Shell Technology Preview build 1054
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| OS family | Windows NT |
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| Version number | 3.51 |
| Build number | 1054 |
| Architecture | x86, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC |
| Compiled on | 1995-05-28 |
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Shell Technology Preview build 1054 (also known as Shell Technology Preview or NewShell) is a replacement shell provided by Microsoft for testing with Windows 95-compliant applications in Windows NT. The end result is a pre-release version of the Windows NT 4.0 shell and user interface, complete with icons and some feature additions. This version also makes Windows NT 3.51 identify itself as Windows NT 4.0, allowing certain NT 4.0 programs to run on NT 3.51 due to the NT version being NT 4.0.
NFO files[edit | edit source]
The following NFO files were included as part of the KND and PWA releases.
KND
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∙-/\·∙ [ KiNDReD '95 ] ∙·/\-∙ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ =[ ... New Shell For Win NT 3.51 ... ]= ║
║─────────────────────────────────╥────╥───────────────────────────────────║
║ FiLENAME : KND_TBA?.ZIP ║ ║ RELEASED BY : SENiOR STAFF ║
╟─────────────────────────────────╢ ╟───────────────────────────────────╢
║ RELEASED DATE : o7-17-95 ║ ║ SUPPLiER : LoCKSLeY ║
╟─────────────────────────────────╢ ╟───────────────────────────────────╢
║ NUMBER OF DiSK : [o1] ║ ║ OPERATiNG SYSTEM : WiNDOWS ║
╙─────────────────────────────────╨────╨───────────────────────────────────╜
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ ═[ RELEASE NOTES ]═ ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ It looks like Windows 95. Easy install and uninstall. ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ ═[ THE GODS ]═ ║
║──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║
║ « Cyclops ∙ Die Hard ∙ Night Crawler » ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ ═[ SENiORS STAFF ]═ ║
║──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║
║ « Cobra » ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ ═[ COURiERiNG TEAM ]═ ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
╟─────────────────────[ HEAD OF COURiERiNG OPERATIONS ]────────────────────╢
║ « Cyclops » ║
╟────────────────────────[ HEAD OF iNET OPERATiONS ]───────────────────────╢
║ « Die Hard » ║
╟───────────────────────────[ COURiERiNG TEAM ]────────────────────────────╢
║ « Seniors: KiD » ║
║ ║
║ « Negative Charges ∙ Robotech ∙ Snakeyes ∙ X-Con » ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ ═[ SiTES ]═ ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║──[ BOARD NAME ]───────[ AC ]──[ NODES ]─[ HQ./DISTRO ]───[ SYSOP(S) ]────╢
║ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ║
║ [∙Dark Water∙] [XXX] [XX] [∙World HQ∙] [∙Die Hard∙] ║
║ [∙Chrono Trigger∙] [XXX] [XX] [∙Western HQ∙] [∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙] ║
║ [∙Global Emunity∙] [354] [o5] [∙Northern HQ.] [∙Isak∙] ║
║ [∙The Wall∙] [+46] [o3] [∙Europe HQ.] [∙Telnic∙] ║
║ [∙The Web∙] [818] [o2] [∙Courier HQ.] [∙Spider∙] ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ [∙The Dome∙] [XXX] [XX] [∙Secret HQ.] [∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙] ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ [∙Cyberspace∙] [354] [o3] [∙Distro Site∙] [∙Utopia∙] ║
║ [∙Sherwood Forest∙] [916] [o2] [∙Distro Site∙] [∙Locksley∙] ║
║ [∙Force to Sabotage∙][818] [o1] [∙Distro Site∙] [∙Spectrum∙] ║
║ [∙Palidromia∙] [818] [o1] [∙Distro Site∙] [∙Dr. Strange∙] ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
╓──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ ═[ Group News/Greets ]═ ║
║──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║
║ Welcome to our new international members and as well as our ║
║ local members ... =) We are EXPANDiNG ...! ║
║ ║
║ Greetz to: ║
║ « RZR . GNS . DRiFT . SCuM . PWA . TDU-JAM . iC . UC . SC » ║
║ « & other quality groups in the scene these days... » ║
║ ║
╙──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
[ Updated : 7.16.95 ] (c)KiNDReD '95
PWA
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▄▓▓▀ Proudly Presents ...
