Microsoft KB Archive/325716

= Macintosh Clients May Show Incorrect Characters After Upgrading a Services for Macintosh Server to Windows Server 2003 =

Article ID: 325716

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

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This article was previously published under Q325716



SYMPTOMS
After you upgrade a server to Windows Server 2003, and the server is a Microsoft Windows 2000-based server with Services for Macintosh installed, some files or folders may have a garbled name on the Macintosh clients. These names were already garbled in Windows Explorer on the Windows 2000-based server.



CAUSE
The 0xF0 code position is converted to a special Unicode character in Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000. This conversion was removed in Windows Server 2003.

This change was made so that both client types (Windows and Macintosh) can determine the file name correctly. Location 0xF0 is used in all code pages; the most popular character is in the Greek code page (it is the lowercase pi character).



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, obtain the files for the Windows 2000 hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

302737 SFM Does Not Handle Greek Lowercase pi Correctly in File Names

Run the hotfix program file with the /x switch. You are prompted for a location for the hotfix files. You can then find the Renlogo.exe file in this folder. You do not have to set the registry key. Run Renlogo.exe on the Windows Server 2003-based server by following the instructions in the article.

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