Replies to post #17852 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[Dan3]

Re: For the enterprise desktop sector there is ZERO benefit and no reason to switch

Windows Secure Kernel is in the 64-bit version and not available in 32-bit Windows. Companies that care about security will prefer windows 64, companeis that don't care about security will be going out of business soon - Intel is welcome to that market.

The x64 versions of Windows also support Microsoft’s PatchGuard technology that prevents non-Microsoft originated programs from patching the Windows kernel. This technology, available only on Windows x64 Editions, prevents kernel mode drivers from extending or replacing kernel services including system service dispatch tables, the interrupt descriptor table (IDT), and the global descriptor table (GDT). Third-party software is also prevented from allocating kernel stacks or patching any part of the kernel.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/A/A/DAA7245D-E01D-46A4-AB70-3A95ED3F6934/Windowsx64Benefits...