WinLogin: /U:USERNAME Does Not Recognize Spaces (94753)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11
  • Microsoft WinLogin
This article was previously published under Q94753

SUMMARY

WinLogin does not recognize a space in a user's login name when using the "/U:USERNAME" command switch to start WinLogin. Some networks support a user name that contains a space (example: Banyan Vines). If the user name contains a space, you cannot use the /U:USERNAME" command switch.

MORE INFORMATION

The "/U:USERNAME" option specifies a name of the user logging on, and if the name matches that of the last user logged on, the user's backup files are used to start Windows. This decreases the time needed to start Windows because WinLogin does not have to build the configuration files; instead, it uses the backup .INI files stored in the Windows directory.

On a Banyan Vines network, it's possible to have a space in a user's login name. It is also possible, when setting up the WinLogin database file, to also add a space for the user name. When WinLogin is started, it looks at who is logged in and loads that user's files. However, if the /U:USERNAME switch is used with a name that contains a space (example JOHN <SPACE.> SMITH) it will not work properly.

In the example above, WinLogin will try to find the user "JOHN"; it will not find "JOHN" and will prompt you with the following choices before entering Windows:

  • Use the last user's settings

    -or-
  • Use the default user's settings

    -or-
  • Exit
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:KB94753
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