Windows NT 3.1 build 404

3.10.404.1
Build of Windows NT 3.1
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Release nameBeta - March 1993
OS familyWindows NT
Version number3.1
Build number404
Build revision1
ArchitectureMIPS, x86
Compiled on1993-03-06
SKUs
Workstation
Advanced Server
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Windows NT 3.1 build 404 is the March 1993 beta of Windows NT 3.1, which was only available in the Workstation edition for many years, until an Advanced Server version of this build was later found and shared on 26 March 2021 on BetaArchive.[1]

NFO files[edit | edit source]

The following NFO files were included as part of the WILD and [unknown] releases.

WILD 

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                                                Logo by: EternaL Darkness [iCE]
         
         
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         ▌▐  Release Date: April 21st, 1993 ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ ▌▐
         ▌▐  File: Windows NT - April Beta 3½" Version ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ ▌▐
         ▌▐  Serial #: -NOT APPLICABLE- ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ ▌▐
         ▌▐  Supplier: Lt. Commander Data ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ ▌▐
         ▌▐  Packager: SaVaGe STeeL ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ ▌▐
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         ▌▐  Notes: Well folks, it looks like there was a bug ☼☼☼ ▌▐
         ▌▐  found in the Release Candidate so I have to say I'm  ▌▐
         ▌▐  sorry for the mix up folks. Have fun with this one,☼ ▌▐
         ▌▐  since this one at least can on disk... ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ ▌▐
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         ▌▐  ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ SaVaGe STeeL ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ ▌▐
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  Quote oF The Day - "Eat your cereal with a fork, and do your homework
                      in the dark...."
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  Group Greets : PE - Wait! The CRC values of the full release match 
                      the UNT release... THings that make you go hmmmm!
                 EXTiNCT - oops.....
                 THG - iCE - /┤CiD - TKK - MAGiCAL - UNT - RAZOR - iNC??
  
  Personal Greets : Blade Runner - Was that you punk?
                    Hi.T.Moonweed - GAMBiT SAYS HI! Get that DAMN File done!
                    Cyndre - Exams... HA HA HA HA HA!
                    Knightmare - Aren't you dead yet?
                    iC & AD - Jackie? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

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  ▐                       WiLD CARD HEADQUARTER BOARDS                   ▌
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 ▐ F/X (WHQ)........... 416/338/1428 .. ⌐⌐3 NODES¬¬ .........SaVaGe STeeL ▌
 ▐ Flying Teapot (EHQ). +44603767542 .. ⌐⌐2 NODES¬¬ ........Hi.T.MoonWeed ▌
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  ▐                        WiLD CARD MEMBER BOARDS                       ▌
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────  
 ▐ Golden Spires....... .../.../.... .. ...........  .........Master-Tech ▌
 ▐ Pet Semetary........ 913/962/2075    ...........  ..........Nightgazer ▌
 ▐ Renegade Legion .... 514/273/9376 .. ⌐⌐3 NODES¬¬  .............Rodimus ▌
 ▐ Skynet.............. 404/297/1846 .. ⌐⌐3 NODES¬¬  .........CyberChrist ▌
 ▐ Stealing Thunder.... .../.../.... .. ...........  .......The Great One ▌
 ▐ The Pirate Ship..... 515/255/3212 .. ⌐⌐3 NODES¬¬  ............Skeleton ▌
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  ▐                           WiLD CARD MEMBERS!                         ▌
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 ▐                               SaVaGe STeeL                             ▌
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 ▐     Bruford / Courier Choisi / Lt. Commander Data / Master-Tech        ▌
 ▐        Rodimus / Skylite / Stain / Tin Man / Urick / Yellman           ▌
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  ▐                          WiLD CARD COURIERS!                         ▌
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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 ▐                   Der Schatten / GrandMaster Flash                     ▌
 ▐       MegaSofty / Scratch / Sun Blazer / The Mozzarello / X-Force      ▌
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  ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼
               
    If you wish to apply for this you may call the WHQ in 416, and send a
  letter to me about what you wish to do. Or if you are in Europe, you 
  can always call our European HQ, Flying Teapot.

  ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

Unknown group 

                  MS Windows NT "ADVANCED SERVER" BETA
                           TOTAL OF 22 DISKS
                         RELEASED ON: 05/08/93
-----------------------------RELEASE NOTES---------------------------------------

  Because R¡pWave and I dont believe that groups should release BETA's, i 
have decided to Release this new one without any groups attached......

                            ---------------
  You must use Tele215r.zip on the first disk which was included and also, I
was to lazy also insert the disk labels, they are: Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 - Disk22

                            ---------------
  Make sure to watch for all the new releases comming soon from  WOW BBS!

