Windows 3.5[]
This was the next Windows NT operating system in line, released on September 21, 1994. Like the previous Windows NT, it was released in two versions -- Workstation and Server. Like Windows NT 3.1x, it had three service packs. The latest service pack (Service Pack 3) was released on June 21, 1995.
Windows 3.51[]
The last Windows 3.x operating system was released on May 30, 1995. Unlike the previous Windows NT OS's above, this one can also handle Microsoft Office 95/96/97. For at least one year, Windows 3.51 was built with up to five service packs, with Service Pack 5 released on September 19, 1996. And like all other Windows 3.x operating systems, you could only install Internet Explorer versions 2 through 5.0.
Some applications have changed, such as the design for Media Player and Sound Recorder (which both now look like the ones from Windows 95), as well as additional options for the Control Panel.
Like Windows 95 and 96, all Windows 3.x and previous versions of Windows dropped support by December 31, 2001.
The maximum hard disk space you can have for any version of Windows 3.5x is 4 GB, especially when you use NTFS.
Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend installing any of these Windows NT operating systems on current-day Virtual PC programs. You just might experience huge problems while installing these kinds of programs.
Gallery[]
| Operating systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | DOS | 1.x (1981) • 2.x (1983) • 3.x (1984) • 4.0 (1988) • 5.0 (1991) • 6.0 (1993) • 6.22 (1994) |
| Windows | 1.0 (1985) • 2.0 (1987) • 3.0 (1990) • 3.1 (1992) • 95 (1995) • 98 (1998) • 98 SE (1999) • Millennium (2000) | |
| Windows NT | 3.1 (1993) • 3.5 (1994) • 4.0 (1996) • 2000 (2000) • XP (2001) • Vista (2006) • 7 (2009) • 7.1 (2011) • 8 (2012) • 8.1 (2013) • 10 (2015) | |