Microsoft KB Archive/178914

= CSNW: Cannot Use Wildcards Connecting to Printers in NDS Tree =

Article ID: 178914

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q178914



SYMPTOMS
When you try to connect to a printer, you may receive the following message:

Name is invalid



CAUSE
Although wildcard characters such as asterisk (*), percent (%), and question mark (?) are valid characters in the NetWare Directory Services (NDS) path, they are invalid when connecting to printers through Client Services for NetWare (CSNW).



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: Novell

Keywords: kbbug KB178914

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