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B-trees, Indexing
background activity priority, I/O Prioritization
background application page priority, Page Priority and Rebalancing
background priority mode, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps
backing store, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Unified Caching, Stack Trashes
backing up encrypted files, Backing Up Encrypted Files
Backup and Restore utility, System File Corruption
backup applications, VSS Architecture, Uses in Windows, Process MonitorProcess Monitor, Process Monitor
file system filter drivers, Process MonitorProcess Monitor, Process Monitor
shadow copies, Uses in Windows
shadow copy service and, VSS Architecture
backup components (VSS writers), VSS Operation
bad clusters, Dynamic Bad-Cluster Remapping, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
bad pages, PFN Data Structures, Memory Notification Events, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
Bad PFN state, Page Frame Number Database, Page Frame Number Database
bad-cluster files (, Master File Table, Master File Table, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
bad-sector remapping, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
badmemoryaccess element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
badmemorylist element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
BAD_POOL_CALLER stop code, Causes of Windows Crashes
BAD_POOL_HEADER stop code, Causes of Windows Crashes, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
balance set manager and swapper, Look-Aside ListsLook-Aside Lists, Look-Aside Lists, Modified Page Writer, Working Set Management, Balance Set Manager and SwapperSystem Working Sets, System Working SetsMemory Notification Events, System Working Sets, Memory Notification Events
look-aside lists, Look-Aside ListsLook-Aside Lists, Look-Aside Lists
page writer events, Modified Page Writer
trimming working sets, Working Set Management
working sets, Balance Set Manager and SwapperSystem Working Sets, System Working SetsMemory Notification Events, System Working Sets, Memory Notification Events
balanced trees, Indexing
bandwidth reservations, Opening Devices, Bandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O)
Base Cryptographic Provider, Encrypting a File for the First Time
base file records, Master File Table, Master File Table
base LSNs, Logging Implementation
base-log files, Log Layout, Resource Managers
based sections, Section Objects
basic disks, Volume Management, MBR-Style Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, Basic Disk Volume Manager, Basic Disk Volume ManagerMultipartition Volume Management, Multipartition Volume Management, The Mount Manager
GUID partition table partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning
MBR-style partitioning, MBR-Style Partitioning
multipartition volumes on, Volume Management
registry information, The Mount Manager
storage management, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, Basic Disk Volume ManagerMultipartition Volume Management, Multipartition Volume Management
volume manager, Basic Disk Volume Manager
BAT files, Locking
batch oplocks, LockingLocking, Locking, Locking
batching log records, Design
baud rates, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, When There Is No Crash Dump
baudrate element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
BCD (Boot Configuration Database), Winload, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Encryption Keys, BitLocker Key Recovery, No Execute Page Protection, No Execute Page Protection, No Execute Page Protection, Address Windowing Extensions, Physical Address Extension (PAE), Physical Address Extension (PAE), BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot ProcessThe UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Boot Sector CorruptionSystem Hive Corruption, System Hive Corruption, Hung or Unresponsive Systems
BitLocker encryption, Encryption Keys, BitLocker Key Recovery
BitLocker volumes, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning
boot application options, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
boot process, BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
boot volumes, Winload
Bootmgr options, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
corruption and startup issues, Boot Sector CorruptionSystem Hive Corruption, System Hive Corruption
debug option, Hung or Unresponsive Systems
increasing virtual memory, Address Windowing Extensions
loading non-PAE kernel, No Execute Page Protection
nolowmem option, Physical Address Extension (PAE)
NVRAM code, The UEFI Boot ProcessThe UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process
nx values, No Execute Page Protection, No Execute Page Protection
pae options, Physical Address Extension (PAE)
safe mode options, Driver Loading in Safe Mode
Winload options, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
bcddevice element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
BCDEdit tool, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, BCD Misconfiguration, When There Is No Crash Dump
bcdfilepath element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
binary buddy systems, The Low Fragmentation Heap
BIOS, Basic DisksGUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Boot Process, BIOS Preboot, BIOS PrebootBIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
BIOS vs. EFI, Boot Process
boot process components, BIOS PrebootBIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot
emulation code, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
partitioning, Basic DisksGUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning
passwords, BitLocker Drive Encryption
preboot, BIOS Preboot
BIOS boot sector, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe UEFI Boot Process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot Process
BIOS-detected disk drives, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
BitLocker, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Attaching VHDsBitLocker To Go, BitLocker Drive Encryption, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)BitLocker Boot Process, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)BitLocker Boot Process, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Trusted Platform Module (TPM), BitLocker Boot ProcessBitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Key Recovery, Full-Volume Encryption DriverBitLocker Management, BitLocker ManagementBitLocker To Go, BitLocker Management, BitLocker Management, BitLocker Management, BitLocker To GoBitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, Encryption, Crash Dump Generation
BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To GoBitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go
boot process, BitLocker Boot ProcessBitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Key Recovery
Control Panel applet, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker To Go
Crashdump Filter driver, Crash Dump Generation
full-volume encryption driver, Full-Volume Encryption DriverBitLocker Management, BitLocker Management, BitLocker Management, Encryption
management, BitLocker ManagementBitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go
overview, BitLocker Drive Encryption
storage management, Attaching VHDsBitLocker To Go, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Management, BitLocker To Go
suspending, BitLocker Boot Process
system volumes and, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning
Trusted Platform Module, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)BitLocker Boot Process, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Trusted Platform Module (TPM), BitLocker Boot Process
BitLocker To Go, BitLocker Drive Encryption, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go
bitmap attributes, Resident and Nonresident Attributes, Indexing
bitmap files, Spanned Volumes, Image Randomization, Master File Table, Master File Table
black screens, MBR Corruption
blanket boosting, I/O Priority Inversion Avoidance (I/O Priority Inheritance)
BLF (base-log file), Log Layout, Resource Managers
block metadata randomization, Heap Security Features
block offsets, Log Sequence Numbers
block size, Unified Caching
block-storage devices, iSCSI Drivers
blocking, I/O Cancellation for Thread Termination, The IoCompletion Object
completion ports, The IoCompletion Object
thread, I/O Cancellation for Thread Termination
blocks, Disk Sector Format, File Deletion and the Trim Command, Heap Manager Structure, Unified Caching, Booting from iSCSI
block-level access, Booting from iSCSI
core heap, Heap Manager Structure
logical, Disk Sector Format
store page size, Unified Caching
updating sectors, File Deletion and the Trim Command
Blu-ray drives, Storage Terminology, UDF
Bluetooth, User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF)
body (IRPs), IRP Stack Locations
boosting I/O priority, I/O Priority Boosts and BumpsBandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O), I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps, Bandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O)
boot applications, BCD and, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
boot code (MBR), BIOS Preboot
boot data, BitLocker Drive Encryption, ReadyDrive
boot device drivers, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
boot disks, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
boot drivers, Winload, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, Code Overwrite and System Code Write Protection
boot process, Winload
loading, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
loading failures, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
system code write protection, Code Overwrite and System Code Write Protection
boot entropy values, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
boot files (, Master File Table
boot graphics library, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
boot logging, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Boot Logging in Safe Mode, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang
Boot Manager (Bootmgr), BitLocker Drive Encryption, BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
BCD options, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
BitLocker code in, BitLocker Drive Encryption
boot process tasks, BIOS Preboot
options editor, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
boot parameter block (BPB), Master File Table
boot partition paths, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
boot partitions, BIOS Preboot
boot preloaded hives, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
boot process, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)BitLocker Key Recovery, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Trusted Platform Module (TPM)BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Key Recovery, Boot ProcessThe BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, BIOS PrebootThe UEFI Boot Process, BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, Booting from iSCSI, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, ReadyBootReadyBoot, ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup ProblemsSafe-Mode-Aware User Programs, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup ProblemsWindows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems, Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs, Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs, Boot Logging in Safe Mode, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)MBR Corruption, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)MBR Corruption, Solving Common Boot ProblemsPost–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption, Boot Sector Corruption, System File Corruption, System Hive Corruption, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang
BIOS boot sector and Bootmgr, BIOS PrebootThe UEFI Boot Process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot Process
BIOS preboot, Boot ProcessThe BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
BitLocker, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)BitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Key Recovery
changes to encrypted components, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
common boot problems, Solving Common Boot ProblemsPost–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Boot Sector Corruption, System File Corruption, System Hive Corruption, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang
driver loading, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup ProblemsSafe-Mode-Aware User Programs, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs
iSCSI booting, Booting from iSCSI
kernel and executive subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
last known good (LKG), Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems
preboot process, BitLocker Boot Process
ReadyBoot, ReadyBootReadyBoot, ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot
repairing installations, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption
safe mode, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup ProblemsWindows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Boot Logging in Safe Mode, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
