Windows® Internals: Including Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Fifth Edition
- Length: 1232 pages
- Edition: 5th ed.
- Language: English
- Publisher: Microsoft Press
- Publication Date: 2009-06-17
- ISBN-10: 0735625301
- ISBN-13: 9780735625303
- Sales Rank: #1219612 (See Top 100 Books)
Description
See how the core components of the Windows operating system work behind the scenes—guided by a team of internationally renowned internals experts. Fully updated for Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Vista®, this classic guide delivers key architectural insights on system design, debugging, performance, and support—along with hands-on experiments to experience Windows internal behavior firsthand.
Delve inside Windows architecture and internals:
- Understand how the core system and management mechanisms work—from the object manager to services to the registry
- Explore internal system data structures using tools like the kernel debugger
- Grasp the scheduler’s priority and CPU placement algorithms
- Go inside the Windows security model to see how it authorizes access to data
- Understand how Windows manages physical and virtual memory
- Tour the Windows networking stack from top to bottom—including APIs, protocol drivers, and network adapter drivers
- Troubleshoot file-system access problems and system boot problems
- Learn how to analyze crashes
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