Windows NT 4 was the next major release of the NT line of operating systems, and was to bring the new Windows 95 inface to the NT platform. Underneath the hood however it is very similar to NT 3.51
Install
The only License agreement I agree to. The first stage of the install is done through a basic blue installer, where the disk volume and storage drivers are selected for install. Once that’s complete the second stage install pick up in a full Windows Nt environment. here the install can be customized.
Drivers
SoundBlaster Install
Unlike Windows 95, NT4 did not feature a device manager or the Add New Hardware Wizard, making hardware instillation more difficult since Plug and Play was not supported in the NT family until the release of Windows 2000. Adding the sound card can be done through the Multimedia applet and adding a new multimedia device, just make sure you have NT driver files available (95/98 drivers will not work)
3DFX Voodoo Install
Installing 3Dfx Glide drivers, as NT4 shipped with DirectX 2 only with limited upgrade capabilities so having Glide support should allow a wider range of games to be played. Instillation was done using the setup wizard which came with the WinZip self extractor.
Iomega Zip
NT4 did not support Zip drives natively, so additional software is required in order to use Zip disc images. However the only version I could find required the instillation of Service Pack 3 in order for it to run. Accessing the Zip disk is done using that software instead of using Windows NT Explorer.
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Desktop
After the is complete the system will reboot and the default desktop will be displayed
One of the preloaded desktop backgrounds, on this build ‘Click here to begin’ appears on the taskbar after a fresh install or when a new user has been created.
The Windows 95 Explorer interface is present in this build on NT
Control Panel
Find
Used to search and find files and folders, this is not an indexed search to the application has to manually search through the individual files
Accessories
Command prompt (Also known as Console) allows commands to be entered that is not converted in the GUI interface and also allows MS-DOS 16bit applications to run. Not sure why the clock application was included here since the clock appears in the taskbar.
Paint
Windows 95 paint with a default background image
Object Packager
Not sure on what this is?
Imaging for Windows
Bitmapped image editor, designed to open an image from a scanner or a digital camera.
Hyper Terminal
HyperTerminal comes bundled with this build and allows for access to protocols like Telnet
CD Player
A regular CD Player, tracks can be played and renamed
Diagnostics
Views detailed system information and the hardware/drivers currently installed
Logon
Windows NT requires you to press Ctrl + Alt & Del in order to logon to ensure the logon screen is genuine, which will bring up the login screen. On some systems this may be replaced by the Novell Client logon screen for Netware networks.
Shutdown
Shutting down Windows NT, from here you can log off, restart or shut down. If ACPI drivers are installed the system will power off, otherwise a power off prompt will appear instead
PCem Specifications
- Motherboard: Packard Bell PB570
- Processor: Pentium Overdrive MMX
- Graphics: Built In Video – Cirrus Logic
- Sound: SoundBlaster AWE32
- Mouse: PS/2 Intellimouse
- Network: Novell NE2000
- 3D Accelerator: 3DFX Voodoo Graphics
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