If you use the HeadMeta plugin for WordPress to generate description meta tags and are using WordPress 2.1 you will need to update to version 1.3 of the plugin. Previous versions do not work. Simply download the new plugin file. Upload it to your plugins directory (copying over the old one). Do not deactivate the plugin beforehand or you will lose any descriptions you already have entered Dougal (the author of the plugin) clarified the issue about whether deactivation of the plugin would cause a loss of data. See his comment below. Upon a page refresh, view the source, and your meta tags should be intact.
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That is not correct. Deactivating the plugin will have no effect on metadata that you have already added to posts. Upon reactivation, they will be generated just as before.
Thanks for the correction. I did make an assumption based on prior experience with other plugins. I was about to click Deactivate when the thought occurred to me that I may have to rewrite my meta data. So my statement was there soley to protect others just in case. Thanks for the clarification and I will change my post to reflect it.