Much of modern operating system functionality happens in and around the kernel. That’s a problem when you’re implementing monitoring and observability tools or adding low-level security tools because ...

Windows 11/10 depends on several resources and software components to function as intended. Just for powering the machine, several smaller software components are ...

In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has started to test the distribution of Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 kernels via Windows Update. When Microsoft announced WSL2, they ...

Kernel Mode Linux (KML) is a technology that enables the execution of ordinary user-space programs inside kernel space. This article presents the background, an approach and an implementation of KML.

A complex power management system for computer devices has evolved, allowing the computer to shut down or enter lower power consumption mode while ensuring that attached devices are properly powered ...

Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 boasts a new kernel-mode caching capability that could greatly enhance the Web server's performance. "The IIS 6.0 kernel-mode cache is designed speed up static ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...