Inscrutable error when Deploying Reporting Services

[veg1]

Hello,


I am trying to deploy from visual studio.net my reporting services project and I am recieving a strange message which I've found no reference to anywhere:

Server was unable to read request. --> There is an error in XML document (1, 393). --> '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' is not a valid Base64 text sequence. Line 8, position 76.


I even get this message when I try to deploy the sample report that comes with reporting services.

I am running Windows XP PRO with service pack 2 and all current updates, MS SQL SERVER 2000 Developer Edition with service pack 3, Reporting Services with Service pack 2 and IIS 5.1

Please help

[Rawhide]

Check your XML file. The second ? shouldn't be in there. Also, it should be the actual entities, not the entity codes.

This: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

Should be: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8">

[veg1]

What XML file are you referring to?
It can't be the rdl report files because the problem exists for the samples
as well as my reports.

Also, I have deployed these reports (my custom reports) on two other machines without any problems.

Also, the reference Line 8, position 76, does not exist in the rdl files.

It seems that the error is in some other xml file that VS or RS uses in
deployment. However I am not sure where to look for them.

any help is appreciated,

Thanks

Mike