Howard,
Here's what i've got from M$ about the init method:
This method will fail if the computer is not part of a domain as no global catalog will be found in this scenario.

If the workstation have any problem to connect to the domain, the result you get seems to be what it should be.

Also, have you other W2K SP2 Japanese workstation to test this ?

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