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│ ⌐ Windows95 Shell for Windows-NT 3.51 June 9, 1995 ¬ │
│───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
│ Supplier .....: Yakumo │ Type .....: Shell for NT │
│ Cracker ......: N/A │ Video ....: N/A │
│ Packager .....: Marlenus │ Audio ....: N/A │
│ Protection ...: N/A │ Rating ...: [■■■■■■■■--] │
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-/ This is PWA -\
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Unzip using -d to a directory
Copy \AUB\FREEBINS.057\NT\UI\MARLETT.* to your current WINNT\SYSTEM32 directory
CD to \AUB\FREEBINS.057\NT\UI
RUN NEWSHELL
This will install the new shell, once it's done, you will be prompted to reboot, and thats it!
To uninstall, type NEWSHELL /u
I've noticed some quirky bugs with this:
- Applications dragged to the START button change icons
- The shell seems alot slower than the old shell
- DOS boxes have some strange behavior
-=[ ]=-
PWA is always looking for suppliers. If you can supply *utilities*,
come talk to us. PWA does *NOT* do games.
PWA is also in search of good crackers, ESPECIALLY if you have
experience with Win32s, Windows-NT and Windows95.
Couriers and Sysops: DO NOT BOTHER US! We do NOT need couriers,
we do NOT need more FTP sites and we certainly don't want or need
more boards!
Also, we do NOT give out FTP sites or DCC files, so DON'T ASK or
you will be banned from the channel.
By the way, I made a screwup in the NT Workstation release,
the .DIZ was correct, it was workstation, but I accidentally
included the Server .NFO again, so it confused some people.
Let me reiterate since I've been asked 20 times, the PWA
Workstation and Server releases (build 1057) ARE the actual
releases. Identical to the one you will be able to buy
at the store in a few weeks.
ATTN COURIER GROUPS:
If you want to TAG our files with your group name, feel free of course,
but PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY in any way our portion of the DIZ file. I don't
expect this to happen again, but if it does, I will ban everybody in the
entire group from #pwa and from every PWA board in the world.
┐──────────────────┐────────────────────────────────────────-- - - ·· · ·
│ President .......│ Orion
└──────────────────┐────────-───- -- ·· ·· ·
│ Council .........│ Blackhawk, Dark Lord, Dream WEaver, Rambone, Satman
│ │ Snake
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- - - · · ·· ·
│ Senior Members ..│ Drew, Gumby, Marlenus, Snidely Whiplash
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- - - · · ·· ·
│ Members .........│ Charlie, Chowdery, Disk Killer, Gordon Gekko
│ │ Master of Disaster, Merlin, Mooncrow, Potsie
│ │ Skybum, Stoned, The Judge, TMOD, War Master, Yakumo
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- - - · · ·· ·
│ Affiliate .......│ Blackcat, Mass Murderer, Nemesis
│ Programmers ...│ Timecop, Vigilante
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- - - · · ·· ·
│ Couriers ........│ Biteman, Deliver, Godfather, Maverick, Prowler
│ │ Scimitar, Steelheart, Third Son, Vivid
│ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════─════─═───-──-─-- ·· · ·
⌠ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
│ Bulletin Board Name······│ Status······Nodes │ AC· │ SysOp ·············· │
───────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
│ Snake's Place ·········· │ U.S. HQ ······[6] │ XXX │ Snake ·············· │
│ Obscene Phobia ········· │ Euro HQ ······[4] │ XXX │ The Judge ·········· │
───────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
│ Boner's Domain ········· │ Member Board ·[4] │ XXX │ Rambone ············ │
│ Origin Unknown ········· │ Member Board ·[2] │ XXX │ Satman ············· │
│ Silicon Phalanx ········ │ Member Board ·[1] │ XXX │ Drew ··············· │
│ Velvet Underground ····· │ Member Board ·[2] │ XXX │ Vigilante ·········· │
│ Camelot Castle ········· │ Member Board ·[6] │ XXX │ Merlin ············· │
───────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
│ Damaged Or Defective ··· │ Affiliate ····[4] │ XXX │ White Noise········· │
│ U4EA ··················· │ Affiliate ····[2] │ XXX │ Quattro············· │
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If you are going to do it ... Do it with an ATTITUDE!
Please note that PWA is NOT accepting pay sites of any nature.... We're
in this for fun and entertainment, not to try to make ourselves rich. :)
────────────────────────────────┤ Final Note ├─────────────────────────────────
║ Support the software companies! If you enjoy using a program or using a ║
║ Util, consider buying it! Someone's got to make it worth the programmer's ║
║ effort to keep up the high standards... They made it, so they DESERVE it! ║
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Installation[edit | edit source]
Run SHUPDATE.CMD from the installation media. Note that to use Briefcase, Service Pack 5 of Windows NT 3.51 must be installed. Updating the Service Pack requires the user to uninstall NewShell first. Note that NewShell will not install on pre-release builds of the aforementioned operating system.