An update rollup is available for the Microsoft Windows Imaging Component (WIC) in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008. This update rollup resolves the problems that are documented in the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

954708 An update to add support for the serialization of complex Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) data types in the Windows Imaging Component
945060 There may be inconsistencies in the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) and Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) values for an image file in Windows Vista and in Windows XP

Exchangeable Image File: A specification for the image file format used by digital cameras. The specification uses the existing JPEG, TIFF Rev. 6.0, and RIFF WAV file formats, with the addition of specific metadata tags. It is not supported in JPEG 2000, PNG, or GIF.

After you modify the metadata properties for an image file in Windows Vista or in Windows XP, there may be inconsistencies in the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) and Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) values for this image file.

Especially after you modify the values of the following properties for a JPEG file in Windows Explorer or in Windows Photo Gallery, values in the EXIF format for the JPEG file may be lost:

• The Keywords property
• The Title property
• The Comments property
• The Rating property