Windows 7 Data Corruption
Microsoft warned that testers of Windows 7 could come across data-corruption issues on various machines including computers from Lenovo and HP.
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31.3.2009 No fix for data corruption bug in Windows Home Server
Two months after acknowledging a serious data corruption bug exists in Windows Home Server, Microsoft has admitted it still has no fix.
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27.2.2008 Symantec tool cleans up Windows XP SP3 registry corruption
Symantec Thursday released a free tool that wipes spurious entries from Windows' registry that had crippled some PCs running the company's security software after they were upgraded to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Vista SP1.
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9.6.2008 Windows 7 Search for Data Anywhere It Lives
Windows 7 has long evolved past its precursor, Windows Vista. One key aspect of this evolution is the operating system's ability to stretch Windows Explorer well beyond the limitations of a local machine, or even a local network.
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24.3.2009 Trojan poses as Windows screen to collect data
Symantec has warned of a Trojan that has posed as a Windows activation program and duped users into entering credit card information.
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7.5.2007 Windows Vista Genuine Validation Fails Due to Incorrect BIOS Data
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in his blog. Even if the operating system was activated properly.
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27.6.2007 Stop the Windows Vista Features and Services Harvesting User Data for Microsoft
There is a constant flow of communication between Windows Vista and Microsoft. A collection of features and services across Microsoft's latest desktop operating system exchange data with locations on the Internet, including those belonging to the Redmond company.
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19.8.2007 50 ways to lose your data
Disk drives are marvelous devices. Especially when they go “clunk” and stop working. I’m not kidding: at least you know your data is hosed. I prefer that to the silent data corruption you don’t find out about until you can’t access a file or your OS starts freezing. Or a RAID rebuild fails.
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8.8.2007 Inside a Microsoft data center
It takes mucho computes and terabytes to create the 3D models used in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth online mapping service. So how do they cram 5,000 cores and 10,000 terabytes - 10 petabytes - of storage into 3 40 ft. shipping containers?
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25.3.2009 I/O Data Vista Approved Tuners Announced
This week I/O Data is launching its new line of TV tuners -- the company is ready to set the mark for Vista friendly video hardware.
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1.1.2007 Hackers steal government, corporate data
Hackers stole information from the Department of Transportation and several U.S. corporations by seducing employees with fake job-listings on ads and e-mail, a computer security firm said on Monday.
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17.7.2007 Analyzing 3 months of Vista reliability data
A Windows Vista feature which I make use of regularly is the Reliability Monitor. While being far from an ideal metric for measuring reliability, it does offer users a simple way to tell if their system is behaving or misbehaving.
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25.3.2008 Microsoft 2008: From Desktop to Data Center
Year In Review. Microsoft had a pretty good year, despite the fourth quarter's global economic crisis.
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30.12.2008 Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta
On September 29, 2009, Microsoft released the beta version of the third generation of System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), previously called “DPM v3” or “Zinger”.
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30.9.2009 States rush to remove data on residents from websites
States across the USA are furiously removing sensitive data from official websites.
The task highlights challenges facing states with sites full of personal information on residents, from Social Security numbers to bank account numbers.
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24.4.2006 Napping data centers could cut energy use by 75%
Researchers at the University of Michigan have announced a plan to save up to 75 percent of the energy that power-hungry computer data centers consume by putting idle servers to sleep when they’re not in use.
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8.3.2009 New Microsoft data center powers Web services push
SEATTLE--In a century-old farming town in central Washington state, Microsoft has built a farm for the Internet age.
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17.4.2007 How to Migrate Data From Windows XP to Windows 7
If you are upgrading your Windows XP to Windows 7 and caring about files and settings stored in your existing XP installation, follow this step by step guide to migrate data from Windows XP to Windows 7.
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1.9.2009 Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 Service Pack 1 Released!
Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2006 Service Pack 1 (SP1) enables you to protect more types of file servers..
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24.10.2006 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008Microsoft addresses data corruption with WHS Power Pack beta
Microsoft has released a public beta of the first Windows Home Server update in order to show the world it has finally fixed an embarrassing data
corruption bug it discovered six months ago and has been trying to correct since...
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11.06.2008Microsoft promises data corruption fix in final Home Server Power Pack
7 months of beta testing later, Microsoft is finally ready to say it has squashed the data corruption bug that has plagued Windows Home Server since
its launch last year, releasing the final build of Power Pack 1 to existing customers and OEMs...
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22.07.2008No fix for data corruption bug in Windows Home Server
Two months after acknowledging a serious data corruption bug exists in Windows Home Server, Microsoft has admitted it still has no fix. The latest
update to its knowledgebase entry essentially says, "
still workin' on
it". The bug relates to a little known, but frequently used, method of writing hidden data to NTFS file systems, which is incompatible with the
disk pooling strategy used in Home Server.
