I would recommend not using any of the high ASCII (ALT+255) characters (for your regular user population). This isn't an MS problem, but a user problem. I use high ASCII only on service accounts and other places where I only have to touch something once in blue moon. I had a "knowledgeable" user who insisted on using a high ASCII character or two in their password and they invariably had problems when changing their password (remembering the new one, mistyping it, you name it). High ASCII characters in a password doesn't necessarily make the password safer, see myth 10 at http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1554.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com>wrote: > If you're running a mixed environment of Windows and UNIX, I would > recommend avoiding the "@" character. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Special characters in passwords > > Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows > passwords? > > Joseph L. Heaton > Windows Server Support Group > Information Technology Branch > Department of Fish and Game > 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 > Sacramento, CA 95811 > Desk: (916) 323-1284 > Cell: (916) 919-5816 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
