Windows Internals, Part 1, 6th Edition

Paperback: 752 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press; 6th Edition (March 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735648735
ISBN-13: 978-0735648739

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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

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Concepts and Tools
Chapter 2. System Architecture
Chapter 3. System Mechanisms
Chapter 4. Management Mechanisms
Chapter 5. Processes, Threads, and Jobs
Chapter 6. Security
Chapter 7. Networking

Appendix A. About the Authors
Appendix B. More Resources for Developers
Appendix C. Find the Right Resource for You