Well, it didn’t quite hit the promised June deadline, but a fix for the dreaded Windows Home Server file-swallowing bug has finally been released.

Microsoft announced on its Technet Blog for Windows Home Server yesterday that the Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 patch was finally available in finished Released to Manufacturing form.

Available for immediate download from the Microsoft Download Center, users relying on Windows Update will have to wait until August to get their hands on the much-wanted update pack – as will anyone running a Chinese or Japanese Windows Home Server install.

If you’ve been treating your Windows Home Server box with trepidation since the bug surfaced, now might be a good time to upgrade and finally get some use out of what promised to be a useful product. Unless you’d rather use something else, of course.