Relate to: System utility, System Management

Default location: %WinDir%\System32\winload.exe

Useful information about: winload.exe

Description: OS Loader

Version: 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)

Size: 940648 (918K)

MD5: 00D439AB54A9FEB59F94B15C03FF4277

winload.exe is the operating system boot loader. It is invoked by the Windows Boot Manager in order to load the operating system kernel (ntoskrnl.exe) and (boot-class) device drivers, and is in that respect functionally equivalent to the operating system loader functionality of NTLDR in prior versions of Windows NT.

Read more: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555852

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