From: Rich Gauszka 

Give it a try. You might as well find out now if they ripped you off and
you really need a key. I've only used OEM versions of NT4 which came with
the license key printed on the manual


Gary Britt wrote:
> So do you think it should install OK even if I don't have any product
> key serial number.  It might be a while before I try installing it on
> something.  I bought it because of the price and as a backup because of
> what MS is doing with licenses for virtual machines.  I figure when I
> make the move to Linux that should I need windows running in a VM on
> Linux for some of my old faithful windows and dos programs that
> Workstation 4 ought to run pretty fast in a VM.  What do you think?
>
> Gary
>
> Robert Comer wrote:
>>> For the hell of it, I purchased a copy of NT Workstation 4 from that
>>> superdealonline site you cited recently.  $24.95.
>>
>> Cool, I might have to buy a few licenses. (JIC)
>>
>>> On CD and on only 3 floppies (hard to believe only 3 floppies).
>>
>> That's just the boot floppies if you can't boot off CD.  you still
>> need the CD...
>>
>>> Is service pack 6a the latest and greatest?  Do I need to download
>>> and install anything else??
>>
>> 6a is the last service pack, don't know if you can even get fixes
>> after that any more.
>>
>>> The package contained a COA with a product ID.  It says it was for
>>> sale with HP Computers.  It doesn't have a serial number anywhere.
>>> Unless I'm overlooking it.  Does NT Workstation require a serial
>>> number be input when you first install it like Win2K, et seq. require??
>>
>> I think some NT4's had a key, but not all. Definitely no activation
>> though!
>>

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