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Re:Kernel bugs hide for 2 years on average. Some hide for 20 by pjmlp on Thursday January 08, 2026 @03:34AM (#46538726)
This is outdated since Windows Vista, and even more so in Windows 11.
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Re:Kernel bugs hide for 2 years on average. Some hide for 20 by nobodyandproud on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:18AM (#46542802)
Windows Vista isn't Windows NT 3.x. In the internal versioning, it's not even 4.0.
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Re:Kernel bugs hide for 2 years on average. Some hide for 20 by pjmlp on Thursday January 08, 2026 @04:30PM (#46546758)
Indeed, it is something better, Windows NT 6.0.

And it is irrelevant anyway, given that this comment was written from 10.0.26100.

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Re:Kernel bugs hide for 2 years on average. Some hide for 20 by nobodyandproud on Thursday January 08, 2026 @05:30PM (#46547420)
Oh, I see.

You’re saying they improved the design. I know they added user-privilege device driver support for USB (etc).; did they revert the display compromise/mess as well?

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Re:Kernel bugs hide for 2 years on average. Some hide for 20 by pjmlp on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:29PM (#46556386)
Yes, now graphics drivers are mostly in userspace, with only a tiny driver in kernel space, miniport.

Hence why graphics usually no longer crash Windows, after a small black screen pause, everything continues as usual.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/d...

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