"Run As" Has Inappropriate Localization of "Administrator" (258163)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q258163

SYMPTOMS

In the Multilanguage version of Windows 2000 Professional or Server, if you select a language other than English for the Menus and Dialogs setting, the Run As command (and other parts of the graphical user interface that present a secondary logon prompt) places the localized Administrator string in the User Name box rather than the system-defined (default English) name of the local administrator account.

Because the account name (for example, "Administrateur") is not recognized, any password you use is not a valid password. If you change the localized administrator account to the English "Administrator" account, the password is recognized.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the wrong API function call is used.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Multilanguage version of Windows 2000.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/4/2003
Keywords:kbenv kbfix kbprb KB258163
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