the Windows Vista Media Center as part of it’s library.

We are able to play WMV, DivX and XviD video from our WHS via the XBox on the HDTV.

We’ve watched hours of movies from the WHS without a glitch.

Works great, give it a try.

And if you haven’t as yet notice the growing list of software applications that are experiencing DATA CORRUPTION, you’re just NOT seeing the whole point as to why the rest of us don’t want to sacrifice our data, financial data, photos and videos, etc…

And WHS sucks at streaming videos, for all those who don’t know yet. No HD 1080p or wireless connectivity support at all!

This isn’t even a backup solution at all. Microsoft has told everyone that you need to backup WHS. That means a backup for the backup. Geez, some individuals are just stuck on Microsoft as if glued in bottomless pits!

I’m NOT the only one here experience data corruption, and we didn’t buy WHS to have our data corrupted and at risk!

Them Microsoft fanboy’s have been claiming Microsoft will come up with a fix, and yet this was reported in beta, released as RTM last year, and now several months later into the new year, still no resolution and NOT even a word as to WHEN this serious flaw if ever will be provided.

WHS has many other bugs, it’s NOT only data corruption too! For anyone else reading this, you had better think seriously as to why anyone would want to invest all their data as a centralized storage appliance that has major problems, such as limited storage ability due to it;s design, no active directory, lack of 64bit support at this time, and rebooting issues that cause backup data corruption of all your PC backup files at once!

See, choices. They’re a good thing.

You got to be joking!

Just Turn off WHS and return it back for a full refund for a failed product. That being what it is.