Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88624 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 976 pages

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 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 #160;

Customer Reviews

Very informative, very technical
This book gives a fascinating insight into the 'engine' of Windows, giving low level details on the architecture of Windows down to kernel level. The authors are extremely knowledgeable in their subject matter and explain why many of the Windows components are designed the way they are. The only thing I would say is that this book is very technical, it's not aimed at people who want to learn how to use Windows, it's for people who have an interest in the low level architectural design of an OS.

THE BOOK for Wininternals knowledge
They have done a very good book. Very sad to see that they don't have an electronic version of the book.

I have attended the onsite training (www.solsem.com) and this training together with the book will make you the 3 level support person that knows what he/she is taking about. Microsoft engineers themselves owns copies of this book.

Buy it, read it, Use widbg and understand the internals. EXCELLENT Book for tech info about the WinOS.

Excellent reference
Book is an excellent reference on the details of Windows operating system. Only reason it loses a point is the lack of cd with e-book which is invaluable for finding small details that you have read, but can't remember where in the book. Other than this very small grumble, well worth the money