how does win nt work?

**lxs** · Jul 7th, 2001, 10:29 AM

hi all
i need to know how windows nt work..
when can u say that it is windows nt?
if a couple of m/c are running win 98 and are connected to lan then is it win nt?

thanks,
lxs

**chrisjk** · Jul 7th, 2001, 10:34 AM

what?????????????

that makes no sense

chenko · Jul 7th, 2001, 11:08 AM

WinNT is another windows OS

denniswrenn · Jul 7th, 2001, 02:07 PM

Hmm... I wonder when I've downloaded 2,000 MB if I'll have Win2k rather than 98

j/k

**Xenonic_Rob** · Jul 7th, 2001, 02:19 PM

Come on guys - I'm sure you were once full of questions and not understanding how things work.

Windows NT is an operating system, like Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1 etc. The difference with NT is, it's for servers. So the individual workstations are connected to the main server, running Windows NT. You can get WinNT Workstation, a version of NT for the workstations themselves, but I think (though I don't know) that most businesses use Win98 connected to the server.

Does that answer your question?

**lxs** · Jul 7th, 2001, 10:52 PM

hi,

thanks for ur reply..but it hardly answers my q...

what i want to know is that..
if in a lab.. the students dont hav acess to servers..but htey work on win 98 that's connected to lan..how do u know if its a win nt ?

the reason i ask is that api calls for win nt dont work there..now does that mean that api's r ment to run on server of win nt..or what..

THATS MY PROBLEM
thanks,
lxs

**Skitchen8** · Jul 8th, 2001, 12:00 AM

Originally posted by lxs
hi,

thanks for ur reply..but it hardly answers my q...
what i want to know is that..
if in a lab.. the students dont hav acess to servers..but htey work on win 98 that's connected to lan..how do u know if its a win nt ?

the reason i ask is that api calls for win nt dont work there..now does that mean that api's r ment to run on server of win nt..or what..

THATS MY PROBLEM
thanks,
lxs

a thing can not be a win nt, win NT is another (sh*tty) OS from microsoft. i don't know much about api, but the nt api calls should only work on computers that have nt installed

**Xenonic_Rob** · Jul 8th, 2001, 03:00 AM

Well... if you app is running on the workstations (running Win98) then you'll only be able to use Win98 API calls. Even if the app is STORED on the server (user areas and the like), it will be still running on the Win98 OS of the workstation. If you run the app on the server, THRU NT, then you'll be able to use WinNT API calls.

Answer your question?

**lxs** · Jul 8th, 2001, 08:11 AM

hi,
yep that does answer my question..

call me dumb but here goes..

so if i got it right ..there is no way telling that the os is a win nt from a client ?

is it possible that pc's on lan can run win 98 and still hav nothing to do with win nt?
thanks,
lxs

**Xenonic_Rob** · Jul 8th, 2001, 09:05 AM

That's not what I'm saying. There are ways to tell what OS they've got thru VB code, I just don't have them handy at the moment. So if you liked, you could run two sets of coding, depending on whether your prog was running on the client (Win98) or the server (WinNT).

As for your second question, I am pretty sure you can run two Win98 clients on a LAN without the need for NT. But I'm not 100% sure - you'd have to ask someone else about that one.

Hope I've helped

**chrisjk** · Jul 8th, 2001, 10:48 AM

This little handy snippet tells you what OS you've got running. Add a SysInfo control to a form...

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
 
Select Case SysInfo1.OSPlatform
    Case 0
        MsgBox "OSPlatform = Unknown 32-Bit Windows"
    Case 1
        MsgBox "OSPlatform = Windows 95"
    Case 2
        MsgBox "OSPlatform = Windows NT"
End Select
 
End Sub

**lxs** · Jul 8th, 2001, 11:25 AM

hi,

thanks for all the replys

i got it..
and the code too..

regards,

**Skitchen8** · Jul 8th, 2001, 12:50 PM

so if you wanted you could have 3 different forms for each system, and just have it load the forms on each case

**lxs** · Jul 8th, 2001, 10:48 PM

yep ur right. I never thought of it while working on the lan...but now its like i dont hav access to lan so cant check it out.
i wanted to know about the win nt without coding cause i was'nt sure of the right answer-which os in lab.Now i hav no way to chek it...and hav given up on it.
thanks,

**InvisibleDuncan** · Jul 9th, 2001, 04:09 AM

Is it just me, or are there less jokes in here than in most Chit-Chat threads...?

**Guru** · Jul 9th, 2001, 04:38 AM

Originally posted by InvisibleDuncan
Is it just me, or are there less jokes in here than in most Chit-Chat threads...?

Yeah!
this is definatly not a chit chat question

**tumblingdown** · Jul 9th, 2001, 11:36 AM

Originally posted by Skitchen8

...win NT is another (sh*tty) OS from microsoft. i don't know much about anything, but...

stfu.

td.

scoutt · Jul 9th, 2001, 11:49 AM

my guess would be that since you are in a lab environment that for security reasons the server is running nt or 2000. and most business's are switching over to 2000.

**CiberTHuG** · Jul 9th, 2001, 11:54 AM

Originally posted by lxs

hi all
i need to know how windows nt work..
when can u say that it is windows nt?
if a couple of m/c are running win 98 and are connected to lan then is it win nt?

thanks,
lxs

Ah, the smell of job security. *cringe*

My problem is not how naive (or ludicrious) his question is, but that he aggrivates his poor use of English with poor syntax and grammar. I know my French is poor, so when I dare write any French, you better believe I'm going to include every capital, every puncuation, cross every t and dot every i.

What in the hell is "m/c"?

Gracious Rewrite of Post to Appease the Editor in Me
Hello, everyone [Why use slang when you can't get it right?]

I need to know how Windows NT works. When can you say that [the OS] is Windows NT? If a couple of machines are running Win98 and are connected to a LAN, then is [the machine running] WinNT?

I tried to resolve any ambigious antecedents.

denniswrenn · Jul 9th, 2001, 01:30 PM

People are going to start making fun of you if you keep correcting everybody like that... Hmmm.. maybe if they start on you, they'll stop on me... carry on

scoutt · Jul 9th, 2001, 02:03 PM

I don't think that will ever happen Dennis

but it is wishful thinking

**CiberTHuG** · Jul 10th, 2001, 07:57 AM

Originally posted by denniswrenn
People are going to start making fun of you if you keep correcting everybody like that... Hmmm.. maybe if they start on you, they'll stop on me... carry on

I think they'll start correcting me, especially since I never use a spell checker.

chenko · Jul 10th, 2001, 08:17 AM

Originally posted by Xenonic_Rob
As for your second question, I am pretty sure you can run two Win98 clients on a LAN without the need for NT. But I'm not 100% sure - you'd have to ask someone else about that one.

100% yes!!

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