Editing VxD (section)

{{Short description|Device driver model used in Microsoft Windows/386}}
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'''VxD''' is the [[device driver]] model used in [[Windows/386|Microsoft Windows/386]] 2.x, the 386 enhanced mode of [[Windows 3.1x|Windows 3.x]], [[Windows 9x]], and to some extent also by the [[Novell DOS 7]], [[OpenDOS 7.01]], and [[DR-DOS 7.02]] (and higher) multitasker (<code>TASKMGR</code>).<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/> VxDs have access to the [[memory]] of the [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel]] and all running [[Process_(computing)|processes]], as well as raw access to the hardware. Starting with [[Windows 98]], [[Windows Driver Model]] was the recommended driver model to write drivers for, with the VxD driver model still being supported for [[backward compatibility]], until [[Windows Me]].