Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 7, 2005

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0.

• The issues that the hotfix package fixes.
• The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
• Whether you must restart your 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 the hotfix package contains.

This article describes the Windows SharePoint Services issues that are fixed in the hotfix package that is dated December 15, 2005.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

• Data is missing from one or more columns when you view the history of an item in an issues list
  
  Consider the following scenario. You create an issues list in a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Web site. When you view the history of an item in the list, data is missing from one or more columns.
  
  This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
  • The list contains more than 14 columns.
  • The columns are either the Multiple lines of text type or the Yes/No (check box) type.
  In this scenario, previous values of items are incorrectly processed. Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 only copies values from the first 14 columns to the Issue History list. Values from columns that come after the first 14 columns are not copied to the Issue History list.
  
  
• XML reserved characters are not retained when you modify the properties of an .xml file in a document library
  
  Consider the following scenario. You upload a Microsoft Word document to a document library in a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Web site. Then, you save the Word document as an .xml file that has an .xml extension. You modify certain properties of the .xml file in the document library. For example, you add a title or rename the title of the .xml file.
  
  However, the property or properties that you modified are not saved as expected. This issue occurs if you used one of the following XML reserved characters when you modified the properties of the .xml file:
  • right angle bracket (>)
  • left angle bracket (<)
  • ampersand (&)
  • apostrophe (')
  For example, if you changed the title of an .xml file in the document library from My File to <My XML File>, the XML reserved characters are not retained when you save the file. Therefore, the title of the .xml file is My XML File.
  
  

Service pack information

This problem was first corrected in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:

• You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 2 installed or Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 1 installed. However, we have tested this hotfix more extensively on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 2 than we have on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 1. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 1, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.

Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

You do not have to create any registry keys or modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that this package contains.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists.
The global version of this hotfix uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Download information
Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
After the hotfix package is installed, the global version of this hotfix package has the file attributes, or later file attributes, that are listed in the following table.

For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.
For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when Microsoft corrects software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: