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Windows NT 3.51 is a very classic operating system. It has the interface of Windows 3.x, and it is very powerful, with good stability. It supports FAT, NTFS, HPFS file systems and long file names, and can run 16-bit and 32-bit programs, etc. There are many netizens looking for it or asking how to surf the Internet, so this thread is specially issued as a tutorial.

First is the download of its Chinese version:

Workstation version:
http://help.cn-dos.net/soft/win3x/WindowsNT351WorkstationCHS.rar

Server version:
http://help.cn-dos.net/soft/win3x/WindowsNT351ServerCHS.part1.rar
http://help.cn-dos.net/soft/win3x/WindowsNT351ServerCHS.part2.rar

NT 3.51 Chinese version SP5 patch package:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/chs/nt351/SP5/351sp5i.exe

If installing on a relatively new real computer (such as a P3 computer), first modify the initial.inf and setup.inf files, change
STF_PROCESSOR = "" ? $(!LIBHANDLE) GetProcessor
to the following:
STF_PROCESSOR = $(ProcessorID_I586)

Of course, it can also be installed in virtual machines such as VPC, VMware. For VMware virtual machine, set the sound card to SB16 (find the sound.virtualDev line in the corresponding.vmx file and change it to sound.virtualDev ＝"sb16") to make it sound under WinNT 3.51.

WinNT 3.51 only supports FAT12/16/NTFS/HPFS file systems by default. If you want it to support FAT32 file system and large hard disks (such as 100GB hard disks), replace the files such as fastfast.sys in the system32 directory with the latest version (download as follows). If the FAT32 drive is not displayed, just add the corresponding drive definition in the registry, for example:

Key: F: String value: \Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 (that is, the second partition of the first hard disk) Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices

In this way, you can use drive F to access this FAT32 partition, and both Chinese and English long file names are supported.

Many new graphics cards do not come with WinNT 3.51 drivers, but it doesn't matter now because there are general WinNT 3.51 graphics card drivers that can directly support 65536 colors or even true colors(!), just install them directly (don't worry about warnings during installation, download as follows).

The following is the download of the enhancement package:
http://www.navozhdeniye.narod.ru/351pack_v6.rar

The content introduction in each directory:
\ATDISK: Updated ST506/ST512/ESDI/(P)ATA controller drivers. Directly replace the original atdisk.sys file. \BOOT: Updated NT boot files to support large hard disks in the boot menu. Directly replace the ntldr and ntdetect.com files in the root directory of drive C. \DLL: Updated common component files. Directly replace the original DLL files with them. \FAT32: Updated FAT system drivers to support FAT32 file system. Directly replace the original fastfat.sys file. \FONT: Updated DOS full-screen fonts. Directly replace the original ega.cpi file. \RENEW: Updated disk and modem drivers to support large hard disks and high-speed connections. Directly replace the original atapi.sys, atdisk.sys, scsidisk.sys and serial.sys files. \UATA: Updated disk drivers to support IDE, SATA disks. \VIAIDE: Updated EIDE drivers for VIA systems. \VBEMP: General WinNT 3.51 graphics card driver.

After everything is ready, you can use the browser to surf the Internet. The browsers available under NT 3.51 include 16-bit version of IE 5.0 and some versions of Opera, but their support for Chinese under NT 3.51 is not good. The best browser to run under NT 3.51 Chinese version is Firefox (including version 1.5 and the latest version 2.0), which supports the latest web standards and fully supports browsing Chinese and English web pages, including this forum! You can download its green optimized version here (Note: If it is the installation version, do not use its installation program to install, but you can directly extract the files with 7z):

http://pryan.org/mozilla/firefox/roytam1/

Firefox 1.5.x version can be run directly after extraction. For Firefox 2.0.x version, after extraction, first rename or delete the two files nsSafebrowsingApplication.js and nsSearchService.js in the components directory, otherwise it will not start normally.

Note: If SSE instructions are not supported, download the NoSSE version, otherwise Firefox will prompt "Illegal instruction" and refuse to run when started.

To run Firefox better, it is strongly recommended to download/update the following files (place in the system32 directory):

VC 7.1 runtime libraries (MSVCR71.DLL and other files):
http://pryan.org/mozilla/firefox/roytam1/fx_dlls.7z

Updated OLE 32 runtime libraries (OLEAUT32.DLL and other files):
http://www.navozhdeniye.narod.ru/nt351ole.rar

Why isn't SP5 integrated mentioned? Also, I have many BETA versions of NT, and these situations are even more complicated.

[ Last edited by yksoft1 on 2008-2-11 at 11:56 AM ]

Thanks for your support. I can already use Firefox to surf the Internet, but there are still a few issues: 1. Is there a Chinese version of Firefox? 2. Is there a driver for the mouse scroll wheel? 3. How to install the general display driver?

Of course, you can "turn" it into a Chinese version, but you don't need to download the Chinese version of Firefox. Just install the corresponding version of the Chinese language extension.

For example, Firefox 1.5.0.12 official version:
http://pryan.org/mozilla/firefox/roytam1/releases/fx-1.5.0.12-nosse-bin-2007061101.7z
The corresponding simplified Chinese language extension is:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/1.5.0.12/win32/xpi/zh-CN.xpi

And so on.

After installation, you just need to change the value of general.useragent.locale to zh-CN in the about:config page and then restart Firefox. I just verified it.

Regarding installing the graphics card driver, just open the "Display" properties in the "Control Panel" and modify the display type, then enter the path where the general graphics card driver is located.

Firefox 2.0.0.12 Chinese version, can be used directly under win351, how to upload?

The installation version can't run on Win95 and 351. It will say there is not enough space even if there is space.

It seems to have succeeded under Win95. But there is an error when opening Google search, and there are blue screens with many pictures...

Originally posted by glfdos at 2008-2-11 03:15 PM:
Firefox 2.0.0.12 Chinese version, can be used directly under win351. How to upload?

Try here, just set up by moderator Roy:

http://upload.cn-dos.net/upload.php

Originally posted by yksoft1 at 2008-2-11 04:20 PM:
The installation version cannot run on win95 and 351. It will say that there is not enough space even if there is space.

The installation version can be directly extracted with 7z and then run.

It's uploaded, not sure if it was successful or not.

Since there is already a general - purpose graphics card driver for WinNT 3.51, which directly supports 65536 colors or even true colors(!), just install it directly and use it - Why can't it be installed?

Originally posted by glfdos at 2008-2-11 07:05 PM:
Since there are already general-purpose WinNT 3.51 graphics card driver programs that can directly support 65536 colors or even true colors(!), you can directly install and use them - Why can't it be installed?

Why can't it be installed? What information appears?

Originally posted by glfdos at 2008-2-11 07:00 PM:
Uploaded, not sure if it was successful.

It seems not seen? If the upload is successful, it will be displayed below.

There is no installation file, directly drive in the display options, reporting no driver files. Unlike the drivers under win3.x, which can directly setup the driver.

No, no, it hasn't been uploaded successfully after two days of uploading.