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- From: rkl@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (kevin.laux)
- Subject: Could someone explain Win 3.1 Ring architecture?
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:26:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.182642.9468@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- Summary: Win 3.1 Rings
- References: <1go0plINNjpo@ub.d.umn.edu> <1992Dec23.223919.26720@microsoft.com>
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- In article <1992Dec23.223919.26720@microsoft.com>, georgem@microsoft.com (George Moore) writes:
- > tracer@majestix.cs.uoregon.edu (Roger M. Wilcox) writes:
- > >
- > >And what [Windows] replaces DOS with is actually quite a powerful OS
- > >in its own right. True, even in Protected Mode (Standard/Enhanced)
- > >all applications run at privilege level 0 (Kernel level), ...
- >
- > Correction. As of Windows 3.1, all applications, including the shell,
- > GDI.DLL, and USER.DLL run in Ring 3. Only the p-mode kernel runs
- > in Ring 0.
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- I've seen references to Rings and what runs where before. Could someone
- enlighten me (and the rest of us) as to the architecture of this?
-
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