Windows Internals

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(R) 2008 and Windows Vista(R), 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