Embedstigation: Windows NT 4.0 Embedded Edition

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Product information

Windows NT 4.0 Embedded Edition The key is for the "evaluation" version. The complete version of the product is not available anymore nor anywhere, but with a simply registry trick on the generated image, you can convert it to the complete version. (More info will be available on a comment) It's the only version of Windows NT 4 to use 25 letter product key (like 98 and NT 5) and the only one to use BINKs and CIDs (if I'm not mistaken).

Product key

I don't know if you are interested in this product.

This is an "evaluation" product key and I have quotes for a reason. The Component Designer doesn't expire, I tried moving the clock to 2030 and the program still opens and makes images. With the registry trick the images generated still boot and work. The program otherwise is a fully functional version of the program. C3DFK-FK7QC-D2WJ8-PH6FR-HQM7Q BINK: 0E CID: 0

The Component Designer doesn't work on a Windows NT 5.x environment, at least not with XP. Use NT 4.0 instead.

About box

The Target Designer: Image Created:

1. Go to the image location:
2. Go to WINNT\System32\config and look for a file named SYSTEM and SYSTEM.ALT
3. Open regedt32.exe
4. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
5. Click Registry > Load Hive...
6. Go to the location where SYSTEM / SYSTEM.ALT were.
7. Load SYSTEM and give it a name:
8. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > [Your name] > ControlSet001 > Control > ProductOptions
9. Double click "ProductSuite"
10. Change "Embedded Class: Temporary" to "Embedded Class: Class 2"
11. Unload SYSTEM hive.
12. Do the same with SYSTEM.ALT file.
13. Unload SYSTEM.ALT hive.

---Proving "activation" A. The NT Embedded Deployed Image on current date: B. The NT Embedded Deployed Image on 2030: -We can see still works. A. The Target Designer on current date:

B. The Target Designer still works and can create images in 2030: --And that's it.

Download link

https://archive.org/download/4.0.1381.1-x-86fre-axpfre-mipsfre-ppcfre-client-workstation-oem-en-us-1996-10-14-omni-tech-oem/4.0.1381.204_x86fre_client-embedded_oem_en-us.zip

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I don't know if this is useful at all for you guys. But at least we learn something new.

[thepwrtank18]

Made a dedicated issue label for stuff like this. This is new.

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Sorry, though it was interesting. At least I somewhat "archived" it.

[thepwrtank18]

Making an NT4 VM right now for testing.

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I thought I was being an idiot! He-he. Remember to edit both files (SYSTEM and SYSTEM.alt with regedt32.exe) You need at least SP4 for NT4.

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I don't know if it works in VBOX, though. In VMware Workstation it does.

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@thepwrtank18 Does it work for you?

[thepwrtank18]

Still getting the VM set up. (VMware keeps mounting the VMware Tools ISO rather than the Service Pack 6 ISO I downloaded)

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Ok! Good luck!

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If it works, tell me please. Let's hope it's not only my machine.

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The Embedded image only supports IDE by default and has no mouse. So the second disk must be IDE if that's the case. You can add the mouse in Component Designer, the SCSI driver too if you want.

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@thepwrtank18 Did you manage to get it running?

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I'm still looking to the lost product Compute Cluster 2003 x64 retail key, I really don't know if it exists because I'm having a hard time.

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Got SP6 and VMware Tools installed. Still have to install IE4 SP2, since that's a dependency

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I installed the Active Desktop but it's not necessary. I can publish an SP4 ISO that has the ie4 setup if you want

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Here it is: https://archive.org/download/office-2016-project-std-retail-16.0.9029.2167-32-bit-64-bit-en/Windows%20NT%204.0/Microsoft%20Windows%20NT%204.0%20Service%20Pack%204%20%284.00.1381.133%29%20%281998-12%29%20%5BEnglish%5D%20%28CD%29%20%5BX04-10659%5D.zip

Its a little big (770MB).

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This is the Service Pack 4 for NT + IE4

[thepwrtank18]

Got IE4 SP2 installed, I'm at the Setup part of NT Embedded.

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The key is on the readme file too. Probably it first opened when you inserted the CD.

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@thepwrtank18 To create the image you have to keep the CD inserted. The files to generate it are in the CD. The XP/WES09 setup copies the files needed to set up the image to the hard drive, NTe does not.

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@thepwrtank18 Managed to do it?

[thepwrtank18]

Pre-Windows XP keys are pretty simple to find out how to reproduce, they don't really care about the Channel ID, just the BINK. Thanks for showing this!

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You're welcome! Glad to show my Windows "embedstigations" to someone!

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@thepwrtank18 Let's see if I can find that "lost" key for Compute Cluster for you guys! See you!