Windows NT 3.5 build 756

3.5.756.1
Build of Windows NT 3.5
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Release nameRelease Candidate 1
OS familyWindows NT
Version number3.5
Build number756
Build revision1
Architecturex86 (PC/AT, PC-98), DEC Alpha, MIPS
Compiled on1994-08-01
SKUs
Server
Workstation
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Windows NT 3.5 build 756 is the official Release Candidate 1 build of Windows NT 3.5. An English-language DEC Alpha architecture version of this build was uploaded to BetaArchive on 30 August 2020.[1]

NFO files[edit | edit source]

The following NFO files were included as part of the PWA releases.[2]

  • Server

NFO contents 

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          ▀▓▀  ▐▓▒░    ░▄▀                    ▀▓▀     ..R.Noble 
                █▓▒░░░▄▀
                █▓▒▒▒▀     ... Pirates With Attitudes
               ▐▓▓▒▀
              ▄▓▓▀           Proudly Presents ...
═══════════════▀═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 │ ⌐ Windows NT Release Candidate RC-1 Advanced Server   at 08-10-94 19:30 ¬ │
─│───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │ Supplier .....: Marlenus             │ Type .....: Daytona Release Cand.  │
 │ Cracker ......: N/A                  │ Video ....: Win                    │
 │ Packager .....: Blackhawk            │ Audio ....: Win                    │
 │ Protection ...: N/A                  │ Rating ...: [■■■■■■■■■-]           │
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

        Advanced Server Edition Release Candidate.... Here we go, it's
        almost complete, and looking quite sweet!


                           -/- This is P.W.A. -\-

 
┐──────────────────┐────────────────────────────────────────-- -   -  ·· ·  ·
│ President .......│ Orion
└──────────────────┐────────-───- -- ·· ··  ·
│ Council .........│ Blackhawk, Dark Lord, Les Manley, Rambone, Satman, Snake
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Senior Members ..│ Gordon Gekko, Mooncrow, Raw Liquid, Vigilante
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Members .........│ Aeon, Ares, Candy Man, Charlie, Chowdery, Cookie,
│                  │ Dark Creation, Dynamic Flash, Drew, DreamWEaver, Hoson, 
│                  │ Indigo, Khryptic, Marlenus, Mr. Eagle, Nemesis, 
│                  │ Night Crawler, Razor Blade, Roland of Gilead, 
│                  │ Sinned Soul, Spider Man, Straight Jacket, Stranger, 
│                  │ The Judge, The Shadow Master
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Affiliate .......│ Groove Mercenary, Magic Design, and SiN Productions.
│   Programmers ...│
════════════════════════════════════════════════════─════─═───-──-─--  ·· ·  ·

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │               ·  · ··<> Courier Coordinators <>·· ·  ·                   │
─│──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │                          Snake & Raw Liquid                              │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │                  ·  · ··<> Senior Couriers <>·· ·  ·                     │
─│──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │                     Dominator, Scazzi, The Dreamer                       │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │                   ·  ·· ·<> Courier Team <>· ··  ·                       │
─│──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │   Dominator, Hellmaster, Injector J, Kamikaze, Karon, Kracken, Kronos,   │
 │  Lord Zai, Mikel, Nixon, Psychotron, Rage, Radioactive, Riptide, Scazzi, │
 │       Scimitar, Sky Council, Star Gazor, Starmaster, The Dreamer,        │
 │                          The Dutchman, Vivid                             │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

