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" I'm also (I hope, understandably) freaked by how long it's taking Microsoft to fix this issue." - Paul

This statement gives me pause. How am I supposed to make sense of this?Let's see, you "hope" that your being "freaked" is "understandable"? This begs the question of by who? Your shadowy overlords at Microsoft. Are you afraid that if your freak out is not understood by them they'll cut you off from the astro-turff cart?

In all honesty Paul... come on man. You being an apologist for Microsoft is completely understandable. Heck the name of yer site is "Supersite for Windows."  But at least try to maintain the the illusion that you don't live in perpetual fear of being cut off of the gravy train by your vengeful overlords.

It really does ruin the illusion for the rest of us when you break the "fourth wall."

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As I recall the bug, backups are unaffected.  Its only accessing files directly from shared folders AND you have more than one drive installed.

TreyFrank-lin... Thanks. But the "freaked" comment has nothing to do with Microsoft. It has to do with people who frequent this site. In other words, I hope it's understandable to visitors here why this freaks me out, even though my own use of WHS is unlikely to cause me any issues. (I don't edit WHS-based files from my desktop.) I couldn't care less what Microsoft thinks of my opinion of this. I just want them to fix it.

I think this data corruption problem has been underplayed, maybe because very few people have actually purchased a WHS.  It's a serious problem that's gone on way, way too long. Corrupting data is just about the worst thing a backup device can do.  WHS is currently a very *bad* thing, and I couldn't in good conscience recommend it to anyone.

Dear Paul,

Please...Id like to (respectfully) make a suggestion that I think would help out quite a bit with the success of the blog.

As I pointed out in my first post, I think most people find it  a bit "unsavory" when you beg your people at Microsoft for understanding prior to levying a criticism of a product.

Look, the truth of the matter is that we don't read your blog for "objectivity." That would be completely ridiculous. As an IT professional (and I think I speak for the vast majority of your readers here). We understand the game.

Obviously you are familiar with www.zunerama.com or www.zuneguy.com or www.zunester.com.  Now while these three web sites are grievous and blatant examples of corporate astroturf. Its fairly clear that WInsupersite is part  of the Microsoft  Astroturff campaign.

Id like to point out that THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS. That's precisely why we read your blog. When we want to hear Microsoft's  opinion on an issue (say an apple product as an example) we turn to you. Your a darn good writer.

Here's my big point. Look we're not stupid. We know that this is the scenario. It really only becomes problematic when you show fear. When you seem to be afraid that the corporate honcho's at Microsoft my be upset that you actually criticized a product. We all realize that this is how you make a living,  but come on man. Your shadowy overlords understand the game and know that for the illusion to be complete you have to at least occasionally make a critical comment. It's all part of the game. Relax man, they aren't going to cut you off of the gravy train unless you actually(no REALLY) start critiquing there products.

We enjoy your perspective... it's your occasional paranoia that is a little tiny bit of a turn off.

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