With Internet commerce and a growing global economy, network operating systems are as critical to the nation's economy as highways or water pipes. Unlike roads, though, there are no uniform ...

If we’re all very lucky, this may be the last time I’ll talk about Windows NT and upgrade paths. Really. Microsoft has almost given up hope that it will ever get all customers of NT servers to migrate ...

Microsoft has quietly posted a second collection of Windows 2000 bug fixes, indicating the official release of an update could come this week. The Redmond, Wash.-based software company in July ...

Despite the hype about Windows 2000, you may have asked yourself whether adopting the new features of the forever-delayed OS makes sense. Why would anyone want to migrate an existing Windows NT 4.0 ...

Microsoft is phasing out Windows NT 4.0, its 5-year-old operating system for businesses. Microsoft on Monday discontinued the server version of NT because of increased demand for its newer replacement ...

Special Report: In a speech delivered two years ago at a Windows developers conference, Microsoft's then chairman and CEO Bill Gates pronounced that his company would dominate the datacenter-caliber ...

<p>Rumors are circulating that the source code, or at least a portion thereof, for both Windows NT and Windows 2000 has been leaked onto the Internet. As of yet, there has been no official word from ...

While on the road, you and a co-worker often need to exchange files. You typically send them as e-mail attachments, but surely there's a better way? E-mail is about the worst possible way to exchange ...

I'm a UNIX fan, and the only thing that goes on my servers is UNIX. But I am interested in something. I know a lot of my UNIX peers talk about the instability and lack of security in Windows, what is ...

(Windows New Technology) An earlier 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. Available in client and server versions, Windows NT included built-in networking and preemptive ...

Also called "Win2K" and "W2K," Windows 2000 was a major upgrade to Windows NT 4, launched in early 2000. Available in one client and three server versions, Windows 2000 added support for Plug and Play ...