Editing Windows NT 3.1 (section)

=== Included programs ===
Windows NT 3.1, for the most part, comes with 32-bit versions of the components featured in Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups. However, it also included applications specifically aimed at the needs of Windows NT, like the User Manager, the [[Performance Monitor]], the Disk Administrator, the [[Event Viewer]] and the ''Backup'' application. The ''Advanced Server'' contained further, server-specific administration tools. Because Windows NT 3.1 is not DOS-based, a new 32-bit command-line processor, called [[CMD.EXE]] was included which was compatible with MS-DOS 5.0.<ref name="ct1993" /> For compatibility reasons, Windows NT 3.1 shipped with a few 16-bit applications, like [[Microsoft Write]] or [[EDLIN]].<ref name="msq101929">{{Cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/101929/en-us|title=16-Bit Applications Included with Windows NT|date=October 31, 2006|website=Microsoft Support|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227071235/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/101929/en-us|archive-date=February 27, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref>

Windows NT 3.1, being an all-new operating system for which no previous MS-DOS based drivers could be used, includes a wealth of drivers for various common components and peripherals.<ref name="ct1994" /> This includes common [[SCSI]] devices like hard drives, CD-ROM drives, [[tape drive]]s and [[image scanner]]s,<ref name="msq103284">{{Cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/103284|title=Contents of Windows NT SETUP.TXT, Part 1|date=October 31, 2006|website=Microsoft Support|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031110903/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/103284|archive-date=October 31, 2009|access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref> as well as [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] devices like graphics cards, sound cards and network cards. The [[EISA bus|EISA]] bus, is supported by Windows NT 3.1. The [[Conventional PCI|PCI bus]], however, is not supported by kernel, but supported by third-party drivers.<ref name="msq113345">{{Cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/113345/en-us|title=Support for PCI Computers and Peripherals in Windows NT 3.1|date=October 31, 2006|website=Microsoft Support|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227071227/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/113345/en-us|archive-date=February 27, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref> Windows NT 3.1 supports an [[uninterruptible power supply]].<ref name="Custer1993"/>{{rp|page=328}}

Windows NT 3.1 could be installed either by using the CD-ROM and a provided [[boot disk]], or by utilizing a set of twenty-two 3.5" floppies (twenty-three floppies for ''Advanced Server''). Windows NT 3.1 could also be installed over the network.<ref name="ct1993" /> A coupon was included that made it possible to order a set of twenty-seven 5.25" floppies (or twenty-eight floppies for ''Advanced Server'').<ref name="computinghistory">{{cite web |title=Microsoft Windows NT version 3.1 |url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/12535/Microsoft-Windows-NT-version-3-1/ |access-date=2012-09-06 |website=Centre for Computing History}}</ref> Compared to the floppies, the CD-ROM contained additional drivers and applications.

Windows NT 3.1 does not support [[ATAPI]] CD-ROMs.