Windows® Internals: Including Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Fifth Edition

Windows® Internals: Including Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Fifth Edition

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<div><p>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. <br/><br/> Delve inside Windows architecture and internals: <br/><br/></p><ul><li>Understand how the core system and management mechanisms work—from the object manager to services to the registry </li><li>Explore internal system data structures using tools like the kernel debugger </li><li>Grasp the scheduler's priority and CPU placement algorithms </li><li>Go inside the Windows security model to see how it authorizes access to data </li><li>Understand how Windows manages physical and virtual memory </li><li>Tour the Windows networking stack from top to bottom—including APIs, protocol drivers, and network adapter drivers </li><li>Troubleshoot file-system access problems and system boot problems </li><li>Learn how to analyze crashes </li></ul></div>