Basic Redir Repeatedly Prompts for User Name & Password

 Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q111572
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11

SYMPTOMS

If your user name is greater than 15 characters and you start the basic redirector, you are not logged on to the network; therefore, your persistent connections are not restored. Although the basic redirector displays "The command completed successfully," every subsequent NET command you use causes the basic redirector to ask you for your user name and password. This problem occurs because you were not logged on originally.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem:

  • Use the full redirector.

    -or-

  • Shorten the length of your user name to 15 or fewer characters.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 basic redirector. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

If you load the full redirector (Net Start Full), you can use user names up to 20 characters. If you use a user name greater than 20 characters, the following error message is displayed: 

   Error 7206: An incorrect user name was specified for the password-list
   file
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 does not allow you to enter more than 20 characters for your user name when logging into the network.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbuglist kbenv
KBSubcategory: wfw wfwg
Additional reference words: 3.11 error message redir username limitation
maximum

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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