Windows NT 3.5 build 756

3.5.756.1
	Build of Windows NT 3.5
Release name	Release Candidate 1
OS family	Windows NT
Version number	3.5
Build number	756
Build revision	1
Architecture	x86 (PC/AT, PC-98), DEC Alpha, MIPS
Compiled on	1994-08-01
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]

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                █▓▒▒▒▀     ... Pirates With Attitudes
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              ▄▓▓▀           Proudly Presents ...
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 │ ⌐ 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                             │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

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              ·  · ···<> 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! ║
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

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          ▀▓▀  ▐▓▒░    ░▄▀                    ▀▓▀     ..R.Noble 
                █▓▒░░░▄▀
                █▓▒▒▒▀     ... Pirates With Attitudes
               ▐▓▓▒▀
              ▄▓▓▀           Proudly Presents ...
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 │ ⌐ 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.
The driver for the NCR 53c810 SCSI adapter (ncrc810.sys) has been enhanced with support for the 53c815, 53c820 and 53c825A models.
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]

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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