Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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.

*Update:

Net view example: