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Truncation of Backup Log In Eastern Europe or Russian NT 4.0

Article ID: 165818

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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

This article was previously published under Q165818

SYMPTOMS

When you make a backup using Windows NT Backup (Ntbackup.exe) on an Eastern European or Russian version of Windows NT 4.0, several truncated lines appear at the end of the backup log.

CAUSE

There is a problem in Windows NT Backup that causes it to truncate the log when an extended character is encountered. This problem has been specifically observed in the Eastern European and Russian versions of Windows NT 4.0 and may occur in other localized versions that use multibyte character sets.

RESOLUTION

Apply the hotfix mentioned below.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: 4.00 prodnt

Keywords: kbbug KB165818