Microsoft updated its Knowledge Base KB946676 today, which is the bug related to the Zune Software.
SYMPTOMS
When you use certain programs to edit files on a home computer that uses Windows Home Server, the files may become corrupted when you save them to the home server. This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
You edit files that are located in a shared folder on the home server.
You use one of the following programs to edit the files or to save the files to the home server:
Microsoft has successfully reproduced corruptions for the following nine programs:
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
The following programs have been reported by customers as having caused corruptions. However, we have not yet been able to reproduce corruptions.
Photoshop Elements
Zune Software
Apple iTunes
TagScanner
Mozilla Thunderbird
Adobe Lightroom
Intuit Quicken
MS Digital Image Library
MP3BookHelper
ACDSee
WinAmp
Windows Media Player 11
Microsoft Office Excel
Visual DataFlex
Note You may also experience this issue when you use other programs that are not listed here.
Note This issue affects only Windows Home Server. This issue does not affect any other versions of Windows Server or of Windows Small Business Server.
CAUSE
This issue may occur because of a recently discovered problem with Windows Home Server shared folders and with certain programs.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available. This issue can now be reproduced by using an automated test harness. This process will help Microsoft develop a fix.
Until an update for Windows Home Server is available, we recommend that you do not use the programs that are listed in the “Symptoms” section to save or to edit program-specific files that are stored on a Windows Home Server-based system. This issue only affects Windows Home Server systems that have more than one hard disk drive added to the server storage.
MORE INFORMATION
Before you store files on a system that is running Windows Home Server, make sure that you have a backup copy of any important program files. You can still use the Windows Home Server home computer backup process to back up and to restore files on your home computers. The Windows Home Server home computer backup service is not affected by this issue. [via Microsoft]
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Dear Zuner,
I am the owner/lead programmer of Applause Software in Boston, a Visual DataFlex business solutions firm, and I have a google watch on Visual DataFlex…
I would like to ask for details on your listing of Visual DataFlex in this list.
It is unlikely that a Visual DataFlex application would cause data corruption in this environment, but it is very likely, that because programs written prior to the UAC of Vista came to being, that a VDF program trying to access a registry value could produce error messages that would be mistaken for corruption.
In addition, users of Visual DataFlex are not aware of the exact backend database used for their application since it could be one of many including Oracle, DataFlex embedded database, Pervasive, MS-SQL, or other backend.
I would like to offer my services to get to the heart of this matter and as a professional developer in the language for 25+ years I would like to challenge this information at the source and ask for a consultation with the firm reporting this information please.
Until then, please to anyone watching this thread with VDF kindly consult your system IT professional for more informative information prior to canning your application! PS: Always make a backup! Don’t wait for a reason!
Thanks,
Peter A Donovan
Applause Software of Boston
[ a google will find me ]
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Hi Peter,
According to Microsoft, Visual DataFlex “has been reported by customers as having caused corruptions. However, we have not yet been able to reproduce corruptions.”
It’s a big concern for the advanced Zune users, but I believe must of us have at least one backup, since the Zune Software was buggy since day one.
Thanks a lot for the additional information.
Best regards,
Yongbo