DOCUMENT:Q90467  10-OCT-1999  [win3x]
TITLE   :Windows for Workgroups Stops Responding (Hangs) During Login
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.1; :1.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 
 - Microsoft Workgroup Connections, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you log on with a user name that is 20 characters long, the system stops
responding (hangs) after you are prompted to confirm your logon password. If
your user name is 19 character or less, this problem does not occur. If you use
a 21-character user name, you receive error

   7206

This problem occurs only when you are running Windows for Workgroups or Workgroup
Connections and you logon from MS-DOS.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows for Workgroups version
3.1. This problem was corrected in Windows for Workgroups version 3.11.

Additional query words: 1.00 3.10 wc long name

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Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1; :1.0

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