Windows Internals 5e - Hardcover

Solomon, David; Russinovich, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0735625301 ISBN 13: 9780735625303

Publisher: Microsoft Press US, 2009

Synopsis

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
• Learn how to analyze crashes

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Synopsis:

Delve inside the Windows kernel with noted internals experts Mark Russinovich and David Solomon, in collaboration with the Microsoft Windows product development team. This classic guide - fully updated for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, including

About this edition

• Publisher: Microsoft Press US
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0735625301
• ISBN 13: 9780735625303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1264