Current workaround: don't edit files
If you're using Microsoft's Windows Home Server, you should be aware of a bug which causes the software to corrupt files. The flaw has been acknowledged and described by Microsoft in the following knowledge base excerpt:
"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. Several people have reported issues after they have used the following programs to save files to their home servers:
| • | 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 |
Additionally, there have been customer reports of issues with Torrent applications, with Intuit Quicken, and with QuickBooks program files. Our support team is currently trying to reproduce these issues in our labs.
Make sure that you have a backup copy of any important program files before you store these files on a system that is running Windows Home Server."
Microsoft state that the cause may be a recently discovered problem with Windows Home Server's shared folders but currently has no fix available. The software giant states it is researching the problem and simply recommends users "do not use the programs that are listed in this article to save or to edit program-specific files that are stored on a Windows Home Server-based system". Hardly ideal.
Source: support.microsoft.com
