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> This is why fonts are considered system components - they are code, not data, executing on a VM. Like Javascript in a web page?

• jrabone 14y ago
  A browser's Javascript VM typically doesn't run in ring 0, unless you've got it badly wrong.
  • derleth 14y ago
    > A browser's Javascript VM typically doesn't run in ring 0, unless you've got it badly wrong. MSIE is an integral part of Windows. Microsoft has always said so.
    • chris_wot 14y ago
      Not every part of Windows runs in ring 0.