[RESOLVED] Which MSXML version to use that works from win95 to Vista?

I have a VB app that uses version 2.0 of msxml. This works fine from win95 until xp. In Vista it doesn't let me install this dll.

I was doing some searching and I think I found the reason in this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269238

It says:

MSXML versions 1.x and 2.x are no longer supported by Microsoft.

I don't mind using a higher version, like maybe 3.0 or 4.0 or even 6.0 (the latest) but it is imperitive that it works on all versions of windows back to win95.

Does anybody know which version I should use? Which is the most stable?

My xml code basically just reads an xml file.

I found an answer to this question here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/xmlteam/archiv...-explorer.aspx

Basically:

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Use MSXML 6.0 - it is “in the box” on Vista and available for download on Win2k, XP, and 2003. It has the best security, performance, reliability, and W3C conformance
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MSXML 3.0 is our preferred “fallback” - It is installed on every OS from a fully patched Win2k SP4 installation on up, so it requires “zero-deployment” and is serviced regularly with the OS
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MSXML 4.0 was released to the web about 5 years ago, but at this point has been superseded by MSXML 6.0 and is only intended to support legacy applications
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MSXML 5.0 for Microsoft Office Applications is purpose-built for Office applications and isn’t intended for broad deployment. Internet Explorer 7 actually has the MSXML5 components "off-by-default" in the Internet zone so your customers will get a goldbar for each MSXML5 control on a page if your code tries to instantiate it. The best recommendation is to avoid MSXML5 in your web apps (only machines with Office 2003 or higher will have it, anyway.).