Ensure That The System Clock Is Correct And Kept Accurate; Install Windows Service Packs And Hotfixes; Install Windows Nt 4.0 Service Pack 6A Or Later; Install Hotfixes - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.0 Installation Manual

Operating System Requirements
At this point you will need to install Service Pack 4 or later, if not already installed.
This is needed for the installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. Service packs
can be obtained from
You will need to install Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later, as this is needed by
the Security Configuration Manager.
The Microsoft Security Configuration Manager is located on the Service Pack 6a
CD-ROM, or can be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/tools/scm/
tool is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q195227.

Ensure That the System Clock is Correct and Kept Accurate

So that date and time stamps in log files can be correlated with those of other
computer systems, the system clock should be kept reasonably in sync. As the NET
TIME command requires NetBIOS, which will be disabled during post-installation
system configuration, either a TCP/IP based NTP client should be installed (such
as the shareware program Tardis), or a time radio receiver attached. See
http://www.ntp.org/

Install Windows Service Packs and Hotfixes

Windows NT Service Packs include key fixes that are necessary to maintain the
security and reliability of the operating system. The hotfix series contains
important changes for problems that were found after the service pack was
released.

Install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a or Later

It can be obtained from
The system will reboot after the service pack is installed.

Install Hotfixes

Download and install any Windows NT 4.0 Hotfixes that are for the service pack
that is installed on the system, such as
obtained from
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/
will probably be necessary to reboot the system after each hotfix is installed.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/servicepacks/
for more information on NTP clients for Windows NT.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/servicepacks/
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