\//\ CrackPípe -R¡P-PE-ECR-

Changes[edit | edit source]

  • Changed the setup to resemble the RTM build.
  • Added some new applications like Mail and Schedule+ which are inherited from Windows for Workgroups 3.1.
  • Changed the default color scheme to match the one used in Windows 3.1 instead of the version used in Windows 3.0.
  • This is the first build of Windows NT to launch NTDETECT.COM to check for hardware. It bears the version number 1.0.
  • This build updates the copyright date in certain About boxes from 1985–1992 to 1985–1993.
  • The copyright date in the winnt bitmap is updated from 1992 to 1992, 1993.
  • The S3 display driver has been updated to now also support the 86c8xx line of adapters and the 86c928 adapter. It does, however, not work with the 86x, 96x and Trio32/64 lines of adapters.
  • Cirrus Logic, Number 9 GXE, XGA-2, Western Digital/Paradise and Trident display drivers have been added.
  • This build adds support for Adaptec AHA-151x/152x, AIC 6260/6230, Trantor T128/T130b and BusLogic SCSI host adapters.
  • "Disk Manager" has been renamed to "Disk Administrator".
  • New bugcheck codes have been added.[2] Typos on several of the bugchecks from the previous build have also been fixed.
    • Mismatched kernel and hal image. (0x79, later renamed as MISMATCHED_HAL)
    • I/O error on kernel data paging operation. (0x7A, later renamed as KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR)

File differences[edit | edit source]

The following files have been introduced or removed compared to build 340:

