When MSFT does not respect their own protocol.

According to this : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264

NetBIOS computer names cannot contain the following characters:

backslash (\)
slash mark (/)
colon (:)
asterisk (*)
question mark (?)
quotation mark (“)
less than sign (<)
greater than sign (>)
vertical bar (|)

Let see how MSFT implemented their own protocol in their in house tools:

Ok great…

What about the rest ?

Alright. Let’s see:

MSFT Rule #78: Do what I say, not what I do.

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">According to this : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264<br /><br />NetBIOS computer names cannot contain the following characters:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>backslash (\)</li><li>slash mark (/)</li><li>colon (:)</li><li>asterisk (*)</li><li>question mark (?)</li><li>quotation mark (")</li><li>less than sign (<)</li><li>greater than sign (>)</li><li>vertical bar (|)</li></ul>Let see how MSFT implemented their own protocol in their in house tools: <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gRdCZHApuV0/UEg1m6BuRjI/AAAAAAAAASI/uAw6mTxUkTo/s1600/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:32:57.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gRdCZHApuV0/UEg1m6BuRjI/AAAAAAAAASI/uAw6mTxUkTo/s640/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:32:57.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s_ScIobkX7E/UEg2AtBhvJI/AAAAAAAAASQ/1FOYK3k6DCo/s1600/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:34:35.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="70" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s_ScIobkX7E/UEg2AtBhvJI/AAAAAAAAASQ/1FOYK3k6DCo/s640/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:34:35.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Ok great...<br /><br />What about the rest ?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hU6cYzXz9qQ/UEgy72hF1iI/AAAAAAAAARw/D0gVIKLV_a4/s1600/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:20:56.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hU6cYzXz9qQ/UEgy72hF1iI/AAAAAAAAARw/D0gVIKLV_a4/s640/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:20:56.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Alright. Let's see:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bWblnug_qtA/UEgz51FLwII/AAAAAAAAASA/tNkO7zyCzcg/s1600/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:25:34.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="48" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bWblnug_qtA/UEgz51FLwII/AAAAAAAAASA/tNkO7zyCzcg/s640/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:25:34.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gSlCEy8uXuo/UEgzbpL3jlI/AAAAAAAAAR4/n7PemVmA6Ug/s1600/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:23:40.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gSlCEy8uXuo/UEgzbpL3jlI/AAAAAAAAAR4/n7PemVmA6Ug/s640/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+01:23:40.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />MSFT Rule #78: Do what I say, not what I do.<br /><br />*Update:<br /><br />Net view example: <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8jUN1OvFbbY/UEjH9LvHhvI/AAAAAAAAASg/0IatZBIg2uw/s1600/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+11:52:07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="36" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8jUN1OvFbbY/UEjH9LvHhvI/AAAAAAAAASg/0IatZBIg2uw/s640/Screenshot+from+2012-09-06+11:52:07.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>

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