              ·  · ···<> Pirates With Attitudes Site List <>··· ·  ·

 ⌠ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │ Bulletin Board Name······│ Status······Nodes │ AC· │ SysOp ·············· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Assassins' Guild ······· │ World HQ ·····[7] │ XXX │ Blackhawk ·········· │
 │ Snake's Place ·········· │ U.S. HQ ······[4] │ XXX │ Snake ·············· │
 │ Origin Unknown ········· │ Apps HQ ······[2] │ XXX │ Satman ············· │
 │ Spyrit's Home ·········· │ European HQ ··[9] │ +XX │ FBi ················ │
 │ Second Front ··········· │ Scandanavian ·[4] │ +XX │ Les Manley ········· │
 │ Falcon's Eye ··········· │ Courier HQ ···[5] │ XXX │ Ixcalthar ·········· │
 │ Park Central ··········· │ Courier HQ ··[10] │ XXX │ Ixcalthar ·········· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Boner's Domain ········· │ Member Board ·[3] │ 314 │ Rambone ············ │
 │ GetaWay ················ │ Member Board ·[5] │ +45 │ Macro Nit ·········· │
 │ NeverLand ·············· │ Member Board ·[2] │ +XX │ Gordon Gecko ······· │
 │ Deep Space Nine ········ │ Member Board ·[5] │ +49 │ Sisko ·············· │
 │ Velvet Underground ····· │ Member Board ·[2] │ 516 │ Vigilante ·········· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Belly of the Beast······ │ Affiliate ····[1] │ 603 │ Sulfuric Acid ······ │
 │ CompuSin ··············· │ Affiliate ····[1] │ 316 │ Torquemada ········· │
 │ Obscene Phobia ········· │ Affiliate ····[4] │ +46 │ The Judge/Nixon ···· │
 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

         If you are going to do it ... Do it with an ATTITUDE!

   If you wish to support PWA as a Member or Site, Call 619-489-5632      
      If you wish to support PWA as a Courier call 714-893-2795             

────────────────────────────────┤ 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! ║
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  • Workstation

NFO contents 

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          ▀▓▀  ▐▓▒░    ░▄▀                    ▀▓▀     ..R.Noble 
                █▓▒░░░▄▀
                █▓▒▒▒▀     ... Pirates With Attitudes
               ▐▓▓▒▀
              ▄▓▓▀           Proudly Presents ...
═══════════════▀═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 │ ⌐ Windows NT Daytona 3.5 Release Canaidate 1 WORKSTN  at 08-11-94 10:30 ¬ │
─│───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │ Supplier .....: Marlenus             │ Type .....: Daytona Release Cand.  │
 │ Cracker ......: N/A                  │ Video ....: Win                    │
 │ Packager .....: Blackhawk            │ Audio ....: Win                    │
 │ Protection ...: N/A                  │ Rating ...: [■■■■■■■■■-]           │
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

        This is the workstation revision of Daytona Release Candidate.


                           -/- This is P.W.A. -\-

 
┐──────────────────┐────────────────────────────────────────-- -   -  ·· ·  ·
│ President .......│ Orion
└──────────────────┐────────-───- -- ·· ··  ·
│ Council .........│ Blackhawk, Dark Lord, Les Manley, Rambone, Satman, Snake
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Senior Members ..│ Gordon Gekko, Mooncrow, Raw Liquid, Vigilante
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Members .........│ Aeon, Ares, Candy Man, Charlie, Chowdery, Cookie,
│                  │ Dark Creation, Dynamic Flash, Drew, DreamWEaver, Hoson, 
│                  │ Indigo, Khryptic, Marlenus, Mr. Eagle, Nemesis, 
│                  │ Night Crawler, Razor Blade, Roland of Gilead, 
│                  │ Sinned Soul, Spider Man, Straight Jacket, Stranger, 
│                  │ The Judge, The Shadow Master
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Affiliate .......│ Groove Mercenary, Magic Design, and SiN Productions.
│   Programmers ...│
════════════════════════════════════════════════════─════─═───-──-─--  ·· ·  ·

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │               ·  · ··<> Courier Coordinators <>·· ·  ·                   │
─│──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │                          Snake & Raw Liquid                              │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │                  ·  · ··<> Senior Couriers <>·· ·  ·                     │
─│──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │                     Dominator, Scazzi, The Dreamer                       │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │                   ·  ·· ·<> Courier Team <>· ··  ·                       │
─│──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │   Dominator, Hellmaster, Injector J, Kamikaze, Karon, Kracken, Kronos,   │
 │  Lord Zai, Mikel, Nixon, Psychotron, Rage, Radioactive, Riptide, Scazzi, │
 │       Scimitar, Sky Council, Star Gazor, Starmaster, The Dreamer,        │
 │                          The Dutchman, Vivid                             │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

