I'm a die-hard NT4 fan and was discouraged recently when I received my new laptop and no NT4 drivers were available (for some reason I just assumed they'd be available). Anyway, before I build my new desktop system, are there any good hardware makers that still support NT4?

Thanks,

Chris.

hmm... let me break "hardware" down.

motherboard - many manufacturers use modern chipsets that only have 2k / xp drivers. some will work with NT4 if you switch chipset and special controllers off in the mobo's BIOS, then install the OS, then bring it up to SP6a, then turn the features back on in the BIOS, then load drivers. sometimes Win2000 drivers will work on an NT4 box. Some mobo manufacturers even support NT4. my Abit pentium 4 board did.

PCI chipset - this new PCI bus scheme, who knows. i have had no experience here with this new PCI architechture, i forget the name now (its late). you know, theone with the inch long slots as opposed to the older PCI slots that are longer.

Sound, Net - should be no issues. these days its built in. go to the mobo manufacturer's driver page and download the drivers, expand them, and parse the 2000 drivers. are they generic -- will they work in NT?

USB - shut it off in the BIOS and forget all about USB. sure, that old add-on for Win95 worked for NT4, but it was for version 1.x.

Video - forget dual monitor support. any nice card... again, download the drivers and examine them.

Hope this was a start in the right direction, and sorry if you knew all of this.

nonsequitur: i am listening to the allman brothers right now.

i love NT and have made my windows 2000 look exactly like it using NT4's icons and ripping IE out.

NT 4 icon library DLL