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echo: nthelp
to: Geo.
from: Chris Robinson
date: 2003-03-28 08:35:18
subject: Re: NT4 obsoleted today 3/26/03

From: Chris Robinson 

Yeh - they should do that.  I'm no expert on what fixing the problem would
require but how difficult can it really be?  Win2k is "built on NT
technology" afterall - just how much did they change
"architecturaly"?

Lets hope the user community releases a fix as you say.

Chris.

"Geo." wrote:

> That would stop functionality, like remote backups. A second trivial fix
> would be to allow anyone holding an NT4 license upgrade to W2K free. Don't
> want to fix it then at least take care of your customers who are still
> running it. This would cost MS nothing out of pocket, just honor an NT4
> license as if it were a W2K license.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
> news:3e82f42b{at}w3.nls.net...
> > A trivial "fix" could be to simply disable port 135 in
the TCP/IP options.
> What would that take?  Maybe 50 lines of code
> >
> >

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