Microsoft has outlined why its new breed of Secured-core PCs, such as the Surface Pro X, are equipped to fight off ransomware and other malware that attack vulnerable hardware drivers to compromise a ...

In my post about Windows 7 back in January (""="">), I ended with a statement that deserves some follow-up: Those who are predicting that Windows 7 will include some radically stripped-down kernel ...

Microsoft has patched a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Kernel under active exploitation by threat actors ...

Today is Patch Tuesday, and that means that if you're running a supported version of Windows, you're getting an update today. On the Windows 10 side of things, that's still every version besides 1511, ...

Up until now, we'd heard and believed that Windows Phone 7 would be based on Microsoft's time-tested Windows CE 6 kernel -- aging, yes, but still considerably newer and more technically modern than ...

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, ...

Microsoft has issued guidance on how to resolve problems loading drivers in Windows 10 that are being blocked due to virtualization-based security protections. If your PC has a 64-bit processor and ...

Windows operating system comes with both Kernel and User modes, but not everyone knows the difference between both. In fact, most users have no idea these modes exist, but yet they’ve used them before ...

Despite the similar names, Windows Mobile / Windows Phone and the Windows we use on desktops don’t share the same kernel. While the Linux kernel used in Android devices and the one used in desktops ...