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Subject: NT useless

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Name: langener
Date: February 10, 2008 at 06:39:21 Pacific
Subject: NT useless
OS: NT
CPU/Ram: P4/1
Model/Manufacturer: DELL

Comment:

Came into Possesion of a nice little DELL Laptop. However, the Problem I have is, that it has Windows NT on it and it was used in a Network as a Workstation. Every time I want to install something, a Printer for instance, it tells me the Server could not be found. Would Solution would there be available to make this into a "Normal" Computer? Thanks.

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Response Number 1

Name: WebsWonder
Date: February 10, 2008 at 09:13:50 Pacific
Subject: NT useless

Reply: (edit)

I presume you mean NT4 ??
NT5 is Windows 2000
NT5.1 is XP
Undertaking a fresh install of an Operating System would solve the problem.....

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Response Number 2

Name: langener
Date: February 10, 2008 at 09:33:58 Pacific
Subject: NT useless

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Correct, NT4. In other Words, I could start with an WIN 98 Boot Diskette, FDISK, and be on way Way?

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Response Number 3

Name: WebsWonder
Date: February 10, 2008 at 23:14:22 Pacific
Subject: NT useless

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Yes you need to remove NT4 completely as you do not have a License, maybe http://www.killdisk.com utility would do a better job. Then you can start with a fresh O/S install on a bare drive.

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Response Number 4

Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: February 14, 2008 at 16:22:05 Pacific
Subject: NT useless

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You don't need a boot disk, or to run FDISK. If you install 2000 or XP, the installs will take care of that for you.
Life's more painless for the brainless.

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Response Number 5

Name: Intel 80486 (by meisinscotland)
Date: February 16, 2008 at 08:21:01 Pacific
Subject: NT useless

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NT4 is way more stable than any of the Windows 95, 98 or whatever.
You need to learn where the policy has been set. Perhaps a simple fix would be to re-enable Workstation and Server in the services control panel.
I run Windows NT4 in a virtual machine on my Macintosh and it most certainly is *not* useless. It's the only 10 or more year old operating system (probably apart from Linux) that can run current apps like IE6 and Firefox.
If my replies look messed up, I'm sorry. I use Safari on a Mac the majority of the time, and the web hasn't really caught up yet.

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