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Microsoft poised to release Zero Administration kit for NT By Bob Trott InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 9:55 AM PT, Jun 18, 1997
The Redmond, Wash.-based company, touting ZAW and the NetPC at PC Expo in New York City this week, will offer the kit for free download on June 26 at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/zak/. Additionally, it will be available from computer makers. Cutting PC cost-of-ownership with NetPCs, ZAW, and Windows-based terminals -- technology that will let multiple users run Windows off of a server -- will be the theme of Microsoft Executive Vice President Steve Ballmer's keynote speech Wednesday at PC Expo. The ZAW kit for NT 4.0 is designed to let administrators take advantage cut their ownership costs until the new version of Windows NT, which will fully embrace the ZAW initiative, is released next year. A ZAW kit for Windows 95 is in beta and will be released this summer; that functionality is due to be included in the next version of that platform, which is code-named Memphis. The kit for NT Workstation 4.0 will include an automated setup program; preconfigured system policies, user profiles, and setup scripts; optional configuration modes that let users boot directly into Internet Explorer or an internal business application; and step-by-step documentation. "This free set of tools makes PCs less expensive and easier to manage by controlling a key component of hidden costs -- end-user operations," explains a document posted on Microsoft's Web site. NT workstation machines will have to be re-configured to accommodate the ZAW kit. Microsoft Corp. in Redmond, Wash., can be reached at http://www.microsoft.com/.
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