Reading OS(Windows) memory

[loki_dre]

Anyone know if it is possible to READ any/all memory used by Windows (ie.Windows XP), without using API

Currently trying to find a faster way to read video data of a window (currently using "PrintWindow" which copies the data.....but I just need to read it)
btw("PrintWindow" will access the data even if a window is overlapping it)

[hutch--]

loki,

The simple answer is no unless you have written the app that you want to read yourself and have built into it a mechanism to do this. Basically a protected mode OS is designed to prevent any external access to memory which of course includes the OS code and data and I doubt you can get around this in a safe way.