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Windows Internals: Windows 2000, Windows XP, & Windows Server 2003
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 Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000, including 64-bit extensions - describes the architecture and internals of the Windows operating
system. You'll find hands-on experiments you can use to experience Windows internal behavior firsthand, along with advanced troubleshooting information to help you keep your systems running smoothly and efficiently. Whether you're a developer or a system administrator, you'll find critical architectural insights that you can quickly apply for better design, debugging, performance, and support. Get in-depth, inside knowledge of the Windows operating system: *Understand the key mechanisms that configure and control Windows, including dispatching, startup and shutdown, and the registry *Explore the Windows security model, including access, privileges, and auditing *Investigate internal system architecture using the kernel debugger and other tools *Examine the data structures and algorithms that deal with processes, threads, and jobs *Observe how Windows manages virtual and physical memory *Understand the operation and format of NTFS, and troubleshoot file system access problems *View the Windows networking stack from top to bottom, including mapping, APIs, name resolution, and protocol drivers *Troubleshoot boot problems and perform crash analysis
CONTENTS:
Concepts & tools
Systen architecture
System mechanisms
Management mechanisms
Startup & shutdown
Processes
Memory management
Security
I/O system
Storage management
Cache manager
File systems
Networking
Crash dump analysis
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