              ·  · ···<> Pirates With Attitudes Site List <>··· ·  ·

 ⌠ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │ Bulletin Board Name······│ Status······Nodes │ AC· │ SysOp ·············· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Assassins' Guild ······· │ World HQ ·····[7] │ XXX │ Blackhawk ·········· │
 │ Snake's Place ·········· │ U.S. HQ ······[4] │ XXX │ Snake ·············· │
 │ Origin Unknown ········· │ Apps HQ ······[2] │ XXX │ Satman ············· │
 │ Spyrit's Home ·········· │ European HQ ··[9] │ +XX │ FBi ················ │
 │ Second Front ··········· │ Scandanavian ·[4] │ +XX │ Les Manley ········· │
 │ Falcon's Eye ··········· │ Courier HQ ···[5] │ XXX │ Ixcalthar ·········· │
 │ Park Central ··········· │ Courier HQ ··[10] │ XXX │ Ixcalthar ·········· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Boner's Domain ········· │ Member Board ·[3] │ 314 │ Rambone ············ │
 │ GetaWay ················ │ Member Board ·[5] │ +45 │ Macro Nit ·········· │
 │ NeverLand ·············· │ Member Board ·[2] │ +XX │ Gordon Gecko ······· │
 │ Deep Space Nine ········ │ Member Board ·[5] │ +49 │ Sisko ·············· │
 │ Velvet Underground ····· │ Member Board ·[2] │ 516 │ Vigilante ·········· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Belly of the Beast······ │ Affiliate ····[1] │ 603 │ Sulfuric Acid ······ │
 │ CompuSin ··············· │ Affiliate ····[1] │ 316 │ Torquemada ········· │
 │ Obscene Phobia ········· │ Affiliate ····[4] │ +46 │ The Judge/Nixon ···· │
 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

         If you are going to do it ... Do it with an ATTITUDE!

   If you wish to support PWA as a Member or Site, Call 619-489-5632      
      If you wish to support PWA as a Courier call 714-893-2795             

────────────────────────────────┤ 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! ║
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Japanese version[edit | edit source]

The Japanese version of this build containing the x86 (IBM PC/AT and NEC PC-98), DEC Alpha, and MIPS architectures was included with the December 1994 issue of Windows World magazine (as "Daytona Trial Program")[3] and was dumped by ReflectiaX on 20 December 2020.[4]

The CD text claims that this version of the build expires on 31 January 1995, but when the build is installed past the aforementioned date, a message will appear to ask the user to obtain a retail copy of Windows NT 3.5. Despite that, it is still usable.

New features and changes[edit | edit source]

  • WINNT.BMP has been updated to show the Windows flag natively again. Also, the bitmap is now in landscape instead of portrait format.
  • The "MPS 1.1 Multiprocessor PC" HAL has been added.
  • Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 2.0 support is introduced in this build.
  • Added Bulgarian, Croatian/Slovenian, and Romanian keyboard support.
  • Support for the AppleTalk network protocol has been added.
  • The Sound Blaster driver has been enhanced to add support for the Sound Blaster Pro and 16.
  • CLOCK.AVI is included as a test video file, which would be kept until its removal in Windows Vista.
  • The About dialog of winhlp32.exe has been replaced by ShellAbout. The copyright date has been updated as well, from 1990-1993 to 1985-1994.
  • New bugcheck codes have been added.[5]
    • A kernel thread terminated while holding a mutex (0x4000008A, later renamed THREAD_TERMINATE_HELD_MUTEX)
      • This unusual STOP code value seems to likely be a result of a typo (likely from copy and pasting) resulting in the bugcheck being considered a message, akin to those present at the boot screen. As a result, most modern documentation lists STOP 0x8A as invalid, despite the intended value being the aforementioned STOP code.
    • This system may be infected with a virus. (0x8B, later renamed MBR_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH)

Setup[edit | edit source]

  • This build removes the file system warning for Windows NT 3.5 beta users seen in builds 612 and 683.
  • The disk examination during text-mode setup can now be skipped.

