Extended Characters Lack the Necessary Diacritical Marks in User Names in a Multilanguage Environment (304944)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
This article was previously published under Q304944

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the Server Appliance Kit (UTF-8) to enable multilanguage support, and you type a user name that contains an extended character that has a diacritical mark (for example, an accent or an umlaut), the extended character does not include the diacritical mark. As a result, managing user names correctly is difficult.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB304944
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