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On Sat, 9 May 2026 15:46:18 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:

> Indeed, MS themselves blamed the fact that the entire UI plus video card
> drivers was all "in the kernel" for much of the "blue screen of death"
> events that windows was plagued with back in the pre-XP and XP days.

That would be with Windows 95 monolithic kernel. The NT kernel is a hybrid 
similar to Apple's. MS learns, albeit very slowly.