KB165333 - New features available in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3

Article ID: 165333

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3

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SUMMARY

This article lists new features available in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 includes the following new features:

Changes for clustering

Creative Labs SoundBlaster AWE32 driver
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
143155 No audio with Crystal Audio or SoundBlaster AWE32
DirectX 3.0, including the following feature enhancements:
- DirectDraw
- DirectSound
- DirectInput
- DirectPlay
- Direct3D (software emulation)
For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.
Hooks for Microsoft NetMeeting support
Microsoft Cryptography Application Programming Interface (CryptoAPI) 2.0.

For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.
Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) API 3.0

For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.
New security features, which include:
- Defining a Windows NT System Key lets you implement strong encryption
  
  For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  143475 Windows NT S143475 system key permits strong encryption of the SAM
- Password Filtering
  
  For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.
- Restricting Information Available to Anonymous Logon Users
  
  For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  143474 Restricting information available to anonymous logon users
- New version of Update.exe lets you install Service Pack 3 and Hotfixes
- Server Message Block (SMB) Signing
  
  For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.
- Two new Win32 APIs:
  - InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount()
  - SetCriticalSectionSpinCount()
- Updated versions of the remote procedure call (RPC) run-time dynamic- link library (DLL) files
  
  For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.

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