From: Gary Britt 

Yes that's it.  Its actually xxxxx-OEM-xxxxxxx-xxxxx.  The COA just says
for distribution with a new PC, but a clear sticker referencing HP PC's was
added at some time.  Probably quite some time ago.  OK, looks like I'm good
then.  On Win2K and XP there is BOTH a product ID and a Product Key, and
the product key is a different format so that is what made me think I
needed more than just the Product ID.

Thanks for clarifying for me.

Are there any patches or downloads for NT that I should get.  It comes with
SP 6a disk.  I take it the SP's are cumulative and I don't need SP's 1
through 5?

Any tools or other downloads that I need to snag to give Windows NT the
features for networking, configuration, or whatever that I'm used to with
Win2K and XP ??

Thanks,

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> The OEM product ID somthing like this 'Product ID:
> :xxxxx-OEM-xxxxxxx-xxxxx'? If so that is the serial number you'd key in (
> xxxxx-OEM-xxxxxxx-xxxxx) . I know on future versions of Windows  OS HP keyed
> the install to HP hardware but that might not be the case for the OEM NT4
>
> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> news:4640fa89{at}w3.nls.net...
>> 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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