From: Gary Britt 

This is an OEM version that has an OEM Product ID and a sticker that says
it was for sale only with an HP PC.  It has a COA where the OEM Product ID
is printed, but didn't come with any manual of any kind.

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> 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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