Windows Internals, Part 1: Covering Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Delve inside Windows architecture and internals—guided by a team of internationally renowned internals experts. Fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, 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.

See how Windows components work behind the scenes:

• Understand how the core system and management mechanisms work
• Explore internal system data structures using tools like the kernel debugger
• 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
• Troubleshoot file-system access problems and system boot problems
• Learn how to analyze crashes