Microsoft is working to fix a bug in Windows NT that gives users unrestricted access to corporate networks. Karen Khanna, product manager for NT security, said the privilege elevation attack only works when trying to access the system internally.
The managing director of a UK equipment vendor has predicted the demise of Windows NT in favour of the free Linux operating system. John Brittain Adams, managing director at Mintra - Cobalt's UK distributor - claimed: "Windows NT will be...
Called 'Remote Explorer', the virus is particularly deadly to Windows NT networks. The virus can infect NT servers or workstations. Network Associates (NA) has uncovered an 'intelligent' virus which attacks corporate networks.
Windows NT has not supplanted Unix and Netware, according to IDC. The report claims Novell's Netware is mainly used for similar functions, but its users claim Netware's strength and reliability mean they have not adopted Windows NT.
There's been a general disappointment with Windows NT as an enterprise operating system and that's fuelled the market for Unix, according to Doug Michels, CEO of Unix vendor, SCO. Where a few years ago people in the universities might have been...
Microsoft has set the dates for the gradual termination of its Windows NT Server 4.0 product line, beginning in July next year. If a corporate has stayed on NT 4.0 it's probably for perfectly good business reasons.
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