The only thing I have been able to dig up (well, asking a smart person off of Ars Technica) would be that Vista uses XPS and the bar code uses DRM that requires XPS.
However, I think that should be able to be fixed with .Net 3.0 or perhaps the XPS Essentials Pack
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/viewxps.mspx
This issue wasn't brought to me directly, but I seem to be the one that people come to with the "Have you heard anything about _________" questions.
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