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Questions tagged [windows-nt-4]

Windows NT 4.0 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft, released on July 31, 1996.

Refers specifically to versions of Windows NT 4.0. Anything related in general (non-version specific) to Windows OS should be tagged with .

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How can I determine the edition of Windows NT?

According to wikipedia, there are lots of edition of Windows NT - Workstation, Server, Server Enterprise Edition, Terminal Server, Embedded... But how can I determine the edition of Windows NT in my box? The output of "winver" command is…
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Script to disconnect mapped network location

I have a user who needs to map a certain network location to drive O:. Every so often, this drive loses it's map to O:, but will show up under different letters, such as H:, K:, and L:. The normal procedure is for him to call Helpdesk (me) to come…
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Enabling HTTP 1.1 in Internet Explorer 2.0

I am using Windows NT 4.0 and the built-in web browser Internet Explorer 2.0 seems to have a problem locating most of the web sites. It looks like the browser is not using HTTP/1.1 and doesn't pass the Host header to the server. This causes the…
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Is it possible to run Git on an old Windows NT machine?

I have a PC that needs to run Windows NT in order to maintain compatibility with some old test hardware. I'd like to run Git on it for source control, but I can't find any information on Git's website about compatibility with NT. Does anyone know…
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Virtualbox system is not working like real system

We have a system that is based on windows NT4, because of hardware limitation we are moving to linux on new hardware + virtual windows nt4 (virtualbox). but the virtual one is not working as it have to, Also i tried linux dd to copy real nt…
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How to run Windows compiled for PowerPC on Modern PowerPC machines without instruction set enumeration?

Windows® NT supported more architectures in the past, but similar to Apple with their Mac, Windows® for PowerPC required an ARC BIOS in order to be booted (please note this doesn’t only concern this architecture). Virtualization answers like this…
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How do you adjust the mouse wheel in Windows NT 4?

I need to adjust the number of lines that the window scrolls when using the mouse wheel manually in Windows NT 4. Any idea how to configure that? Any registry hack?
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Vertical blue lines with long beeping when installing Windows NT 4.0

I'm trying to install Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP1 on an unused PC (MSI J1800I, HDD 75GB 5400RPM, Samsung 2x2GB 10600MHz). Here's what I get, along with long beeping: I have successfully installed it on virtual machine in the past, and I wonder…
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Dual boot nt4 and windows 98

I am trying to dual boot nt4 and windows 98 se (don't laugh - old computer). I have seen Microsoft's instructions for doing this, but it limits windows 98 to have a Fat16 partition (NT4's NTLDR doesn't understand FAT32) and therefore only 2GB of…
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Connecting Windows 7 to NT4 domain?

My office domain is NT4, but I have a windows 7 laptop. I've been told that I won't be able to log on. Does anyone know a work around for this? They're planning to upgrade to Windows 2003, but that could be a little while.
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How to get files off an old laptop running Windows NT?

Hey ill tell you guys my situation and you can hopefully help me decide the best way to get old pictures off this laptop. I can boot the laptop. It is running Windows NT 4.0. It has 2 USB drives, a port for a phone line (dial up im guessing?) and…
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Suddenly getting remote login failures from Vista client to NT 4 domain, both undisturbed

I went away for the weekend and shut everything down and suddenly I am getting login failures from my Vista client laptop to my ancient NT 4.0 domain server. This system has been working correctly for years, and it hasn't been disturbed in any…
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How do I connect a Windows NT 4.0 pc to a Windows 11 pc serially via USB to RS-232 cable?

I have been trying to connect two PCs serially via a USB to RS 232 cable for the past week. One PC is running on Windows NT 4.0 with no floppy disk drive nor LAN cable. The other PC is a normal PC running on Windows 11. I have been searching in…
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Windows 10 DNS record with NT4 domain

I'm having a problem introducing Windows 10 machines to my Samba NT4 domain. I know that Microsoft actively "encourages" people to move to AD, but for various reasons, I'm stuck with NT4 for now. After the registry fixes described in…
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Adding a Windows 2003 Server to a Windows NT Server 4.0 Domain

I have a Windows NT Server 4.0 Domain Controller VPC. I have built a new Windows 2003 Server VPC. I would like to join this Windows 2003 Server to the NT Server 4.0 Domain Controller. How do I do it?
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