You receive a misleading error message in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server when you use strings that contain special characters (921318)

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• You receive the following error message when you add a new build quality:
  TF42009: Team Build could not add the build quality ?????? because of the error: Failed to retrieve data from the server. Please verify the network connection and try again.
  For more information about how to add a new build quality, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181735.aspx

• You receive the following error message when you add comments in attachments and links:
  Cannot complete the operation. An unexpected error occurred.
  For more information about how to add comments in attachments and links , visit the following MSDN Web site:

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181270.aspx

• You receive the following error message when you add a new Area or Iteration node:
  There was an error generating the XML document.
  There was a failure on the server.
  There may have been other changes that conflict with the new node:
  For more information about how to add new Areas and Iterations, visit the following MSDN Web site:

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181277.aspx

• You receive the following error message when you add a new document library:
  TF30027: Team Explorer encountered an error adding the document library.
  For more information about how to add a new document library , visit the following MSDN Web site:

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181484.aspx

• You receive the following error message when you add a new report folder:
  TF30109: Team Explorer encountered an error during the renaming. Try your change again.
  For more information about report folders, visit the following MSDN Web site:

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243821.aspx

• You receive the following error message when you create a new group:
  Error Creating Group. There was an error generating the XML document.
  For more information about how to create groups, visit the following MSDN Web sites:

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252479.aspx
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253134.aspx