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
Mark E. Russinovich is chief software architect and cofounder of Winternals Software, a company that specializes in advanced systems software for Windows. He authored the Sysinternals tools featured in this book. Mark has a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is also a senior contributing editor for Windows® IT Pro Magazine.
David A. Solomon is coauthor of the WINDOWS INTERNALS book series and teaches classes on Windows internals to corporations worldwide, including Microsoft®. He is a regular speaker at Microsoft technical conferences and previously was a lead developer for the VMS operating system.
Alex is currently studying at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and is in his first year of obtaining a bachelor's degree in Software Engineering. He is also a Microsoft® Student Ambassador and is representing the company on campus as a Technical Rep.
Comments about Microsoft Press Windows® Internals, 5th Edition:
This book is must have if you want to understand the inner workings of Windows. It is well written and understandable even if you don't have a programming background. The authors are well respected and have a great deal of credibility on the topic.
11/29/2010
5.0
Invaluable Reference!
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Not yet covering R2Win7
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Comments about Microsoft Press Windows® Internals, 5th Edition:
Russinovich and Solomon's Windows Internals really lets you look 'under the hood' of the Win2k8 OS. I do a lot of dump analysis, and being able to quickly find and understand internals on the scheduler, memory management, I/O and networking is invaluable in trying to understand what the stacks and various structures you can examine in windbg are trying to tell you. Would NOT be without it. And can't wait for a new version covering Windows 2008 R2, and it's changes.