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'''See [[Arwinss]] page for the alternative win32 subsystem implementation effort.'''
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'''Kernel-mode subsystem server (Win32K)'''
  
'''See also [[Win32k_design_guideline]]'''
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The Graphics Device Interface Provides functionality for outputting graphical content to monitors, printers and other output devices. It resides in gdi.exe on 16-bit Windows, and [[gdi32.dll]] on 32-bit Windows in user-mode. Kernel-mode GDI support is provided by <code>win32k.sys</code> which communicates directly with the graphics driver.
  
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{{Code history|subsystems/win32/win32k}}
  
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== See also ==
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* [[Arwinss]] page for the alternative win32 subsystem implementation effort.
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* [[Win32k design guideline]]
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* [[Csrss.exe|User-mode subsystem server]]
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* [[wikipedia:Windows API#Overview]]
  
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Latest revision as of 07:57, 15 May 2014

The page Win32k.sys is a short article on something that should have a lot more information written on it.
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Kernel-mode subsystem server (Win32K)

The Graphics Device Interface Provides functionality for outputting graphical content to monitors, printers and other output devices. It resides in gdi.exe on 16-bit Windows, and gdi32.dll on 32-bit Windows in user-mode. Kernel-mode GDI support is provided by win32k.sys which communicates directly with the graphics driver.

Commit history (Source code can be found in: /reactos/subsystems/win32/win32k)

See also