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Windows NT 3.51
Windows NT ファミリー
開発者
Microsoft
リリース情報
一般リリース 1995年5月30日(英語版)[1]
最新の安定版 3.51 (Build 1057: Service Pack 5)[1] - 1996年9月19日
ソースモデル クローズドソース
ライセンス 商用ソフトウェア
プロプライエタリ・ソフトウェア
カーネル ハイブリッド
プラットフォーム IA-32, Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC
先行品 Windows NT 3.5(1994年)
後続品 Windows NT 4.0(1996年)
サポート状態
2001年12月31日サポート終了

Windows NT 3.51マイクロソフト社がリリースしたWindows NT系列のオペレーティングシステム (OS) である。英語版は先行品であるWindows NT 3.5がリリースされた9か月後である1995年5月30日にリリースされた。このリリースでは、以下の2点の機能改善が行われた。1点目は、PowerPC命令セットに対する対応で、もう1点は、重要な改善であり、3か月後にリリースされたWindows 95と合わせてクライアントサーバモデルを提供できるようになった。後継品であるWindows NT 4.0は1年後にリリースされ、Windows NT 3.51は2001年12月31日にサポート停止となった。

Overview[編集]

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".[2] Editions of NT 3.51 were also released for the x86, MIPS, and Alpha architectures.

New features introduced in Windows NT 3.51 include PCMCIA support, NTFS file compression,[3] replaceable WinLogon (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.[4]

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; 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 Office 97 SR2b, but relying upon 16-bit versions of Internet Explorer technology. This is probably because 32-bit versions of Internet Explorer 4.0 and later integrated with the Windows 95 desktop, and NT 3.51 still used the Windows 3.1 desktop. Thereafter, up to IE 5.0, but no later 5.x versions, were offered. However, the open-source SeaMonkey internet suite supported NT 3.51 through version 1.1.19, released on 16 March 2010; it requires a few manual file updates to work without compromising browsing security.[5][6][7]

NewShell[編集]

On 26 May 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" (codename for Windows 95) shell during its late beta phases; however, it was intended to be nothing more than a test release.[8] There was a second public release of the Shell Technology Preview, called Shell Technology Preview Update made available to MSDN and CompuServe users on 8 August 1995. Both releases held Windows Explorer builds of 3.51.1053.1. The Shell Technology Preview program never saw a final release under NT 3.51. The entire program was moved across to the Cairo development group who finally integrated the new shell design into the NT code with the release of NT 4.0 in July 1996.

Five Service Packs were released for NT 3.51, which introduced both bug fixes and new features. Service Pack 5, for example, fixed issues related to the Year 2000 problem.

NT 3.51 was the last of the series to run on an Intel 80386 processor. This, its ability to use HPFS partitions (which Windows 2000 and later could not),[9] and its ability to run at least some of the common control API, means that it still finds a place for occasional use on older machines. Windows NT 3.51, like other versions of Windows NT 3.x, has some compatibility with OS/2 1.x Applications; however, only text mode applications were supported.

Hardware requirements[編集]

Windows NT 3.51 hardware requirements[10]
Category Minimum requirement
Processor Intel 386 or 486 at 25 MHz
Memory Workstation edition: 12 MB
Server edition: 16 MB
Video card VGA
Hard disk drive standard IDE, EIDE, SCSI or ESDI
Free hard disk drive space 90 MB
Installation media CD-ROM drive, 1.44 MB or 1.2 MB floppy disk drive or active network connection

Supported EIDE addressing schemes include logical block addressing (LBA), ONTrack Disk Manager, EZDrive, and extended cylinder-head-sector (ECHS).

References[編集]

  1. ^ a b Windows NT History”. if (ms) blog++;. Microsoft. 2017年11月22日閲覧。
  2. ^ Paul Thurrott (2003年1月24日). “Windows Server 2003: The Road To Gold - Part One: The Early Years”. SuperSite for Windows. 2010年6月4日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2009年9月4日閲覧。
  3. ^ Daily, Sean. “Optimizing NTFS”. Windows NT Magazine. 2017年6月25日閲覧。
  4. ^ Windows NT 3.51 Product Overview”. Support. Microsoft (2006年10月31日). 2007年12月25日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。 Template:Cite webの呼び出しエラー:引数 accessdate は必須です。
  5. ^ System Requirements”. Installation Instructions for SeaMonkey 1.1.19 (2010年3月16日). 2015年11月30日閲覧。
  6. ^ Misc Windows”. toastytech.com. p. 4 (2010年). 2015年11月30日閲覧。
  7. ^ Lineback, Nathan. “Web Browsing fixes for NT 3.51, 95, and NT 4”. toastytech.com. 2015年11月30日閲覧。
  8. ^ John D. Ruley (1995年9月). “NT Gets the Look But Not the Logo”. How-To Columns. WinMag. 2006年3月14日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2009年9月4日閲覧。 Internet Archive
  9. ^ Overview of FAT, HPFS, and NTFS File Systems”. Microsoft (2007年5月7日). 2009年9月4日閲覧。
  10. ^ Windows NT 3.5x Setup Troubleshooting Guide”. Microsoft (2006年11月1日). 2009年9月4日閲覧。

External links[編集]

Category:1995年のソフトウェア 3.51