Starting with Windows Vista, Protected Mode was added as a new feature in Internet Explorer. This Protected Mode, added an extra layer of protection by locking down parts of your operating system that ...

Windows Protected Mode is a feature of Internet Explorer that guards your computer from malicious software. Protected Mode was introduced with Windows Vista, and, as of the release of Windows 8, the ...

Microsoft has released an update today for Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 8.1 that disables the browser's Enhanced Protected Mode, which was previously enabled by default. Microsoft's monthly "Patch ...

A previously undisclosed vulnerability allows attackers to bypass Protected Mode on both Internet Explorer 7 and 8. The flaw was discovered by researchers at managed services firm Verizon Business, ...

Microsoft announced a new Windows Protected Print Mode (WPP), introducing significant security enhancements to the Windows print system. "WPP builds on the existing IPP print stack where only Mopria ...

Microsoft has been helping Adobe develop a sandbox similar to the Protected View in Office 2010. Adobe Reader Protected Mode, a sandboxing technology based on Microsoft’s Practical Windows Sandboxing ...

Last time we talked about how the original PC has a limit of 640 kB for your programs and 1 MB in total. But of course those restrictions chafed. People demanded more memory, and there were ...

(1) The native state of an Intel CPU, which provides access to all advanced memory management functions. It was introduced in 1982 with the 16-bit 286 chip, which was the first x86 chip to break the ...

A PC driver written for 32-bit Intel chips. Although 32 bits became available with the 386 in 1985, it took many years for drivers and applications to take advantage of the migration from 16 bits.