The Windows native operating system services API is implemented as a set of routines that run in kernel mode. These routines have names that begin with the prefix Nt or Zw . Kernel-mode drivers can call these routines directly. User-mode applications...

So I was about to start using a self-checkout machine in a grocery store when service tech asked me to use the next one over, so he could service the one I was about to use. I obliged and he proceeded to work his magic. After he was done, he rebooted...

Kernel objects are primitive data objects that the Windows kernel implements in system memory to represent the various features of the computing environment that are managed by the operating system. Kernel objects represent features such as devices, drivers...

Go ahead. We are ready. We want to hear from you. As we mentioned in a previous blog post, starting with the MSDN update in May, we have added a new feedback link to the bottom of our online WDK pages. When you click this new link the e-mail you send...

The WDKUA team is pleased to announce that we have refreshed the WDK documentation for Windows 7 RC on MSDN. You can view the documentation at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa972908.aspx We have also provided an improved feedback mechanism...