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 ...

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 ...

The operating system mode. Processors operate either in kernel mode or "user mode." Also called "supervisor mode," the kernel mode enables the OS (kernel) to execute "privileged instructions," which ...

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 ...

Here in the Paranoid Penguin column, we're in the midst of building a virtual network server using User-Mode Linux. Last month, I explained why this is a good idea, how it works, how to prepare your ...

Windows 11 is raising the security and resiliency bar when it comes to driver signing, and is trying to move peripheral drivers out of the kernel.