WINDOWS NT TROUBLES

Windows NT 5.0 is having a serious impact on the corporate desktop operating system market. Microsoft's attempt to control both the desktop and the server with both Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation is further strengthened with the GUI enhancements in version 5.0.

However, Windows NT's image on both platforms is starting to fade due to problems with underlying technology, licensing problems, and confused implementation directives for the operating system. One of these problems is exemplified when users started to notice problems just after Microsoft began shipping the NT Service pack 2, which is a group of new features and bug fixes for both versions of Windows NT 4.0. In fact, Microsoft has stated it would post patches for the two most common problems:

Unfortunately, these fixes have arrived too late for several users who actually removed the service pack. They had to reinstall the system, and some had to completely reformat their hard disks. In one case NT Service Pack 2 corrupted the Windows NT file system partitions on a hard drive twice. This made users seriously question the effectiveness of the service pack.

Since the release of version 4.0, Windows NT has been very stable. But after installation the patches seem to be causing the most serious difficulty of all. While the Windows NT platform may have been thoroughly tested, users wonder if the same precautions were taken for the patch.