GoKawiilMicrosoft released Windows NT 4.0 to manufacturing partners on July 31, 1996. Codename Cairo marked an important milestone in the history of Microsoft’s original server OS and would far outlive Microsoft’s original plans as enthusiasts and administrators clung to it, as older readers will be aware. Headlining features of NT 4.0, which made it a winner, include the melding of the intuitive new Windows 95 UI into the fully 32-bit enterprise OS. It was also notable for being the last version of NT to support Alpha, MIPS, or PowerPC CPU architectures.
Historical Windows NT timeline:
Windows NT Server 3.1 – in 1993, the first version of Windows NT also introduced NTFS
Windows NT Server 3.5 – in 1994, this update provided integrated support for Winsock and TCP/IP
Windows NT Server 3.51 - client/server support added in 1995
Windows NT 4.0 – in 1996, NT got the Windows 95 UI and the familiar My Computer, My Documents, and so on
Windows 2000 Server – the 5 th NT release started a new naming scheme, introduced Active Directory, plus NTFS 3.0 with file system encryption
NT release started a new naming scheme, introduced Active Directory, plus NTFS 3.0 with file system encryption Followed by the more modern Server releases…
After the initial Windows NT 4.0 release, Microsoft followed up with a version for embedded systems and its Terminal Server edition.
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