Characters Lost or Changed and File Access Problems

Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q91019

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

Because of limitations in the SMB protocol, some file operations between machines with different code pages on the same network may not work correctly. This results in character misinterpretations and file access problems.

CAUSE

The SMB protocol does not have the ability to transmit client code pages to the server.

WORKAROUND

To avoid this problem, make sure all the machines on the network are using the same code page. Because these problems usually result from the use of extended ASCII characters, using standard ASCII characters (ASCII codes less than 128) in filenames can also help.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kb3rdparty
KBSubcategory: wfw wfwg
Additional reference words: 3.10 shift symbol garbled denied

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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