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NT Server 4.0 to disappear in July 2003
News Microsoft on Friday released its retirement schedule for NT Server 4.0 operating system. The company stopped selling Windows NT Server 4.0 volume licences for both the Standard and Enterprise editions on 1 October this year.
[December 7, 2001, 13:35]
Falling EDO prices, NT 4.0 make for tough chipset choices
News However, many vendors immediately saw that with the dual-CPU support of NT 4.0 still some way off, the VX looked a faster choice because it supported speed Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM). However, Dell denied that it had been caught cold by the fall in...
[August 2, 1996, 17:18]
US Report: NT changes name to Windows 2000
News As part of its announcement, Microsoft added a new member to the NT lineup -- Windows 2000 Datacenter Server -- which will ship 60 to 90 days after the rest of the Windows 2000 family. It is targeting this version of NT squarely at the Unix systems...
[October 28, 1998, 8:58]
Microsoft's message: NT 5.0 still not ready for prime time
News At the NT 5.0 reviewers workshop Tuesday, officials said the company will begin shipping this week the long-awaited Beta 2 code to 45,000 technical beta sites, 25,000 channel partners and 200,000 developers via the Microsoft Developer Network...
[August 19, 1998, 9:33]
NT, 95 make ground in corporate UK
News As for Windows NT, a quarter of corporates presently use it, but half of those asked plan to migrate totally or partially to NT in the next 12 months. 60 per cent of UK corporates use Windows 95, though half are reluctant to install it on all of...
[September 23, 1996, 11:23]
NT rogue file can roll back settings
News The retail versions of both NT 4.0 Workstation and Server include a file called Rollback.exe which will wipe settings when run, requiring users to re-install the software. It was a mistake," said Windows NT Server product manager Mark Hassall.
[September 20, 1996, 11:39]
NT '96 shows Microsoft's muscle
News A packed first-day crowd at the Windows NT '96 show in London today testified to the growing importance of the operating system. There are about 2,500 applications currently shipping for NT and that figure is expected to double in the next 12...
[October 2, 1996, 14:55]
A Year Ago: NT 5.0 public beta due next week
News When Microsoft Corp.releases the first public beta version of Windows NT 5.0 next week -- its new network operating system -- you'll hear the distinctive sound of a bullet being loaded into the chamber.
[September 22, 1998, 6:27]
A Year Ago Today: NT versions almost the same, report claims
News Microsoft's Windows NT marketing has come under blistering attack again, with claims that the Workstation and Server products are virtually the same. Schulman claims that the Workstation and Server versions of NT share the same kernel and are...
[September 9, 1997, 11:55]
US Report: NT 5.0 readied for early takeoff?
News Office pool participants and top market researchers may have NT 5.0 pegged for a year 2000 launch, but Microsoft has begun telling its development partners that all signals are go for a Q1 1999 delivery.
[September 22, 1998, 7:00]
Apple mulls NT, Intel options
News Apple CEO and chairman Gilbert Amelio said yesterday he was considering licensing Windows NT from Microsoft and would also mull the possibility of making the Next-based Rhapsody operating system run on Intel as well as PowerPC chips.
[February 6, 1997, 10:04]
Novell, MS spar on NDS for NT
News In the latest instance of jockeying between the two rivals, Novell (NOVL) declared plans to offer technical support for users of its Directory Services who want to run the software on Microsoft Corp.s Windows NT.
[January 21, 1998, 7:00]
Checklist for backing up your Windows NT servers
White Papers There's more to backing up your Windows NT server than just running backup, inserting a tape, and walking away. This checklist will make sure you don't miss anything.
[May 25, 2006, 3:17]
Gartner warns users to avoid NT 5.0 until mid-2000
News In a report entitled, Windows NT v 5.0 Vs Year 2000: Stop Where You Are, senior Gartner analyst, Ed Thompson, warns companies to use common sense and delay installing NT 5.0 until all millennium issues are resolved and "inevitable" NT bugs are fixed.
[March 24, 1998, 13:01]
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Patch: LPC Port Spoofing
Downloads Microsoft has released a patch that eliminates a security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. The vulnerability could allow a user logged onto a Windows NT 4.0 machine from the keyboard to become an administrator on the machine.
[January 12, 2000, 6:00]
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Patch: Netmon Protocol Parsing
Downloads This update resolves the "NetMon Protocol Parsing" security vulnerability in Windows NT® 4.0, and Systems Management Server (SMS). Network Monitor (NetMon) is an administrative tool that is used to monitor network traffic.
[November 3, 2000, 6:00]
Compaq, Dell head big NT roll-out
News "Over the last few months we have seen demand for NT Workstation increase dramatically in our commercial accounts," said Steve Jackson, senior product marketing manager at Compaq. Jackson said the Deskpro's Intelligent Manageability desktop...
[August 2, 1996, 16:31]
MS Windows NT Load Balancing Service Whitepaper
White Papers Microsoft Windows NT Load Balancing Service (WLBS), a feature of Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition, provides load balancing and clustering for mission critical enterprise-class applications. WLBS dynamically distributes IP traffic across...
[June 2, 2006, 0:00]
Microsoft Windows Server 2003: Upgrading Windows NT 4.0 Domains to Windows Server 2003
White Papers The goal of this Support WebCast session is to provide a framework for administrators, consultants, and Support Professionals to follow when they upgrade Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 domain controllers to Windows Server 2003.
[November 11, 2003, 23:00]
IBM pulls plug on PowerPC NT systems
News It seems that NT on RISC-based systems is not proving to be a popular choice. IBM will plug the gap with Intel-based systems running NT and support existing customers, Roscow added. We will continue to support PowerPC/NT customers.
[December 16, 1996, 10:58]
