In Windows Server 2008 (and Windows Vista) you find some pretty significant enhancements to the Windows kernel. The most important changes are covered in a white paper posted on the Windows Hardware Developer Central. The document includes details about

  • Memory
    • Heap and memory management
  • Management
    • Registry
    • Service Model
    • Hardware Error Architecture
  • Security improvements
    • Kernel Patching
  •  Innovative hardware support
    • ACPI
    • PCIEx
  • Power management
  • PnP
  • HAL

Good read to get you started.

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