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==Overview== The release of Windows NT 3.51 was dubbed "the PowerPC release" at Microsoft. The original intention was to release a PowerPC edition of NT 3.5, but according to Microsoft's David Thompson, "we basically sat around for 9 months fixing bugs while we waited for IBM to finish the Power PC hardware".<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul | last=Thurrott |title=Windows Server 2003: The Road To Gold - Part One: The Early Years |url=http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winserver2k3_gold1.asp |publisher=SuperSite for Windows |date=January 24, 2003 |access-date=September 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604082534/http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winserver2k3_gold1.asp |archive-date=June 4, 2010 }}</ref> Editions of NT 3.51 were also released for the [[x86 architecture|x86]], [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]], and [[DEC Alpha|Alpha]] architectures. New features introduced in Windows NT 3.51 include [[PCMCIA]] support, [[NTFS]] file compression,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc767961.aspx |title=Optimizing NTFS |work=Windows NT Magazine |via=[[Microsoft TechNet|TechNet]] |access-date=June 25, 2017 |first=Sean |last=Daily|date=February 20, 2014 }}</ref> replaceable [[WinLogon]] ([[Graphical identification and authentication|GINA]]), 3D support in [[OpenGL]], persistent IP routes when using TCP/IP, automatic display of textual descriptions when the mouse pointer was placed on toolbar buttons ("[[tooltips]]") and support for Windows 95 common controls.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 31, 2006|title=Windows NT 3.51 Product Overview|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/124814|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225070412/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/124814|archive-date=December 25, 2007|website=Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> In view of the significant difference in the kernel base, Windows NT 3.51 is readily able to run a large number of [[Win32]] applications designed for [[Windows 95]]. More recent 32-bit applications will not work, as the developers have prevented their application from working with any Windows version earlier than Windows 98, and also because some applications do not work properly with the older Windows NT 3.51 interface. Despite this, Microsoft in their application releases muddied the issue, releasing [[32-bit]] versions of [[Microsoft Office]] right up to [[Microsoft Office 97|Office 97]] (the last version of Microsoft Office supported on NT 3.51), but relying upon [[16-bit]] versions of [[Internet Explorer]] technology from versions [[Internet Explorer 3|3.0]] to [[Internet Explorer 5|5.0]]. Web browsers based on and including [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] were operable up to version 2.0.0.22, released in April 2009; they required a few manual file updates to work without compromising browsing security.<ref>{{cite web |title=System Requirements |work=Installation Instructions for SeaMonkey 1.1.19 |date=March 16, 2010 |url= http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey1.1.19/installation#win_requirements |access-date=November 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://toastytech.com/guis/misc4.html|title=Misc Windows|last=Lineback|first=Nathan|year=2010|website=toastytech.com|page=4|access-date=November 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lineback |first=Nathan |title=Web Browsing fixes for NT 3.51, 95, and NT 4 |website=toastytech.com |url=http://toastytech.com/files/95browsing.html |access-date=November 30, 2015}}</ref> Windows NT 3.51 is the last of the series to be compatible with the [[Intel 80386]] processor. ===NewShell=== On May 26, 1995, Microsoft released a test version of a shell refresh, named the ''Shell Technology Preview'', and often referred to informally as "NewShell". This was the first incarnation of the modern Windows GUI with the Taskbar and [[Start menu]]. It was designed to replace the Windows 3.x Program Manager/File Manager based shell with [[Windows Explorer]]-based [[graphical user interface]]. The release provided capabilities quite similar to that of the Windows "Chicago" ([[Microsoft codenames|codename]] for Windows 95) shell during its late beta phases; however, it was intended to be nothing more than a test release.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruley|first=John D.|date=September 1995|title=NT Gets the Look But Not the Logo|url=http://winmag.com/library/1995/0995/09howtoc.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314223207/http://winmag.com/library/1995/0995/09howtoc.htm|archive-date=March 14, 2006|access-date=September 4, 2009|work=How-To Columns|publisher=WinMag}} Internet Archive</ref> There was a second public release of the Shell Technology Preview, called ''Shell Technology Preview Update'' made available to [[MSDN]] and [[CompuServe]] users on August 8, 1995. Both releases held Windows Explorer builds of 3.51.1053.1. The preview program provided early feedback for the ''Shell Update Release'', the next major Windows NT version with the new interface built-in, which was released in July 1996 as Windows NT 4.0. === Updates === Five [[Service pack|Service Packs]] were released for NT 3.51, introducing both bug fixes and new features. Service Pack 5, for example, fixed issues related to the [[Year 2000 problem]].
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