Microsoft KB Archive/298857

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INFO: Windows NT Embedded and Windows NT Service Packs

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Q298857

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows NT Embedded 4.0

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SUMMARY
This article explains why Microsoft does not support the installation of service packs on Windows NT Embedded 4.0.

MORE INFORMATION
Windows NT Embedded 4.0 is quite similar to the retail version of Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server with Service Pack (SP) 5 installed. However, Windows NT 4.0 embedded has some different base binary files than Windows NT 4.0 Server/Workstation in order to provide easier componentization and embedded-enabling features, such as write filter, headless operation, remote management with NetMeeting or Telnet command line, support for no paging file, support for flash media, and so forth. These changes were made to the base operating system (Windows NT 4.0 SP 5) during the creation of Windows NT 4.0 Embedded, which was then tested as a separate product. Service packs shipped for the retail version of Windows NT 4.0 Server/Workstation were not tested with the embedded-enabling features and therefore are not supported by Microsoft for use with Windows NT 4.0 Embedded.

To summarize, Windows NT Embedded 4.0 is a separate product from Windows NT 4.0 Server or Workstation, retail version, even though they share many of the same binary files.

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Issue type : kbinfo

Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTEmb400 kbWinNT400Search