Windows NT Server 4.0 Edition page

Windows NT Server 4.0
I bought Windows NT Server 4.0 after XP, just out of curiosity. The low system requirements seemed almost perfect for Pentium and early Celeron computers..Pictures of Win NT Server 4.0 install -

The very first screen is a simple sentence,"Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration" just like in XP.
This version of NT Server comes with 3 floppy disks which basically start your computer, and 2 CD-ROMs: one for NT Server and a 4.0 service pack.

This install was done on one of my baby AT towers, just because it was all setup on the work table.

This is how XP install starts, if you run the XP boot floppies.we are up to floppy disk #3 already. It took a few minutes.

We have found the CD drive, and seem to be well on our way to installing NT Server 4.0 .
I put in a WD Caviar 6 GB just for this install. In reality this install was done merely for documentation.

Windows NT Server 4.0 was released on July 29, 1996 with support through December 31, 2003.

System Requirements: 486/33 MHz or higher CPU, 16MB of RAM,125 MB of free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive,VGA monitor, and a mouse.

Here you scroll through about 11 pages of the EULA agreement before you can 'agree' and press the F8 key.

Here we are creating the master boot sector information, since this was a clean install. However, NT Server doesn't recognize a 6 gig partition, so we are creating a 2 GB partition. I never used this operating system because I didn't have drivers for NT; on every install the display comes out as 16 color VGA.

This install completed in around 45 minutes, longer than Windows 95 or 98.There are a lot of options to manually set up.

Here we format our install partition of the hard disk, and create the Windows folder to install our files into.

Please wait while setup examines your disks; a few long minutes of 'scandisk' running in the background...

Support for 7 years is the standard life cycle for MS products.

We have completed the basic tasks, and now we have our first reboot in the install process..

You'll note the age of NT Server 4.0 as you view the background, which is similar to Windows 95 setup.

This installation took place on August 25,2010 on a celeron 466mhz ..

Our favorite organization and notice the numerical 'key' similar to 95..

I have no idea what to select here, because this will only be a demonstration install.No network required.

We are half way done, and I am wishing i could just put my camera on auto and walk away.Not that easy..

I did make a repair disk, hoping it would work for the boot process on a slipstream disk of Win XP SP 3. It didn't work out.

We now seem ready for the third phase of the install process,

installing Microsoft Information Server (whatever that is) and finding our network card.

There is my 3Com 509b ISA network card, and using typical TCP/IP configuration.

Network services and components...

..network card resources and a 'dummy' warning, typical of older windows .

NT = NetWork .. these screens flashed by pretty quickly.

..more of the same..

Finally, network bindings and starting the network.

..my computer has a first name, it's b-a-b-y ...and finishing network setup.

Creating the start up menus and items..and several things not relevant to this installation.

A prompt to 'create the directory' and adding the server URLs..

Which reminds me that NT Server 4.0 comes with a full version of Microsofts' FrontPage,for web publishing.

which you installed after the NT setup.Another 'dummy' message reads, "you do not have an internet domain name declared for this machine".

SQL server and (not) our time zone...

Finally, display settings. Now press OK to test the display settings. 16 colors blah!

"Did you see the test bitmap properly?", and press okay to save settings and continue.

We are saved.

Now, creating the 'emergency boot disk' ...

...and finishing setup. Ready to reboot. That was an incredibly boring routine.

"Press Ctrl Alt Delete to log on" and a look at the 'basic' start menu.
After all this, I will be glad to get back to Windows 98, or ME, or anything.

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