The software giant first acknowledged the problem on December 21 last year, providing a list of
programs that could cause data on a Windows Home Server to become corrupted, including Windows Vista Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo Gallery,
OneNote 2007, OneNote 2003, Outlook 2007, Money 2007, SyncToy 2.0 beta, QuickBooks and uTorrent.
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27.02.2008Oracle contributes Linux code for detecting 'silent data corruption'
Oracle today announced that it has contributed code to the Linux kernel aimed at alerting IT administrators to "silent data corruption" that
might interfere with the accuracy of database queries, turning up wrong answers...
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03.12.2008File Corruption in Outlook
Express
Tom Koch talks about e-mail
file corruption, the causes,
and how to avoid it...
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04.01.2006Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Public Beta
Microsoft has detailed its plans to release a public beta of its Windows Home Server Power Pack.
The update will include a fix for the data
corruption issues that have plagued the OS since its release.
In a message to potential testers the company said:
"Due to the
nature of the shared folder data corruption bug (KB #946676) a broad beta test program with sufficient time for feedback is required. The time line
for a final release will depend on this feedback and testing, in order to deliver a fix of the highest quality. To meet our goals for the beta test we
need the number of beta testers who are actively using and testing the Power Pack 1 beta to ramp up very quickly"
The company is asking
for anyone currently using Home Server to sign up to the beta to ensure the data corruption issue is fixed.
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22.05.2008Should Microsoft Release Windows Home Server PP1 Now?
Terry Walsh: Todd Headrick (who is the Product Planner over on the Windows Home Server team) is seeking some feedback from the community on a
question. Earlier today, Microsoft revealed that the Data Corruption bug fix was currently scheduled for June 2008 - previously, we’ve been
advised that Power Pack 1 would be held back until the bug fix was ready - here’s Todd’s question:
Knowing that
the home server team has a current estimate of June, 2008 for the fix for the data corruption issue, do people believe that the team should
“dust off” the Power Pack 1 code and release prior to a fix for the data corruption issue?
Head on over to the
Microsoft Forums and let the team know your thoughts - if you want it, who knows, they may do
it.
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12.03.2008Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Public Beta Released
The Windows Home Server team has announced the availability of a Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Release Candidate for public beta testing. The
update package is now available from Microsoft’s
Connect site
(Registration req.)
The most important update in the Power pack is the
data corruption issue:
“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, the files may become corrupted”.
According to an Microsoft email sent
to beta testers this has now been fixed:
“While internal testing so far indicates that we have fixed the data corruption bug in the
beta release, the whole point of a beta test is to validate internal testing”
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10.06.2008Microsoft struggles to fix data corruption bug in Windows Home Server
Microsoft still has not issued a fix for a problem within Windows Home Server that will leave some files corrupted if edited on a networked PC and
saved to the home server...
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28.02.2008Windows Home Server bug corrupts iTunes, Zune, lots of other apps
Engadget: Uh-oh -- it looks like the nasty
Windows Home Server bug that corrupts data affects quite a few more apps than Microsoft initially let on. The company's just
updated the WHS support note to include reports of data corruption when using iTunes, the Zune software, WinAmp, WMP 11, Photoshop, and a host of
other applications -- and the problem's expanded in scope as well, now affecting files saved to the server in addition to files edited on the server.
That basically makes WHS useless as of right now -- if you can't trust your data on it, there's no point -- so let's hope there's a fix on the
way.
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21.02.2008Microsoft delivers Home Server data-corruption fix in Power Pack 1
On July 21, Microsoft announced that
the final
version of the Power Pack 1 update for Windows Home Server is available for immediate download.
Power Pack 1 is basically a
feature pack. It adds 64-bit Vista support, shared-folder backup, remote-access improvements and power-consumption functionality to Windows Home
Server. Power Pack 1 also includes a fix to
the data-corruption bug that had plagued a number of
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21.07.2008Microsoft wipes egg off face with Home Server "Power Pack" beta
Microsoft has released a public beta of the first Windows Home Server update in order to show the world it has finally fixed an embarrassing data
corruption bug it discovered six months ago and has been trying to correct since...
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11.06.2008IBM Shows Off Continuous Data Backup
IBM on Friday announced that it had developed new technology that will protect information stored on laptops and servers from viruses, file corruption or deletion. The software would make it unnecessary to schedule backups, as the process occurs continuously in the background...
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27.08.2005Microsoft releases minor WMC fix for Windows 7
After
fixing the MP3
corruption issue in the Windows 7 beta and
sending it out via Automatic
Updates, Microsoft has released another fix specifically for the Windows Media Center in the beta. The fix is currently only available via the
Microsoft Download Center in
32-bit (425
KB ) and
64-bit (411 KB ) flavors. It
hasn't been sent out via Windows Update because it is only meant for users experiencing a specific problem described in
KB Article 962236...
