Delve inside Windows architecture and internals - and see how core components work behind the scenes. Led by three renowned internals experts, this classic guide is fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. As always, you get critical insider perspectives on how Windows operates. And through hands-on experiments, you'll experience its internal behavior firsthand - knowledge you can apply to improve application design, debugging, system performance, and support.
You will: Understand how core system and management mechanisms work - including the object manager, synchronization, Wow64, Hyper-V, and the registry Examine the data structures and activities behind processes, threads, and jobs Go inside the Windows security model to see how it manages access, auditing, and authorization Explore the Windows networking stack from top to bottom - including APIs, BranchCache, protocol and NDIS drivers, and layered services Dig into internals hands-on using the kernel debugger, performance monitor, and other tools Explore core subsystems for I/O, storage, memory management, cache manager, and file systems Master startup and shutdown processes Learn crash-dump analysis, including troubleshooting tools and techniques
- ISBN10 0735675007
- ISBN13 9780735675001
- Publish Date 25 September 2012 (first published 1 March 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Microsoft Press,U.S.
- Edition 6th ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 1382
- Language English