About Meminfo from Windows Internals

How does this meminfo tool able to access PFN Database from User mode ?

http://www.winsiderss.com/tools/meminfo/meminfo.htm#examples

It probably loads a driver using one of the standard tricks for doing
so in a mostly hidden fashion. Try running it from a network share,
that usually bollixes the whole thing.

Mark Roddy

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:23 PM, wrote:
> How does this meminfo tool able to access PFN Database from User mode ?
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> http://www.winsiderss.com/tools/meminfo/meminfo.htm#examples
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It uses undocumented system information classes added for SuperFetch. See
here:

http://www.alex-ionescu.com/?p=51

-scott


Scott Noone
Consulting Associate and Chief System Problem Analyst
OSR Open Systems Resources, Inc.
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How does this meminfo tool able to access PFN Database from User mode ?

http://www.winsiderss.com/tools/meminfo/meminfo.htm#examples