Microsoft KB Archive/193812

= Extended Characters in URL Translated into UTF-8 Characters =

Article ID: 193812

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q193812



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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



SYMPTOMS
Extended characters in a URL are changed into Unicode Translation Format-8 (UTF-8) characters.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: interpret changed transformed decoded Multilingual multi-lingual language akz

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB193812

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