Windows Does Not Implement INT 15H to Handle Multitasking

ID: Q22384

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

SUMMARY

The following information describes why Microsoft Windows does not implement an INT 15H handler to facilitate multitasking in the presence of a NetBIOS network.

Windows does not use the INT 15H handler at all. INT 15H is specific to the IBM PC/AT. Windows will never use an INT 15H handler because it is designed to work on a number of different OEM machines.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10 no32bit

Keywords : kb16bitonly
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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