[WinMac] Try NT ... Re: Aptiva questions and lockdown

Harris, Matt(HARRISMA[at]Mattel.com)
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:43:53 -0700

        You Wrote:
> I also have a single, publicly accessible, non-networked PC running
> Win95 and I was
> wondering what software or tricks are available for locking it down.
>
        [Harris, Matt] If you are technically skilled and willing to
learn a new platform, you should investigate switching to Windows NT.
If your hardware and software will work in NT it has "lockdown
capabilities" built in. Since Win 98 is going to eventually be merged
into NT it would give you the added benefit of experience working with
NT before you get forced into it. NT is not perfect, and you will give
up PNP drivers until NT 5.0 comes in a year or two (or three or four
:-)). The main advantage is that NT was designed with security in mind,
is 32 bit, and stable (compared to Win 95, NT is very stable).

        The main disadvantages are NT is hungry, somewhat more difficult
to set up, and not all hardware and legacy software will run. I would
recommend 64 MB of RAM even though it really would work with 32. Your
Winnt directory will be 300 MB to 500 MB of hard disk space so you
should have at least a GB hard disk. Microsoft has info on line about
what will and will not run on NT, so check that out before you give them
your money to make sure NT will work for you.

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