IT Certification FAQ

All of our servers (6 of them) are NT4. For the last 2 years, we have slowly been migrating our workstations to W2K Pro. Eventually, we will convert our enterprise over to W2K, but we are in no particular hurry to do so.. as the old saying goes 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' .....

Barry Anderson

The company I work for is still largely NT4 based. We have dozens of
servers and hundreds of Workstations. Windows 2000 is starting to be used,
but mainly on new Laptops.

There are a number of reasons why we still use NT4, here are a few:

1) We have a lot of PCs that run NT4 and Office 97 fine, but are not capable of running Windows 2000.
2) COST!! Along with having to upgrade/replace inadequate hardware there is also the cost of upgrading the software from NT4 to W2K.
3) As for the servers they are happily running NT4, the cost of hardware upgrades, disruption in upgrading, and cost of the software, it is currently not a convenient time to do it. I believe also that we would have to upgrade NT4 client access licences to WK2 client access licences (please correct me someone if I am wrong here), which when you have hundreds of clients all adds up.

Of course the day will come when we will need to move forward. By the way I am also doing my MCSE, which you can only do currently in W2K.

All I would do if you have time is get a copy of NT4 and have a play, see how its different. Your knowldge of W2K and your MCSE/A will help.

Chris

I went for an interview today. This is a *very* large international company. They are still using NT4 and find no need to incorporate active directories. NT4 is alive and kicking! Glad i got my MCSE+I(NT4) back then.

Best of luck!

Peter Walker

I see mainly NT4 with a few 2000 and 95/98 thrown in but NT4 is the most popular in the schools I support.

Sally Manda

Just about all small to medium companies that created NT4 nets, plan on keeping them from what I see and hear. It took most of them 6 years of tweaking to get them to run right, and they don't have the disposable funds to constantly give MS more money. Newer start ups, and companies just getting into networking are going with 2000, and surprise surprise Linux.

J.A.Logan

source: alt.certification.mcse
added: March 2003

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