Microsoft KB Archive/917167

= You cannot use double-byte characters in your password in Groove =

Article ID: 917167

Article Last Modified on 5/16/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Groove Workspace 2.5 Standard Edition
 * Groove Workspace 2.5 Project Edition
 * Groove Workspace 2.5 Professional Edition
 * Groove Workspace 2.5 Preview Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.0 File Sharing Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Professional Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Project Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Trial Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.1 File Sharing Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Professional Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Project Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Trial Edition
 * Microsoft Office Groove 2007

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes the fact that you cannot use double-byte characters in your password in Groove.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Office Groove 2007 and earlier versions of Groove use the Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME) to provide support for double-byte character sets, such as kanji (Japanese) or Hangul (Korean). Because IME displays characters as the characters are constructed, IME is not secure. Therefore, IME is automatically disabled when password masking is invoked. You must use Latin characters for your password.