Added files
Name Description Version
AB32.DLL Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) Address Book UI 3
AT.EXE
ATSVC.EXE Net Schedule Service App 3.10
AUTOEXEC.NT
BACKUP.EXE
BANANA.ANI
BARBER.ANI
BOOTOK.EXE Boot Acceptance Application for Registry 3.10
BOOTVRFY.EXE Boot Verify Application for Registry 3.10
CALC.IND
CDFS_REC.SYS
CDPLAYER.HLP
CFG3270.DLL
CHCP.COM Change CodePage Utility 3.10
CLIP01.SEQ
CLIP02.SEQ
CLIP03.SEQ
CLIPSRV.EXE Windows for Workgroups DDE Server 3.10
COIN.ANI
COMCTL32.DLL Custom Controls Library 3.10
COMM01.SEQ
COMM02.SEQ
CONFIG.NT
CONN01.SEQ
CONN02.SEQ
COUNTER.ANI
CREAT01.SEQ
CREAT02.SEQ
CURSORS.CPL
DDESHARE.EXE
DEBUG.EXE
DEMIL32.DLL Microsoft® Work Group Applications for Windows(tm) System Services Layer 3
DISKPERF.EXE
DLC3270.DLL
DRUM.ANI
EDIT.COM
EXE2BIN.EXE
FAT_REC.SYS
FILLITUP.ANI
FINGER.EXE TCPIP Finger Command 3.10
FORCEDOS.EXE Force DOS Execute Utility 3.10
FRAME32.DLL Microsoft® Work Group Applications for Windows(TM) Application Framework Layer 3
FTENG32.DLL
FTUI32.DLL
GORILLA.BAS
GRAFTABL.COM Graftabl Utility 3.10
GRAPHICS.COM
HAND.ANI
HORSE.ANI
HOURGLAS.ANI
HPFS_REC.SYS
IMPEXP32.DLL Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) Message File Import Utility 3
INTRO.EXE
INTRO.ICO
INTRO1.SEQ
INTRO2.SEQ
IO.SYS
KB16.COM
KEYB.COM Keyboard Utility 3.10
KEYBOARD.SYS
KRNL386.EXE
KRNL386.MAP
KRNL386.SYM
LOG01.SEQ
MAILM32.DLL Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) Mail Manager API 3
MAILSP32.EXE Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) Mail Spooler 3
MAPI32.DLL Microsoft Messaging Applications Programming Interface 3
MCIAVI32.DLL MCI driver for AVI Version 1.00
MCIOLE32.DLL MCI OLE DLL 3.10
METRONOM.ANI
MONEY.BAS
MPNOTIFY.EXE
MSACM32.DRV
MSDOS.SYS
MSMAIL32.EXE Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) 3
MSMAIL32.HLP
MSNCDET.DLL
MSOBJS.DLL System object audit names 3.10
MSRMND32.EXE Microsoft Schedule+ Reminders for Windows(TM) 1.0
MSSCHD32.DLL Microsoft Schedule+ Schedule DLL 1.0
MSSFS32.DLL Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) Shared File System Transport 3
MSVFW32.DLL Microsoft Video for Windows DLL Version 1.00
MSVIDC32.DLL Microsoft Video 1 Compressor 1.00
MVAPI32.DLL
NCPARAM.INF
NDDEAGNT.EXE
NDDEAPI.DLL
NDDEAPIR.EXE
NETBIOS.DLL
NETDDE.EXE
NETDDE.LOG
NETDTECT.DLL
NETDTECT.INF
NETDTECT.SYS
NETWORK.HLP
NIBBLES.BAS
NINSTALL.EXE
NT.DOC
NT.FNT
NT2.FNT
NTCMDS.IND
NTFS_REC.SYS
NTMENU.SEQ
OEMNADIN.INF
OEMNADNF.INF
OEMNSVRA.INF
OEMNSVRP.INF
OEMNXPST.INF
PABNSP32.DLL Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) Personal Address Book 3
PACKAGER.EXE Microsoft Object Packager 3.10
PACKAGER.HLP
PANEL.SEQ
PAUSE.SEQ
PERFMON.HLP
PIANO.ANI
PRINT01.SEQ
QBASIC.EXE
QBASIC.HLP
RAINBOW.ANI
RAINDROP.ANI
REGEDT32.EXE Registry Editor Utility 3.10
REGEDT32.HLP
REMLINE.BAS
SCHDPL32.EXE Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows(TM) 1.0
SCHDPL32.HLP
SCHMSG32.DLL Microsoft Schedule+ Message Forms for Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) 3
SCSIPRNT.SYS SCSI Printer Driver 3.10
SENDFL32.DLL Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) File Manager Extension 3
SETT01.SEQ
SETT02.SEQ
SETT03.SEQ
SETT04.SEQ
SHARE01.SEQ
SHARE02.SEQ
SIZENESW.ANI
SIZENS.ANI
SIZENWSE.ANI
SIZEWE.ANI
SNA3270.DLL
SNDBLST.DLL MIDI and wave driver for Sound Blaster 1.5 3.10
SNDVOL32.EXE
SORTKEY.NLS
SORTTBLS.NLS
STOPWTCH.ANI
STORE32.DLL Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) Message Store DLL 3
SYNTH.DLL Synthsizer driver for Ad Lib and OPL3 3.10
SYNTH.PAT
SYNTH.SYS
SYSEDIT.EXE Windows System Editor application file 3.10
TOOLHELP.DLL Windows Debug/Tool helper library 3.10
TRC3270.DLL
TRIDENT.SYS Trident Video Miniport Driver 3.10
TRNSCH32.DLL Microsoft Schedule+ Shared File System Transport DLL 1.0
UCLUCIDA.TTF
UREG.DLL Registry Utility DLL 3.10
VANISHER.ANI
VFORM32.DLL Microsoft Mail for Windows(TM) Viewed Forms DLL 3
VGA256.DLL 256 Color VGA Display Driver 3.10
VIEWER.INI
WAGTAIL.ANI
WGPOMG32.DLL Microsoft Workgroup Postoffice Manager for Windows(TM) 3
WIN3270.EXE
WIN3270.HLP
WINCHAT.EXE Windows for Workgroups Chat (NT) 3.10
WINCHAT.HLP
WINDISK.EXE Fixed Disk Partitioning Utility 3.10
WINDISK.HLP
WINHELP.EXE Windows Help Engine application file 3.10.425
WINNT.HLP
WINNT.IND
WINSOCK.DLL
WINSRV.DLL Windows Server DLL 3.10
WOWDEB.EXE
Removed files
Name Description Version
ABOUTWEP.DLL Entertainment Pack Helper DLL 3.10
BOOTSECT.DOS
CALENDAR.EXE Calendar Applet 3.10
CALENDAR.HLP
CONSRV.DLL Windows NT Console Server DLL 3.10
DISKMAN.EXE Fixed Disk Partitioning Utility 3.10
DISKMAN.HLP
EMM.SYS
ET4000.SYS ET4000 SVGA Miniport Driver 3.10
ET4000I.SYS ET4000 SVGA Miniport Driver 3.10
ET400_70.SYS ET4000 SVGA Miniport Driver 3.10
GDISRV.DLL Graphics Engine (GRE) Server DLL 3.10
GMT.CPL
HPMON.DLL
HPMON.HLP
INPORT.SYS
KRNL286.EXE
LDRDLL.DLL
LOADER.EXE
LOCATOR.EXE
MPRMAIN.DLL
MSADLIB.SYS
NCPA.HLP
OS2DLL.DLL
RPCSS.EXE Remote Process Control Subsystem 3.10
S3.DLL S3 Display Driver 3.10
S3.SYS s3 Miniport Driver 3.10
SNDBLST.DRV MIDI and wave driver for Sound Blaster 1.5 3.10
TELNET.DLL Sockets Telnet Driver DLL 3.10
USERSRV.DLL Windows NT USER API Server DLL 3.10
V7VRAM.SYS V7 VRAM SVGA Miniport Driver 3.10
VGA_ALT.SYS VGA/Super VGA Video Driver 3.10

Gallery[edit | edit source]

PC/AT compatible version[edit | edit source]

  • Boot screen

    Boot screen

  • Safe to shutdown screen

    Safe to shutdown screen

MIPS R4x00 Jazz compatible version[edit | edit source]

  • Boot screen

    Boot screen

  • Demo

    Demo

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

  • MIPS and x86 English CD [Advanced Server] (undumped)

    MIPS and x86 English CD [Advanced Server] (undumped)

  • MIPS and x86 English SDK CD

    MIPS and x86 English SDK CD

  • MIPS and x86 English SDK CD (Back insert)

    MIPS and x86 English SDK CD (Back insert)

  • x86 English SDK Boot floppy (5.25")

    x86 English SDK Boot floppy (5.25")

  • x86 English SDK Boot floppy (3.5")

    x86 English SDK Boot floppy (3.5")

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42430
  2. ↑ https://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/windows/km/bugchecks/index.htm
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