| Title: | Windows NT |
| Notice: | See note 15.0 for HCL location |
| Moderator: | TARKIN::LIN .com::FOLEY |
| Created: | Thu Oct 31 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 6086 |
| Total number of notes: | 31449 |
Hi
I have a number of Ultra II laptops that I have to deliver to a
customer with WinNT V4.0 as the o/s. For historical reasons these
machines are currently running WinNT V3.51 with SP5.
I would appreciate some guidance on what is required to upgrade to NT
V4.0 (ie any special drivers or power management facilities) and where
to locate them.
I have also seen a few notes indicating that installing NT SP2 may be
problematical and not a good idea. Is there any "official" person I can
contact to determine the exact status of SP2 on the ULTRA IIs and
whether there are special precautions/actions required in order to
install this service pack ?
Many thanks
John
Cross posted in DECPC_PORTABLE
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 6001.1 | DECWET::VOBA | Tue May 13 1997 10:13 | 5 | ||
Re .0, according to the folks supporting the HiNote Ultra II, only NT
4.0/SP1 is supported. Installing SP2 and later (i know the current
pre-release of SP3 crashes it) at your own risks.
--svb
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| 6001.2 | NT 4 / SP2 works for me | RDVAX::akocstdhcp88-102.ako.dec.com::levy | Run Like an Antelope | Tue May 13 1997 11:01 | 26 |
I am running an Ultra II with 4.0/SP2 successfully...even
dual-booting with Windows 95.
As I recall, you'd want to do things in the following sequence:
1 - Get the Digital bits for NT 4.0 from the PCBU web site at
pcbu.ako.dec.com. Expand the kits to the C drive of the
laptop. You'll need them later!
There is even an upgrade instructions document there.
You'll want WGHNU21K.EXE
2 - Install NT 4.0 from CD/Network and make sure you can get the
Digital support stuff (power management, MMM stuff,suspend)
running ok.
3 - Install SP2 and re-apply the Digital support.
I have NO idea about SP3. I'd want a good backup before trying it.
dave
It ain't straightforward, but it works.
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| 6001.3 | Thx | RDGENG::ABRAM | John Abram | Wed May 14 1997 02:38 | 1 |
:.2 Thanks, we'll try this and see what happens :-) | |||||