NT Workstation 4.0

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Last week, I had a crisis with a Windows NT Workstation system. Combined with the joys of parenthood, it took a week to resolve.

While trying to update a Windows NT system that was dropping remote access calls, the system froze while installing Service Pack 6a. The failure left me with the blue screen of death and a few files missing.

Windows NT has a system repair procedure that involves an emergency boot and repair that re-installs the original program files. At a certain point in the process it naturally requires the original Windows NT Workstation CD.

I walked to a shelf and pulled out my Windows NT box. It was empty. On the floor nearby was the manual which had various shapes scrawled on it with a magic marker. The two year old had struck again.

The CD itself was missing. I eventually found it under the couch in the living room. It had a large chunk missing from it.

So my Windows NT Workstation could not be fixed. I couldn't buy Windows 2000, because it would have killed the modem share program based in Netbios technology.

So I searched the internet for a replacement CD and found none. I called Microsoft. For $23 they sent out replacement media. Two days later, the server was repaired.

There are two lessons to be learned from this. First, no matter how old the software, make backup copies of the CD. Second, never give your two year old, free access to your software library.

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Shmuel Protter
investmenttool.com

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