Windows NT
Windows NT (short for New Technology) comes in two flavors workstation and server.
Workstation was designed as a high-end operating system mainly for corporations and anyone needing a robust, reliable and secure workstation for its employees.
The server version adds a comprehensive set of tools for managing and administering networks (LAN).
I deal with the workstation version in this write up and only version 4.0 (not 3.5). Windows NT marked the first time ever in a Microsoft windows base operating system was coined truly secure.
It’s designed in such a way that it earned a C-2 security rating. This just means that it meets certain government specifications for secure computing.
With Windows 95 and 98 if you didn’t know the password needed t log in to a machine, all that was necessary to thwart the security features was to press the ESC key.
This of course gave you access to the entire file system. Unlike Windows 95 and 98, Windows NT will not allow you access to the file system or the desktop by pressing the ESC key. You must know your password to gain entry.
Many of the features common to Windows 95 were added to Windows NT version 4.0. Windows NT Version 4.0 sported the same Graphical User Interface (GUI, pronounced Gooey) and many other improvements. Unfortunately Windows NT lacked some features as well, the most glaring was no Plug-and-Play capabilities.