New Features Available in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 Service Pack 3
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 Service Pack 3

SUMMARY

This article lists new features available in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3. For additional information on Service Pack 3, please see the Service Packs page on the following Microsoft web site:

• http://www.microsoft.com/NTServerSupport/

  -or-

• http://www.microsoft.com/NTWksSupport/

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, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

        ARTICLE-ID: Q143155
        TITLE     : 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 includes:

      - Defining a Windows NT System Key lets you implement strong encryption
  

        For more information, please see the following article in the
        Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  

           ARTICLE-ID: Q143475
           TITLE     : Windows NT SP3 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, please see the following article in the
        Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  
           ARTICLE-ID: Q143474
           TITLE     : 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.