Editing Windows NT 4.0 (section)

==Overview==
The successor to [[Windows NT 3.51]], Windows NT 4.0 introduced the user interface of [[Windows 95]] to the Windows NT family, including the [[Windows shell]], [[Windows Explorer|File Explorer]] (known as Windows NT Explorer at the time), and the use of "My" nomenclature for shell folders (e.g. [[Windows Explorer#Overview|My Computer]]). It also includes most components introduced with [[Windows 95]]. Internally, Windows NT 4.0 was known as the Shell Update Release (SUR).<ref name="NT4UndertheHood">{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/msj/archive/S413.aspx|title=Poking Around Under the Hood: A Programmer's View of Windows NT 4.0|last=Pietrek|first=Matt|date=August 1996|work=[[Microsoft Developer Network|MSDN]]|publisher=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030809030108/http://www.microsoft.com/msj/archive/S413.aspx|archive-date=August 9, 2003|access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> While many administrative tools, notably ''User Manager for Domains'', ''Server Manager'' and ''Domain Name Service Manager'' still used the old graphical user interfaces, the [[Start menu]] in Windows NT 4.0 separated the per-user shortcuts and folders from the shared shortcuts and folders by a separator line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itprotoday.com/article/windows-2000/windows-2000-professional-beta-3-reviewed-127366|title=Windows 2000 Professional Beta 3 Review|last=Thurrott|first=Paul|date=April 30, 2019|work=IT Pro Today|access-date=May 17, 2019|archive-date=May 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517074909/https://www.itprotoday.com/article/windows-2000/windows-2000-professional-beta-3-reviewed-127366|url-status=live}}</ref> Windows NT 4.0 includes some enhancements from [[Microsoft Plus!#Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95|Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95]] such as the [[Full Tilt! Pinball|''Space Cadet'' pinball table]], [[font smoothing]], showing window contents while dragging, [[High color|high-color]] icons and stretching the wallpaper to fit the screen. Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit included the Desktop Themes utility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159564|title=NT 4.0 RESOURCE KIT UTILITIES Corrections and Comments|work=Support|publisher=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118012556/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159564|archive-date=January 18, 2008|access-date=May 17, 2019|edition=1.5}}</ref>

Windows NT 4.0 is the last major release of Microsoft Windows to support the [[DEC Alpha|Alpha]], [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]] or [[PowerPC]] CPU architectures as Windows 2000 runs solely on IA-32 only. It remained in use by businesses for a number of years, despite Microsoft's many efforts to get customers to upgrade to Windows 2000 and newer versions. It was also the last release in the Windows NT family to be branded as ''Windows NT'' although Windows 2000 carried the designation "Built on NT Technology".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/1998/10/27/microsoft-renames-windows-nt-5-0-product-line-to-windows-2000-signals-evolution-of-windows-nt-technology-into-mainstream/|title=Microsoft Renames Windows NT 5.0 Product Line to Windows 2000; Signals Evolution of Windows NT Technology Into Mainstream|date=October 27, 1998|website=Microsoft|language=en-US|access-date=September 17, 2019|archive-date=January 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112171025/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1998/Oct98/NT5.mspx|url-status=live}}</ref>