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>Date: 21 Sep 00 09:41:49 -0700
>From: "Ron Bergmann" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5703.7 Windows NT (!)
>To: Learning and Technology Interna <[log in to unmask]>, LLTI <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Ron Bergmann <[log in to unmask]>
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Reply to: Re: #5703.7 Windows NT (!)
WinNT,
One thing that is very important in the NT area is the installation of the latest service packs.... you can go to the Windows web site to obtain these free of charge.
Also, since the advent of Win 2000 Pro, it is reasonable that companies would be developing toward that platform. Win2000 uses many of the features of NT but incorporates the ease of 98....
NT does run Dos applications in separate memory spaces called NTVDMs or NT virtual dos machines... right click on the task bar to see what is operating at which priority...
Hope this helps...
Ron Bergmann Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
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>>From: "Tracy N. Dingess" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" ><[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: RE: #5703 Windows NT
>>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:13:17 -0400
>>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Importance: Normal
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>Hi Janel,
>
>The most efficient method for testing your software is to invest in a copy
>of WinNT workstation software for evaluation purposes. You can obtain an
>upgrade for your current (if appropriate) Win version very inexpensively.
>
>If you possess the workstations that will be running the software in your
>converted lab, then install the new operating system on one of them and
>install all your language programs.
>
>See what will run and what won't. You then are able to contact the publisher
>whose software is causing problems.
>
>If this WinNT OS will be on machines you don't yet possess, then try to get
>one pronto! Install the OS and the language software. That is the only
>true way to learn your conflicts before you put the new lab together.
>
>When I did an upgrade to our new OS, many publishers assured me that their
>software was completely compatible. I still had to eat the cost of several
>programs. You may as well save time and trouble, buy one of the machines
>you want to use, get an upgrade or full version of the OS and go to it.
>
>Be aware of the software which makes DOS type calls on the system, runs in
>DOS mode. Win NT will support this fine, but you need to install the OS/Win
>NT with the instructions to allow DOS programs to run. You also have to
>make sure that the user/student working at the workstation has permission to
>read and write to the directory the particular language software may want to
>write out-put, data any form of record or information to.
>
>Tracy.
>
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>--- Forwarded Message from "Janel Brennan" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>>From: "Janel Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"
><[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Windows NT
>>Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:49:15 -0400
>>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Importance: Normal
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>Hello-
>
>We will be converting our 21 station computer lab to NT this year and I
>would love to hear from people who have gone through this kind of transition
>and what problems they ran into doing it. Our biggest concern is of course
>the compatibility with our current foreign language software. I've checked
>with several of the companies and they have assured me that their software
>is compatible. However, I am having trouble contacting every company that
>makes the software. If there are people that are currently running NT and
>have some of the software that we have, could you please e-mail me and let
>me know of any problems or things that you ran into? Someone also suggested
>that instead of NT, we might want to go with Windows 2000. I am open to any
>suggestions / help in this area that I am completely unfamiliar with!
>
>Here is our current list of software:
>
>Global Surf
>Atajo
>Arriba
>Japanese Spoken Language
>Nuevos Destinos
>Paroles
>Prego
>Russian-Live from Moscow
>Return From Silence
>Systeme D
>TOEFL Sampler
>Triple Play Plus Hebrew
>Pinyin Master
>Parliamo Italiano
>Parliamo Italiano Now!
>Mai Oui
>
>
>Thank you so much for your help!
>
>Janel :)
>
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>Janel M. Brennan, Coordinator, FL Instructional Technology
>The Language Center 1105 Jiménez Hall
>College Park,MD 20742 301-405-6927
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