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Yarisyoyo
Aug 26, 2025Bronze Contributor
Is the security system of Windows 11 and ntoskrnl functioning normally in Task Manager?
There is a Secure System process in Task Manager. When I click on it, it shows ntoskrnl, and it is classified as WINDOWS in all capital letters (others are usually in lowercase). Is this normal? I do...
Zachariahh
Dec 17, 2025Iron Contributor
- You can right-click the ntoskrnl.exe process in Task Manager and select Open file location.
- It should be located in C:\Windows\System32.
- If it's somewhere else, that could be suspicious.