From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: read a specific memory address
Date: 9 May 2001 20:45:12 GMT
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Thomas Schachtner <thomas DOT schachtner AT gmx DOT de> wrote:

>> If that fails, you cannot continue.

> What can I do against this failure?

Nothing, probably.

> And: Why does this function fail with Windows 2000 and does NOT fail with
> Windows Me?

Because unlike the whole Win9x/ME family, Windows 2000 is a fully
protected operating system, so it simply can't let any arbitrary
program access arbitrary memory addresses, just like that.

In NT, and thus in 2000, too, only kernel mode drivers have (almost)
full access to all of the system.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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