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Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was originally designed to be a powerful high level language based processor independent multiprocessing multiuser operating system with features comparable to UNIX to complement workstation versions of Windows that were based on MS-DOS until 2001. It was the first 32-bit version of Windows. Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are the latest versions of Windows NT.
Major Features
The original version of Windows is a 16-bit GUI program which runs on MS-DOS and was written in Intel 8086 assembler. MS-DOS uses interrupts to call operating system services. 16-bit Windows is characterised by the use of 16-bit near pointers, 32-bit far pointers, and an awkward memory allocation system which requires the programmer to lock down a pointer to obtain a physical address and then release it so the operating system can relocate objects as needed to maximise efficiency. This was made necessary by the segment-based addressing of the Intel 8086 based processor which essentially adds a 4-bit extension to the 16-bit addressing of the Intel 8080. DOS was also written to suit the needs of a single user, with minimal security. A user with Windows 95 who does not type in a proper password still can access the local resources, if not the network. 16-bit Windows is also built around the concept of cooperative multitasking. A program must do operations quickly and then give control back to Windows, which can then give messages to other tasks. If a program fails to do so, it will stop all other processes on the machine, rendering it inoperable, and this often happened on Win16 machines. This is known to most people as the "Blue Screen of Death."
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Advanced Toolware - NT and W2K tools for disk quotas, user and domain management, and security.
Meta Description: [ Advanced solutions for Active Directory management, User Management, Helpdesk delegation, Bulk / Mass user import, Network Monitoring, Event Log, Archiving, Server Monitoring, SharePoint Integration, and Disk Quota for Windows 2003 XP 2000 and NT. ]
Computerstructures - Using NTBACKUP supplied with every Windows NT license for backing up critical files
Jim Buyens Web Resources - Windows NT resources Jim Buyens tells about NT; handy for those short on time.
LabMice.net - Offers annotated resource directory for Windows users and administrators with a searchable index of thousands of Windows 2000/NT resources.
Meta Description: [ Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, and MS BackOffice Resources for IT Professionals. This searchable index features over 10,000 resources, including technical articles, whitepapers, online seminars, tutorials, book reviews, and more. Designed for IT Professionals who need answers fast. ]
Managing Windows Systems - Automatically monitor your Windows environment 24x7 and provides the alerting, querying and reporting tools to maintain the highest levels of availability and performance for the business-critical services provided by your IT infrastructure.
mysaNiTy for Windows NT4 and 2000 Sever - Create, manage, move, delete user acccounts, control workstation security and desktop security, and drive and printer mappings for Windows 2000 and NT4 Server networks.
Meta Description: [ MysaNiTy creates, manages, moves, deletes user acccounts,
controls workstation security and desktop security, and drive and printer mappings for Windows
2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server , and NT4 Server networks. ]
NeoTech - Windows NT Tips and Tricks - Bacis help for Windows NT users. (NT/FTP/SQL)
Meta Description: [ Windows NT Tips & Tricks. Solutions to the most common and undocumented
problems under NT, Tools and Links ]
Network Tools : Lyonesse Software - Disaster Recovery, Security, Network Analysis, General Admin - Software for NT administrators.
Meta Description: [ Lyonware Network Tools - System Utility Products ]
Paperbits Support Center for Windows NT - Windows NT tech support site with the latest device drivers, service packs/hotfixes, utilities, tech support information, links, and peer support forum.
Meta Description: [ forWindows.com - Help and Support for Microsoft Windows operating systems with the latest device drivers, service packs/hotfixes, utilities, technical support information, links, and forums. ]
Restrict logons to NT, Citrix MetaFrame, Terminal Server, Windows 2000 by Users, Groups and Applications Metering - Restrict, meter, concurrent use of server logons, applications and RAS sessions by users and groups. Single signon or multiple signons to servers and applications.
Meta Description: [ Restrict or Meter Users, Groups, Applications and RAS sessions ]
Rexx, Kix and batch scripts for NT administrators - Scripts for Windows NT administration, including NT 4 Terminal Server
Software Tips and Tricks - Tips and Tricks for Windows NT
Meta Description: [ Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional Tips and Tricks. Page Number 1 ]
SysInternals - System utilities for Windows NT/2000 including NTFS driver for DOS, FAT32 driver for NT and NT Undelete program. Most with source code, good for system administrators and system programmers.
The Windows NT Resource Center - Software, answers, sites, consultants, jobs, resumes, and anything about Windows NT.
Meta Description: [ Enterprise IT Planet Product Guide. ]
USB for Windows NT - USB tips, tricks, troubleshooting, drivers, software, news, kinks and information for Windows NT
Wayne's NT Resources for Administrators and Users - Extensive Windows NT registry index; nt tips and tricks for admins and users; focus on utilities and security resources and tools; penetration testing tips
Windows Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) - Microsoft's official list of hardware that works under NT. Other hardware may work but Microsoft will not support it.
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Windows NT for Compaq / DIGITAL Alpha - Systems platform support for Alpha and Windows NT hardware porting list and Windows NT V4.0 Service Pack 6 for Alpha Systems.
Windows NT Megasite - Central repository for all information relating to past, current and future versions of Windows NT, updated frequently.
Meta Description: [ Windows NT Megasite: Windows 2000 Features, Tips, WinNT Info and WinNT News! ]
Windows NT Tools 4 Ever - Provides NT tools for solving problems, disk quota management, user management, server management and editing System Policy Templates.
Meta Description: [ Windows 2003 XP 2000 NT Network Monitoring, Disk Quota and User Management Solutions ]
WindowSecurity.com - A one stop Windows NT and 2000 portal with links, tips, faq, downloads, and news.
Meta Description: [ Features a wealth of tutorials on various Windows networking related topics such as setting up Windows NT/XP/2000/2003 networks, troubleshooting, connectivity and more. Also includes a comprehensive archive of reviewed networking software. ]
WINNT-INET - Windows NT on the Internet Mailing List - Mailing list about WinNT's implementation of DNS, WINS, TCP/IP and DCHP.
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