When you try to save an answer file on a Windows Vista-based computer, you receive an XML validation error.

This issue occurs if the Windows image file path contains an ampersand (&) character.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you create XML Paper Specification (XPS) files. Then, you use the Extra Large Icons view mode in Windows Explorer to view the files. When you view the files, horizontal lines may appear in the icons for the XPS files. In fact, horizontal lines do not exist in the original XPS files. However, horizontal lines may appear in the XPS file icons.

This article describes the following about this hotfix release:

• The issues that are fixed by the hotfix package
• The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
• Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package
• Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
• Whether you must make any registry changes
• The files that are contained in the hotfix package

In the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, the XML serialization may lose some optional elements in an XSD schema.

The old parser of Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 6.0 does not convert line feeds to spaces as expected. This behavior is not compliant with XML specifications.

Consider the following scenario:

• You try to use an unattended answer file (Unattend.xml) to install Windows Vista.
• To do this, you specify the value of the InstallToAvailablePartition XML element as “true” in the Unattend.xml file.
• The computer does not have an existing system volume. For example, there is no valid active partition on the boot disk.

In this scenario, you may receive the following error message during the installation of Windows Vista:

Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation.

Note: The InstallToAvailablePartition XML element is in the following section of the Unattend.xml file:
[ImageInstall]\[OSImage]\[InstallToAvailablePartition]

The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2007 was just released, and Vista didn’t escape the need for security updates this month. In addition to one important update for Vista itself, you can expect two for IE7 (one important, the other critical), one for XML Core Services (critical), and another for Media Player (important).

Consider the following scenario. You install Adobe Dreamweaver on a Windows Vista-based computer. Additionally, you accept the option to make Dreamweaver the default editor for XML files. In this scenario, Windows Vista Help and Support stops working. When you try to run Windows Vista Help and Support, you receive the following error message:

Internet Explorer cannot download / from windows. Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later.

You may also receive an error message that states that Windows Vista cannot find the file when you try to open XML files in the Windows Vista file browser.

When you open a smart document solution on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Vista, you receive the following error message:

The XML expansion pack or the Smart Document program is missing or invalid. Contact your system administrator or the person who provided this document.

You try to use Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 2.0 together with an unattended XML file to install Windows Vista from a network share. However, Setup does not finish. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

Windows cannot access the installation sources. Verify that the installation sources are accessible and restart the installation