Problems Typing Some Characters on Localized Pocket PCs While You Are Using Terminal Services Client (309820)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows CE Operating System, Versions 3.0

This article was previously published under Q309820

SYMPTOMS

When you type special characters on your Terminal Services client, a different character may be used, or no input at all may occur.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, note the information for your appropriate language.

Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 Portuguese Brazilian

Small Keys

"^" doesn't work, except on the numerical pad.
"|" doesn't work, except on the numerical pad.
"~" doesn't work, except in Character or Block recognition in the International Characters mode.

Large Keys

"*", "(" and ")" don't work, except on the numerical pad.
"&" and "~" don't work, except in Character or Block recognition in the international characters mode.

Character and Block Recognition

Accented characters don't work, except on the onscreen keyboard.

Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 French

Small Keys

"#" doesn't work, except in the numerical mode.
"<", "{", "[", "]" and "}" don't work when in the internal characters mode with SHIFT, but they do work when you are not using SHIFT.

Large Keys

"&", "@", '"', "'", "-" and "_" don't work, except on Small Keys.
"~" doesn't work, except on Small Keys.

Character and Block Recognition

Accented characters don't work, except when you are using the onscreen keyboard.

Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 German

Small Keys

"@" and "~" don't work when in CAPS mode, but they do work when you are not in CAPS mode.
"^" doesn't work when in CAPS and SHIFT, but it does work without using CAPS and SHIFT.
"-" doesn't work when in CAPS, but it does work without using CAPS.

Large Keys

"~" doesn't work, except with Small Keys in the International Characters mode.

Character and Block Recognition

Accented characters don't work, except when you are using the onscreen keyboard.

Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 Italian

Small Keys

"`" and "~" don't work.

Large Keys

"`" and "~" don't work.
"'" doesn't work, except on Small Keys.
"&" doesn't work, except in Character or Block recognition in the International Characters mode.

Character and Block Recognition

Accented characters don't work, except when you are using the onscreen keyboard.

Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 Spanish

Small Keys

"#" doesn't work, except in the numerical mode.
"@" doesn't work with SHIFT, but it does work when you are not using SHIFT.
"`" and "~" don't work, but they do work in Character or Block recognition in the International Characters mode.
"<" and ">" don't work, except in the numerical mode.

Large Keys

"&" doesn't work, except on Small Keys.
"~" doesn't work, but it does work in Character or Block recognition in the International Characters mode.

Character and Block Recognition

Accented characters don't work, but they do work when you are using the onscreen keyboard.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/21/2003
Keywords:kbenv kbprb kbui KB309820