PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston For many years, security software has run in Windows’ so-called kernel mode. This privileged execution level gives Windows — and any other software running in that mode — total control over your computer. But apps having this much power can be disastrous for your system and for you. Catastrophes have […]

On Thursday, Microsoft posted to its Windows Experience blog The Windows Resiliency Initiative: Building resilience for a future-ready enterprise. The post is primarily about WRI, but buried in it was a note about the “elimination” of the blue screen of death (BSOD) in Windows 11. The post did not actually mention BSODs and instead referred […]