OPERATING SYSTEM(S)
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Testcase for non-English Windows Vista/2008.
May occur on earlier Windows releases as well (with a suitable testcase).

FULL JDK VERSION(S)
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All Java 6 releases.

DESCRIPTION:
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Only ASCII characters are getting stored and printed by Java 6 for an error text message returned by the Windows 2008 operating system even though double-byte language systems are being used.

Steps to reproduce:
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1. Login  using a regular Administrator group user account (but not the
   built-in Administrator account).
2. Run the GarbledText Java program to hit the expected Windows 740
   error.
3. Note the missing characters in the error message.

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import java.io.*;
class GarbledText {
    public static void main (String args[]) {
        try {
            Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("mmc.exe");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println(e);
            System.err.println("\n2");

            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
            System.err.println("\n3");
            System.err.println(e.getLocalizedMessage());
            System.err.println("\n4");
            System.err.println(e.getCause());
            System.err.println("\n5");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
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Observed result (on a Polish system):

740: ??dana operacja wymaga podniesienia uprawni

Expected result: Characters should be displayed correctly.

This issue seems to share some symptoms with the Unix CR 6600199. It may or may not be related to that issue.