While many administrative tools, notably User Manager for Domains, Server Manager and Domain Name Service Manager still used the old graphical user interfaces, the Start menu in Windows NT 4.0 separated the per-user shortcuts and folders from the shared shortcuts and folders by a separator line. Internally, Windows NT 4.0 was known as the Shell Update Release (SUR). It also includes most components introduced with Windows 95. The successor to Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0 introduced the user interface of Windows 95 to the Windows NT family, including the Windows shell, File Explorer (known as Windows NT Explorer at the time), and the use of "My" nomenclature for shell folders (e.g. Windows NT 4.0 is the last public release of Windows for the Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC architectures. These editions were succeeded by Windows 2000 Professional, the Windows 2000 Server Family and Windows XP Embedded, respectively. Windows NT 4.0 Embedded mainstream support ended on June 30, 2003, followed by extended support on July 11, 2006, with Windows 98 and Windows Me ending support on that date as well. Windows NT 4.0 Server mainstream support ended on December 31, 2002, with extended support ending on December 31, 2004. Mainstream support for Windows NT 4.0 Workstation ended on June 30, 2002, following by extended support ending on June 30, 2004.
Workstation, server and embedded editions were sold, and all editions feature a graphical user interface similar to that of Windows 95, which was superseded by Windows 98 and could still be directly upgraded by either Windows 2000 Professional or Windows Me. It was Microsoft's primary business-oriented operating system until the introduction of Windows 2000. It is the direct successor to Windows NT 3.51, and was released to manufacturing on July 31, 1996, and then to retail on August 24, 1996. Windows NT 4.0 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses. Security updates were available until Decem It allows users to purchase security updates for 3 years, in early installments. asp (archived December 2006)Īll editions were eligible for the paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. Windows API, NTVDM, OS/2 1.x, POSIX.1, SFU (SP3+) A screenshot of Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a, showing the Start menu and Windows ExplorerĤ.0 SP6a with Post SP6a Security Rollup (Build 1381) / July 26, 2001 21 years ago ( )
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