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...
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...
Patches are available for 98 and 98 SE, XP, NT 4, NT 4 Terminal Edition and 2000. The three vulnerabilities, which affect Windows NT 4, 2000 and XP, could result in denial-of-service attacks or allow hackers to run malicious code.
The PowerPC was touted as an alternative processor and Windows NT was created with a software layer that insulated it from hardware dependencies. While there are important examples, much of the vast quantity of stored data is quite comfortable with...