Describes how to open a disk file from a kernel mode device driver and how to read from or write to the file. This article also provides some code examples to illustrate how to perform these tasks.

For Windows version 1803 and later versions, if your platform supports the new Kernel DMA Protection feature, we recommend that you leverage that feature to mitigate Thunderbolt DMA attacks.

When the operating system has many threads running across all processes, and multiple BizTalk host instances are running simultaneously, thread enumeration in the throttling control component of the …

Windows 11 will then restart automatically. This is also known as a stop code error, a bug check, a kernel error, or a Blue Screen error, or a Black Screen error, or BSOD.

Find out the steps you can take if you receive a message telling you a driver can't load on your device.

Oct 14, 2025 · Learn about Windows RE, how to access it, and the different tools it offers.

Your Windows device may run slowly for several reasons, such as limited storage space, too many startup apps running in the background, outdated software, or hardware that no longer meets …

Sleep uses very little power, your PC starts up faster, and you’re instantly back to where you left off. You don’t have to worry that you'll lose your work because of your battery draining because Windows …

After the restart, the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool screen appears and the memory diagnostics start automatically. The memory test takes some time to complete. By default, Standard tests are …

This article introduces an update that installs Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) version 1.11 on Windows operating systems. KMDF supports kernel-mode drivers that are written specifically to use it.

To help you verify the status of speculative execution side-channel mitigations, we published a PowerShell script (SpeculationControl) that can run on your devices. This article explains how to run …