Microsoft KB Archive/165333

= 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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APPLIES TO


 * 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</li> Direct3D (software emulation)</li></ul>

For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.

</li> Hooks for Microsoft NetMeeting support</li> Microsoft Cryptography Application Programming Interface (CryptoAPI) 2.0.

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

For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.</li> New security features, which include: <ul> 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

</li> Password Filtering

For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.</li> 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

</li> New version of Update.exe lets you install Service Pack 3 and Hotfixes</li> Server Message Block (SMB) Signing

For more information, please see the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Readme.txt file.</li> Two new Win32 APIs: <ul> InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount</li> SetCriticalSectionSpinCount</li></ul> </li> 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.</li></ul> </li></ul>

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