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Password validation in a Windows NT network is case-sensitive as long as the machine you are logged onto and the machine whose resource you are trying to access are both Windows NT machines; the case of the password entered and the password stored in the Windows NT user database must match. However, if a logon procedure takes place on a non-Windows NT machine (a Windows for Workgroups machine, for example) or the share being accessed is on a non-Windows NT server (even if the server is in a Windows NT domain), password validation becomes case- insensitive. There is one exception to these rules and one error that results from mismatched case in passwords. The exception is that if you change your password from a non-Windows NT machine (using the Windows NT NET PASSWORD command), Windows NT stores your new password as a case-insensitive password and permits all subsequent log ons to be password case-insensitive. Even if another user logs on from a Windows NT machine, no password case checking is performed. An error can be generated if you mismatch the case of your password after you've already logged onto a Windows NT domain. For example, if you establish a network session with a Windows NT machine by typing the following two lines net use x: \\ntmachine\data /u:domain\user PASSWORD net use y: \\ntmachine\apps /u:domain\user password the following error message is displayed:
To avoid this error message, make sure you always use the same case when attempting to connect to shared resources. Additional query words: wfw wfwg prodnt
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