>> Since Windows XP and higher use Kerberos, a protocol designed by people
>> who have a clue, I'm guessing this kind of stupidity is gone now...
>
> Well, I remember in Windows Server 2000 (with the first release of AD)
> that there were circumstances where NTLM authentication would be used
> instead of Kerberos, and it wasn't always predictable.  So you could
> actually end up with a real authentication nightmare in a distributed
> environment

Ah yes. I think I recall there may have been some difference between how 
Windows NT and Windows XP authenticate. Maybe that's the issue I was 
remembering...

I haven't seen this problem in a long time. Then again, I haven't tried 
to set a really long password. (And I doubt anybody else has.)

I also have a vague recollection that NTLM didn't like certain 
characters in a password. But I don't remember which ones.

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