What is ntvdm.exe (OpenInsight Specific)
At 27 FEB 2002 04:14:59PM Oystein Reigem wrote:
Win2000. Could anybody please explain to me what ntvdm.exe and wowexec.exe are? I know that if OI/my app fouls up I can do a clean kill by ending the ntvdm.exe process. But ntvdm.exe isn't something specific to OI. What/who else uses it?
- Oystein -
At 27 FEB 2002 04:26PM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com" onMouseOver=window.status=Click here to visit our web site?';return(true)]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
NTVDM - a virtual 16 bit environment for a 16 bit app to run in. Keeps it nice and separate from other 32 bit apps and allows them to share memory space. WowExec is the 16-32 bit thunking layer "Windows on Windows".
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At 27 FEB 2002 04:35PM Oystein Reigem wrote:
Thanks!
At 28 FEB 2002 12:36AM Richard Hunt wrote:
Both those programs seem to have something to do with DLL caching. That's about all I can tell ya.
At 02 MAR 2002 02:03PM Ray Chan wrote:
When I run OI32 under W2K, I sometimes still see under NTVDM.EXE:
OIPI.EXE
WOWEXEC.EXE
If OI32 is 32, are we still relying on 16bit routines for certain things. Just curious,
Ray
At 02 MAR 2002 10:34PM Mike Ruane wrote:
Ray-
The reporter and its supporting routine are still 16-bit.
Mike
At 05 MAR 2002 11:13AM Colin Rule wrote:
NTVDM=NT Virtual Dos Machine
Have a look at http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/N/NTVDM.html
On XP (not sure about Win2000) you can right click on the taskbar and switch between displaying each task separately or all under the specific NTVDM.