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18 May 2017
by SNoone
In case you’ve missed it, there are tons of changes going on under the covers in WinDbg. There is a fundamental paradigm shift going on in terms of how WinDbg Read more
7 April 2017
by SNoone
TL;DR: Don’t waste your time like we did – 1394 boot debugging no longer works on the latest builds on Windows 10. As you might already be aware, native 1394 kernel Read more
22 March 2017
by PeterGV
I can hear you now, scoffing as you read the latest issue of The NT Insider: “You OSR people actually think running the HLK tests is a Best Practice? Seriously?” I Read more
7 March 2017
by PeterGV
Good News: Today Visual Studio (VS) 2017 was released to General Availability. You can download it here. Bad News: The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) doesn’t support this latest version of Read more
28 February 2017
by PeterGV
Whenever we release a new issue of The NT Insider, it’s always a big day here at OSR. It’s the culmination of weeks of writing, editing, and proof-reading. We even plan Read more
24 February 2017
by SNoone
It’s a known fact these days that Microsoft is feeling the Git love. As stated by Microsoft and reported by Ars Technica, the Windows operating system is even moving from its long lived Read more
17 February 2017
by SNoone
Yet another interesting case lands on our doorstep thanks to NTDEV (original post here). I firmly believe that you have zero chance in diagnosing a non-trivial crash if you don’t Read more
24 October 2016
by PeterGV
[Last updated 24 October 2016, 11:00 Eastern time — Fix broken link] I wanted to update you on the status of a few issues in the world of the Windows Driver Kit, Read more
19 September 2016
by PeterGV
Those of you who’ve read my Pontifications over the years know that the things that annoy me are truly countless in number. But most of the things that annoy me Read more
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- Using snprintf() inside Driver (15 msgs) 26 May 2018
- HLK Camera Record Indication Test 25 May 2018
- Getting USB descriptors from a class filter (3 msgs) 25 May 2018
- Reg: WFP driver not working in win 10 but working in win 7 (2 msgs) 25 May 2018
- Signature enforcement in windows 10 (10 msgs) 24 May 2018
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