File differences[edit | edit source]

The following files have been introduced or removed compared to build 683 Workstation:

Added files
Name Description Version
avicap32.dll
clock.avi
compobj.dll OLE 2.1 16/32 Interoperability Library 2.1
DAC960NT.SYS DAC960 SCSI Controller Driver 3.50
dc5100n1.ppd
dcps1721.ppd
dcps1761.ppd
HALMPS.DLL Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL 3.50
imaadp32.acm IMA ADPCM CODEC for MSACM 3.50
ir32_32.dll
kbdbu.dll Bulgarian Keyboard Layout 3.50
kbdcr.dll Croation/Slovenian Keyboard Layout 3.50
kbdro.dll Romanian Keyboard Layout 3.50
keyboard.sys
mciseq.drv MCI driver for MIDI sequencer 3.1
mciwave.drv MCI driver for waveform audio 3.1
msadp32.acm Microsoft ADPCM CODEC for MSACM 3.50
msgsm32.acm Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC for MSACM 3.50
nwlnkrip.sys NWLINK2 RIP Protocol Driver 3.50
oemnadar.inf
oemnadpm.inf
oemnsvsa.inf
ole2.dll OLE 2.1 16/32 Interoperability Library 2.1
ole2disp.dll OLE Automation Library 2.01
ole2nls.dll OLE 2.1 16/32 Interoperability Library 2.1
olethk32.dll Microsoft OLE 2.1 for Windows NT(TM) Operating System 2.1
pronet16.sys Proteon ProNET4/16 Token Ring network driver 3.08
prorapm.dwn
qms10602.ppd
qms16602.ppd
ras.ico
rasspap.dll Remote Access PPP Shiva Password Authentication Protocol 3.50
sfmmon.dll AppleTalk Print Monitor 3.50
stdole.tlb
storage.dll OLE 2.1 16/32 Interoperability Library 2.1
tcarc.sys
tsd32.dll DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) Audio Encoder & Decoder 1.03
tssoft32.acm DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) Audio Codec for MSACM V3.50 1.01
typelib.dll OLE 2.1 16/32 Interoperability Library 2.1
Removed files
Name Description Version
accessnt.hlp
crtdll.dll Microsoft C Runtime Library 3.50
imaadpcm.acm IMA ADPCM CODEC for MSACM 3.50
ir30_32.dll Intel Indeo(TM) Video R3.2
isnrip.sys
KEYBOARD.SYM
msadpcm.acm Microsoft ADPCM CODEC for MSACM 3.50
msgsm610.acm Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC for MSACM 3.50
mvfs32.dll MM file system for Viewer2 3.50
proteon.sys Proteon P1930 and P1990 network driver 3.50

Gallery[edit | edit source]

English language variant[edit | edit source]

PC/AT compatible version[edit | edit source]

  • Boot screen

    Boot screen

  • Empty desktop (Workstation)

    Empty desktop (Workstation)

  • Empty desktop (Server)

    Empty desktop (Server)

MIPS R4x00 Jazz compatible version[edit | edit source]

  • Boot screen

    Boot screen

  • Demo

    Demo

Japanese language variant[edit | edit source]

  • Setup

    Setup

  • Name and organization

    Name and organization

  • Copying files

    Copying files

  • Display setup

    Display setup

  • Boot screen (PC-98)

    Boot screen (PC-98)

  • Login screen

    Login screen

  • Expiry warning

    Expiry warning

  • Desktop

    Desktop

  • About Program Manager

    About Program Manager

  • Safe to shutdown screen

    Safe to shutdown screen

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

  • x86 English CD [Server]

    x86 English CD [Server]

  • x86 Japanese CD [Workstation]

    x86 Japanese CD [Workstation]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://www.betaarchive.com/database/view_release.php?uuid=6e2e3ec5-74f7-4e52-bd74-d03634a18557
  2. ↑ https://www.krnl386.com/leakdb/?query=756
  3. ↑ https://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/697/697355/#eid697359
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/microsoft-windows-nt-3.5-codename-daytona-rc-1-build-756.1-japanese
  5. ↑ https://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/windows/km/bugchecks/index.htm
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