Lan Manager (the precursor to Windows NT) was merely a NetWare copycat but Microsoft engineers were setting about creating a network operating system that was easier to install and manage than its more popular rival and - crucially - was built...
WinFS, as the new storage mechanism is known, is a new way of categorising information stored to hard drives and other media. Originally announced in 1992 as part of a Windows NT update code-named Cairo, the new storage system was delayed again and...
In the past, with new file system introductions in the earlier Windows NT operating system and other products, "Microsoft has been bad about this," he said. XP is way behind in that regard, particularly when you think about how big hard drives are...
This is not the first time Microsoft has mooted the idea of changing its software update mechanism. In a well-known incident, Microsoft's Service Pack 6 for Windows NT crashed thousands of servers. Microsoft executives said the company decided not...
For its part, Microsoft believes there is pent-up demand among the 15 per cent or so of Windows Server operating system customers still running the older Windows NT version. During his Comdex keynote address on Sunday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates...
That total is composed of Windows 2000 Professional (17.5 per cent), Windows 98 (14.9 per cent), Windows Me (6.5 per cent), Windows 95 (5.4 per cent), and Windows NT Workstation (4.9 per cent). Microsoft will speed up Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2...