[tex-live] xelatex + files with non-ascii chars

[Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)]

Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> Am Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:17:54 +0100 schrieb Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster,
> Ret'd):
> 
> 
>>> When I try to compile a "büro.tex" with xelatex I get a quite
>>> curious error (miktex on win xp) 
> 
>>> I'm not sure if this a problem of the miktex binary I suspect more a
>>> problem in the format files. Could please someone try what happens
>>> in TeXLive?
>> 		
>>
>> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9997.4 (Web2C 2010)
>> entering extended mode
>> ! Emergency stop.
>> <*> b^^%
>>         x
>> No pages of output.
>> Transcript written on texput.log.
> 
> Are you on windows or on linux?

Windows XP Professional; SP3.
** Phil.