Windows NT4 Workstation (last update to the NT4-WS FAQ: June 3 , 2001)

I am now starting to work with the 'Windows NT 4 Workstation'.
I have freed up a dedicated partition for it on my home-PC (which I will then operate in Dual-Boot with my Windows95 partition, using the Boot-Manager of Partition Magic 3.0).
However, when setting up NT4 at work, I had already to learn, that NT 4 is really different and has now only the pretty looks in common with Windows95:

If your system has both a 3.5" and 5.25" floppy drive, make sure that you are NOT using the BIOS-feature of 'swapping Floppy drive characters', because NT ignores that and then you are in all kind of compatibility problems !

I will not repeat all the Networking/Ethernet basic info, for that please have a look to the detailed sections is : FAQ Windows 95 Networking and Network Basics.


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I strongly suggest to follow an advise, which I found myself in several books on Windows NT:
"During installation of Windows NT4, do NOT define the network !
Get first the basic system WITHOUT networking properly up-and-running (including the sound-board, if you have one) and THEN in a second phase setup/configure the networking"

- NT4 Server

Network Installation:
- NT4 Installation/Setup of Network-Drivers (Created Nov.1,97)
- NT4 User Permissions (Created Nov.1,97)
- NT4 User Passwords (created June 30,99)
- NT4 Disk Sharing (updated: jan. 22,2000)
- NT4 Network Neighborhood / Mapping (created Dec.19,1999)
- NT4 Connecting from a Windows95 System (Updated Dec.7,97)
- NT4/2000 Restart/Rebot with mapped Network drivers (created May 1, 2001)
- NT4 Hidden Systems (created Dec. 19,1999)
- NT4 providing the User Database for Win95/98 User-level Sharing (created July 10,99)
- Synchronize Time via the Network (created July 5,2000)
- Windows NT4 Workstation versus NT4 Server (created July 16,99)
- Windows NT4 Workgroup versus Domain (created July 16,99)
- NT4 workstation joining an NT Domain , Logon-Script (created July 16,99)
- NT4 workstation joining an Windows2000 Domain (created May 9, 2001)
- Connection via a Router to a NT Domain Server ( modified March 24, 2001 )
- NT4 Guest account (Created Dec.7,97)
- Multiple Network Adapters (Created Jan.11,98)
- Automated Login using TweakUI or Registry Settings (Updated Feb.28,99)

- TCP/IP protocol (Created Non.8,97)
- Multiple IP-addresses on a Network Card (created July 1,2000)
NT4 as Client on Novell Netware Networks (created Nov.8,97)
- Connection to UNIX via NFS (Created Dec.13,97)
- Using Microsoft Exchange as Workgroup E-mail system (updated mar.11,2000)
- Popup Messages (created July 1,2000)
- NT4 Workstation Web-Server (created June 24,2000)

Dial-Up Networking (DUN) / Remote Access Services (RAS)

- Installation of the Modem (Created Nov.11,97) - Modem Inactivity Timeout (created Aug.21,99) - Installation of Dial-Up Networking (Created Nov.11,97) - Verification of the Dial-Up Networking Setup (Created Nov.11,97) - Define a Dial-Up Networking Connection (Created Nov.11,97) - Configure DUN as Internet Connection (Created Nov.11,97) - Dialing out via DUN to the Internet (Created Nov.11,97) - Virtual Private Networks (VPN / PPTP) (created July 26,98) - Proxy / Personal Firewall (created Nov. 1, 2000) - Modem Speed (created June 8,2000)

Direct Cable Connections - Direct-Cable Connection between Win95 and NT4 - Direct-Cable Connection between NT4-systems

Remote Access Server (RAS) for Dialing-In (Created Nov.11,97) - Dialing in to an NT4 Remote Access Server (Created Nov.13,97) - Dialing in via NT4 RAS/DUN to Netware (Created Nov.14,97) - Dialup Networking with TCP/IP (created Aug.15,98) - Dial-Up Networking Call Back (Created Nov.14,97)

- DUN/RAS connection is terminated quickly/unpredictable

Network Trouble-Shooting:
- Always use your Event Viewer (created July 28,98) !
- Service Packs (updated Dec. 2, 2000)
- Encryption Conflict between IE5.5 and SP6a (created Dec. 2, 2000)
- "Not Enough Server Storage to run this command" (Created Mar.7,98)
- "System process - Lost delayed write data" (created Sept.22,98)
- NT4 Share - not accessible / Device is not ready (created Aug. 2,2000)
- How to disable Network Redirector File Caching ?
- No Sharing command in the Context-Menu (Created Mar.7,98)
- Plug-and-Play (PnP) Network card (Created Apr.10,98)
- Corruption of TCP/IP information in the NT4 Registry (created: jan.9,99)
- NT4 - TCP/IP error: "Registry service subkey already exists"
- NT4 - TCP/IP error: "Unable to remove name space provider"
- Getting Auto-Disconnected from NT4
- "There is not enough storage to complete this operation" created Jan. 6, 2001

Important: if you have a network: protect your data by making proper backups !

Please see also the section under FAQ Windows 95 Networking, because most problems are very similar on Windows NT4 and Windows95, especially if they are Hardware related.

- Links to other NT4 related sites (Created Apr.30,98)
- WindowsNT4 Plug-and-Play (PnP) (Created June 12,99)
- WindowsNT4 General Tips (updated July 5,2000)