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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Microsoft is looking to create a new platform inside the Windows OS that is tailored for antivirus monitoring. This platform would prevent security products from accessing the kernel, as Microsoft ...

Windows 11, the most-used consumer desktop operating system in the world, undoubtedly has its problems. Yet, despite those problems, it's the most refined version of the company's operating system, ...

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 ...