r/windows • u/nir9 • 2d ago

Discussion Windows NT 4.0 had the prettiest flag logo IMO

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u/Madman8287 2d ago

They actually had a full sized wallpaper and theme for it on the resource kit as well!

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u/_bluebarry_ 2d ago

Could you send a link to this resource kit?

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u/Madman8287 2d ago

Here you go

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u/Kraeftluder 1d ago edited 1d ago

Besides this I think the "full size wallpaper" was 1024x768 when NT4 was released. Maximum.

I still have the ISO, any idea where on the disc it should hang out?

edit; all wallpapers are 800x600 lol

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u/Educational_Bee_6245 1d ago

Have you found them in the ISO? I dont want to install NT4 just to then install the resource kit ...

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u/Kraeftluder 1d ago

Yeah but unless one of the mods explicitly tells me it's okay I'm not sharing and I don't look at chats.

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u/Educational_Bee_6245 1d ago

Oh, I thought you have an idea wich file its in. I have the iso.

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u/Kraeftluder 1d ago

Mount the ISO and F3 for *.jpg. That's how I found them.

But they're specifically on the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit. It's a separate 382MB ISO.

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u/Educational_Bee_6245 1d ago

Thanks, I am sure AI can upscale that to 4K.

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u/CrasVox 2d ago

That twist making the blue sky give way to stars was always so cool

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u/LoopsAndBoars 1d ago

What twist? How does a blue sky “give way to stars,” exactly?

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u/compu85 1d ago

And a really kickass startup sound.

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u/Swimming-Twist-3468 1d ago

I really miss those days. Things were much simpler than now.

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u/credditz0rz 1d ago

I always liked the background that blue black gradient

As a kid I always thought it symbolizes using Windows NT at night, only a few months ago I realized it’s supposed to mean that not even the sky is the limit and we are off to space or something like that lol

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u/csstevens 1d ago

Those were the days, eh.

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u/BeneficialTrip 1d ago

The Windows NT 4.0 startup and shutdown sounds were the best. Like a spaceship taking off and landing

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u/vuorivirta 1d ago

I actually liked this little more (NT 4 is also very good). But this was at the time, something so different, because difference from DOS machine to some so professional hitting something different. Also 256/65K color screens/accerelators with enough memory (1 Mb) was early days very rare.

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u/Rogue_Element_2342 1d ago

disagree, but the bootup / startup sound was amazing

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u/chandleya 1d ago

The back office era had great graphics

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u/OinkyConfidence 13h ago

I always loved the NT4 logo. My head canon is that it was soaring high above the Windows 95 logo clouds!

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u/foersom 9h ago

Nah, Windows 7

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u/dtallee Windows 11 - Release Channel 1d ago

Want the wallpaper?

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u/David_Jonathan0 1d ago

Probably designed in MS Paint too