Extended Characters in URL Translated into UTF-8 Characters
Article ID: 193812
Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q193812
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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