Yet, despite those problems, it's the most refined version of the company's operating system, regardless of the unsavory additions that have seen many users either commit to Windows 10 for as long as ...

I think I recall seeing somewhere that file and print sharing in NT is handled in kernel mode, not user. If not, thanks and you can probably stop reading here. <P>If yes (and I'm assuming yes since ...

Following the massive Windows outage in July caused by a defective CrowdStrike update, Microsoft is working on a way to allow security products to ‘run in user mode just as apps do,’ Microsoft’s David ...

Crates, cargo-wdk, and kernel hooks show progress, but hurdles remain Developers keen to write Windows drivers in Rust now ...

The latest Steam update finally offers CPU temperature tracking, but it requires Windows kernel access. Find out if it's safe.

Update: Microsoft has confirmed it has been fixed. Microsoft may have quietly fixed a widespread issue that was affecting Windows Defender recently. Following multiple user reports and complaints, the ...

perfmon says that 'Kernel Current URIs Cached = 2 (average) and that 'Output Cache Current Items' = 3000-4000 (average) I think that this means that almost all of the objects are in the User Mode ...

In a confusing mess, a recent Microsoft Defender update rolled out a new security feature called 'Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection,' while removing the LSA protection feature.

In particular, memory areas used as input and/or output are isolated from the rest of the kernel and surrounded by guard pages. Without arch hooks, this common base provides weak isolation. On ...

“wsl --update”: Microsoft provides a command (when run in an elevated PowerShell or Command Prompt) that can fetch newer ...