safe-mode-aware programs, Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs
troubleshooting, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
UEFI boot process, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process
verification chain, encryption, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process
Windows Recovery Environment, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption
boot sectors, Local FSDs, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery, BIOS Preboot
defined, BIOS Preboot
duplicated, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
file system drivers and, Local FSDs
boot status files (bootstat.dat), Mirrored Volumes, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
boot traces, Logical Prefetcher
boot video driver (Bootvid.dll), BIOS Preboot, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
boot volumes, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style PartitioningLDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Mirrored Volumes, BitLocker Drive Encryption, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe UEFI Boot Process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot Process
encrypting, BitLocker Drive Encryption
loading process, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrThe UEFI Boot Process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot Process
mirroring, Mirrored Volumes
partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style PartitioningLDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning
boot-sector code, Encryption Keys, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
boot-selection menu, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
boot-start (0) value, The Start Value, The Start Value
boot-start drivers, Device Enumeration, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
boot-time caching (ReadyBoot), ReadyBootReadyBoot, ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot
bootable partitions, MBR-Style Partitioning
bootdebug element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
bootems element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
bootlog element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
bootlog option, Boot Logging in Safe ModeWindows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
bootrec command, MBR Corruption, Boot Sector Corruption, System Hive Corruption
bootsequence element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
bootstatuspolicy element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
bootstrap data, Master File Table, Master File Table
bootux element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
bottom dirty page threshold, Write Throttling
bound traps, 0x7F - UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP
boundary operations, Driver Verifier
break on symbol load option, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
breaking into hung systems, Hung or Unresponsive SystemsWhen There Is No Crash Dump, Hung or Unresponsive Systems, Hung or Unresponsive Systems, When There Is No Crash Dump
breakpoints, Copy-on-Write, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, 0x8E - KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
copy-on-write process and, Copy-on-Write
drivers compiled in debug environment, 0x8E - KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
HAL initialization, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
broken oplocks, Locking
BTG (BitLocker To Go), BitLocker To Go
bucket IDs (crash analysis), Online Crash Analysis
buckets, The Low Fragmentation Heap, The Low Fragmentation Heap
buffer overflows, Process Monitor Troubleshooting Techniques, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
buffer overruns, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Stack Trashes, Stack Trashes
buffer underruns, Pageheap, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Stack Trashes, Stack Trashes
buffered I/O, IRP Stack Locations, IRP Buffer Management
buffers and buffer management, The I/O Manager, Scatter/Gather I/O, IRP Buffer ManagementI/O Request to a Single-Layered Driver, I/O Request to a Single-Layered Driver, Look-Aside Lists, Unified Caching, Caching with the Direct Memory Access Interfaces, Caching with the Direct Memory Access Interfaces, Read-Ahead and Write-Behind, Explicit File I/O, Marshalling, Compression and Sparse Files, Compression and Sparse Files, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
DMA and caching, Caching with the Direct Memory Access Interfaces
FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING flag, Read-Ahead and Write-Behind
I/O manager, The I/O Manager
invalid, Explicit File I/O
IRPs, IRP Buffer ManagementI/O Request to a Single-Layered Driver, I/O Request to a Single-Layered Driver
look-aside lists, Look-Aside Lists
mapping and pinning interfaces, Caching with the Direct Memory Access Interfaces
marshalling log records, Marshalling
pool-tracking structures, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
scatter/gather I/O, Scatter/Gather I/O
sparse files, Compression and Sparse Files, Compression and Sparse Files
stores, Unified Caching
bugcheck callbacks, The Blue Screen
Bugcodes.h file, The Blue Screen
BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER stop code, Causes of Windows Crashes
bugs, No Execute Page ProtectionCopy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write
bumps (I/O priority), I/O Priority Boosts and BumpsBandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O), Bandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O)
burnmemory boot option, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
bus drivers, Layered Drivers, KMDF Data Model, The Plug and Play (PnP) ManagerThe Power Manager, Level of Plug and Play SupportDriver Support for Plug and Play, Driver Support for Plug and Play, The Power Manager, Power Manager Operation
KMDF IRP processing, KMDF Data Model
PnP manager, The Plug and Play (PnP) ManagerThe Power Manager, Level of Plug and Play SupportDriver Support for Plug and Play, Driver Support for Plug and Play, The Power Manager
power states, Power Manager Operation
role in I/O, Layered Drivers
bus filter drivers, Fast I/O, Device Stacks
bus filters, WDM Drivers
busparams element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
busy thresholds (processors), Thresholds and Policy Settings, Thresholds and Policy Settings, Performance Check
byte offsets, Spanned Volumes, x86 Virtual Address Translation, Byte Within Page, Physical Address Extension (PAE)