Password with Extended Characters Fails When Using NET Command

Last reviewed: May 9, 1997
Article ID: Q103746

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

Try to connect to a share on an OS/2 or Windows for Workgroups computer. Use the NET command and let it prompt you for a password. If the password has any extended characters, you are not able to gain access to the share.

CAUSE

The NET command destroys ALT key sequences.

RESOLUTION

Enter the password on the NET command line, using the ALT key for extended characters.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: wfw wfwg prodnt
Keywords : kbbug3.10 kbnetwork ntnetserv ntutil
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 9, 1997
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