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02.02.2009Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Gets a 200% Boost with Datalight Software
Datalight, Inc. today
announced support for the
Microsoft Windows Embedded CE
6.0 platform within its
patented data management
software. Datalight Reliance
and FlashFX Pro can double
performance on Windows
Embedded CE 6.0 when
implemented together.
As embedded device
memory requirements grow more
complex, the case for
professional data management
software becomes more
compelling. Datalight FlashFX
Pro is a flash media manager
that offers drop-in support
for over 200 different flash
parts. Reliance is a file
system that gives developers
control over performance
without risking data
corruption. When used
together, Reliance and FlashFX
Pro create a seamless flash
file system that vastly
outperforms native and "home
grown" solutions, with
performance increases for some
operations of over 200%.
FlashFX Pro
is ideally suited for projects
where performance cannot be
sacrificed. Test results have
shown that when using FlashFX
Pro in a Windows Embedded CE
6.0 environment, write
performance on NAND flash can
be increased by more than
200%, while read performance
improves by at least 20%...
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08.08.2007Windows Home Server NTFS Compression Bug Fixed
WB: Note that this bugfix is unrelated to the other major
data
corruption bug found
here.
The Windows Home
Server team has solved a software bug that may affect files that are compressed using Advanced Attributes (NTFS compression). NTFS compression can
be enabled on an individual file, folder or at the hard drive level and is sometimes enabled by users to save disk space on a home computer. More
information on the bug and a link to download the fix at
KB950190.
You can visit the Windows Home Server Community Forums if you want to ask questions or discuss this issue, by accessing this
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08.05.2008Warning: Windows 7 beta could corrupt your MP3s
Several reports from users using the latest leaked build of Windows 7 indicate a potential data corruption issue using Microsoft's Windows Media
Player 12. Windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 leaked over the Christmas holidays and a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that there is a bug which
affects the leaked build. Approximately 2-3 seconds will get shaved off the beginning of MP3s if you have set your Windows Media Player 12 settings to
retrieve information from the internet and update files. The default configuration for WMP12 sets this if you use the "express" option during setup.
"The problem only happens when you edit metadata on a certain class of MP3 file (a file with a header larger than 16KB).
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05.01.2009BITS Repair Tool for Windows Vista Available
The BITS Repair Tool will help you fix a problem caused by the corruption of BITS state files. The problem stops the host process for Windows
Services, which prevents you from using BITS to transfer files. Use this tool to resolve the corruption and re-enable BITS transfers. After you
install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Vista
License Terms.
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01.09.2007Realtek WHQL Vista network drivers silently corrupt data
One of the three most dreaded
words in the computer world is
œSILENT DATA CORRUPTIONœ.
Your data gets corrupted just
enough that it isnt readily
detectable by most
applications and operating
systems and you think your
datas good until you actually
need to use it.
This weekend as I was
doing some routine maintenance
tasks on my home computer and
moving some data over my
Gigabit LAN (now cheap and
common), I got bit badly by
silent data corruption.
My Realtek
network adapter which is one
of the most ubiquitous
on-board Gigabit Adapters in
the world was the culprit and
it had been causing me some
massive grief for months and I
just didnt know it. Almost
every modern Desktop
Motherboard I know uses this
particular on-board Gigabit
adapter and I have to wonder
how many millions of people
are being affected by this
issue and I have to wonder if
this problem exists in any of
the Server-based adapters from
Realtek. More specifically,
Realtek driver version 6.191
was the culprit.
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29.07.2007Star Wars Empire At War: Forces of Corruption Ships Out
LucasArts and Petroglyph today
announced that Star Wars
Empire at War: Forces of
Corruption, the
highly-anticipated expansion
for Star Wars: Empire at War,
has shipped to retail stores
in North America.
In the award-winning and
best-selling Star Wars: Empire
at War, players controlled an
entire war for the Star Wars
galaxy as the Rebel Alliance
or the Galactic Empire. Now,
they will face off against
both of them in Star Wars
Empire at War: Forces of
Corruption as a brand new
third faction. As Tyber Zann,
players will stop at nothing
as they seek to further the
sinister agenda of the Zann
Consortium and become the most
notorious criminal leader
since Jabba the Hutt. With
all new tactics like piracy,
kidnapping, and bribery,
players can control the
shadowy forces of corruption
in their attempt to rule the
Star Wars underworld.
In advance of playing
the full retail version of
Star Wars Empire at War:
Forces of Corruption, players
can hone their skills at
racketeering, slavery and
intimidation through the
single-player demo. Brand-new
corruption gameplay elements
are available in the demo,
along with new underground
units and weapons such as
cloaking transports, defilers,
and buzz droids. The demo is
available at:
http://www.f
ileplanet.com/promotions/empir
eatwar/foc/index.aspx.
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