International Characters Do Not Display Properly from a Full-Screen MS-DOS Session (194830)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
This article was previously published under Q194830

SYMPTOMS

International characters do not display properly in the full-screen display mode of an MS-DOS session. International characters are displayed correctly in a window.

CAUSE

When a command prompt is run in a full-screen session, the UNICODE characters are not converted to ASCII characters using the ANSI code page loaded at boot time.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 6.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbfix kbprb kbQFE KB194830
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