Editing Windows NT 3.5 (section)

==Features==
Windows NT 3.5 comes in two editions: ''NT Workstation'' and ''NT Server''. They respectively replace the ''NT'' and ''NT Advanced Server'' editions of [[Windows NT 3.1]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldcomputermuseum.com/os/windows_nt3.5.html |title=Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Old Computer Museum |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-date=23 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323205319/http://www.oldcomputermuseum.com/os/windows_nt3.5.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Workstation edition allows only 10 concurrent clients to access the file server and does not support Mac clients.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldcomputermuseum.com/os/windows_nt3.5ser.html |title=Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 Server |website=Old Computer Museum |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102202735/http://www.oldcomputermuseum.com/os/windows_nt3.5ser.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Windows NT 3.5 includes integrated [[Winsock]] and [[TCP/IP]] support.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/pclt/WINWORLD/NT.HTM |title=TCP/IP in Windows NT 3.5 |date=9 April 1995 |website=Yale.edu |publisher=[[Yale University]] |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-date=29 February 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229122839/http://www.yale.edu/pclt/WINWORLD/NT.HTM |url-status=live }}</ref> (Its predecessor, Windows NT 3.1, only includes an incomplete implementation of TCP/IP based on the [[AT&T]] [[UNIX System V]] "[[STREAMS]]" API.) TCP/IP and IPX/SPX stacks in Windows NT 3.5 are rewritten.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140552 |title=How to Optimize Windows NT to Run Over Slow WAN Links w/TCP/IP |access-date=2010-12-18 |archive-date=2013-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227071334/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140552 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[NetBIOS over TCP/IP]] (NetBT) support as a compatibility layer for TCP/IP was introduced as also the Microsoft DHCP and [[Windows Internet Name Service|WINS]] clients and DHCP and WINS servers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/pclt/WINWORLD/NT.HTM |title=TCP/IP in Windows NT 3.5 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=9 April 1995 |website=Yale.edu |publisher=Yale University |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-date=29 February 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229122839/http://www.yale.edu/pclt/WINWORLD/NT.HTM |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/169289 |title=DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Basics |access-date=2009-12-27 |archive-date=2010-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324040943/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/169289 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Windows NT 3.5 can share files via the [[File Transfer Protocol]], and printers through the [[Line Printer Daemon protocol]]. It can act as a [[Gopher (protocol)|Gopher]], [[HTTP]], or [[Wide area information server|WAIS]] server,<ref name="TCP/IP in Windows NT 3.5">{{cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/pclt/WINWORLD/NT.HTM |title=TCP/IP in Windows NT 3.5 |date=9 April 1995 |website=Yale.edu |publisher=Yale University |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-date=29 February 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229122839/http://www.yale.edu/pclt/WINWORLD/NT.HTM |url-status=live }}</ref> and includes [[Remote Access Service]] for remote dial-up modem access to LAN services using either [[Serial Line Internet Protocol|SLIP]] or [[Point-to-Point Protocol|PPP]] protocols.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142909 |title=Files Needed to Set Up Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 RAS |date=1 November 2006 |website=Microsoft |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-date=25 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225113444/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142909 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Windows Resource Kit|Windows NT 3.5 Resource Kit]]'' includes the first implementation of [[Microsoft DNS]].<ref name="dns35b">DNSSETUP.EXE for Beta DNS Service included in ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt35/i386/i386.exe{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Other new features in Windows NT 3.5 include support for the [[VFAT]] file system, [[Object Linking and Embedding]] (OLE) version 2.0 and support for [[input/output completion port]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/information/IoCompletionPorts.mspx |title=Inside I/O Completion Ports |last=Russinovich |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Russinovich |date=1 November 2006 |website=Sysinternals |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220042334/http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/information/IoCompletionPorts.mspx |archive-date=20 February 2007}}</ref> Microsoft updated the [[graphical user interface]] to be consistent with that of [[Windows for Workgroups 3.11]]. NT 3.5 shows performance improvements over NT 3.1, and requires less memory.<ref name="Microsoft Windows NT 3.5"/>

Windows NT 3.5 added support for [[ATAPI]] CD-ROM. Windows NT 3.5 support for ISA PnP is not enabled by default.