Windows Internals

Name: Windows Internals
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ISBN: 9780735648739

ISBN-10: 0735648735

ISBN-13: 9780735648739

Edition: 6th 2012

Authors: Mark E. Russinovich, David A. Solomon, Alex Ionescu

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Delve inside Windows architecture and internals—guided by a team of internationally renowned internals experts. Fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, 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.See how Windows components work behind the scenes:Understand how the core system and management mechanisms workExplore internal system data structures using tools like the kernel debuggerGo inside the Windows security model to see how it authorizes access to dataUnderstand how Windows manages physical and virtual memoryTour the Windows…

Book details

List price: $55.99
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pearson Education Canada
Publication date: 3/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

David A. Solomon is coauthor of the Windows Internals book series and has taught his Windows internals class to thousands of developers and IT professionals worldwide, including Microsoft staff. He is a regular speaker at Microsoft conferences, including TechNet and PDC.



Introduction


Structure of the Book


History of the Book


Sixth Edition Changes


Hands-on Experiments


Topics Not Covered


A Warning and a Caveat


Acknowledgments


Errata & Book Support


We Want to Hear from You


Stay in Touch



Concepts and Tools



Windows Operating System Versions



Foundation Concepts and Terms



Digging into Windows Internals



Conclusion



System Architecture



Requirements and Design Goals



Operating System Model



Architecture Overview



Key System Components



Conclusion



System Mechanisms



Trap Dispatching



Object Manager



Synchronization



System Worker Threads



Windows Global Flags



Advanced Local Procedure Call



Kernel Event Tracing



Wow64



User-Mode Debugging



Image Loader



Hypervisor (Hyper-V)



Kernel Transaction Manager



Hotpatch Support



Kernel Patch Protection



Code Integrity



Conclusion



Management Mechanisms



The Registry



Services



Unified Background Process Manager



Windows Management Instrumentation



Windows Diagnostic Infrastructure



Conclusion



Processes, Threads, and Jobs



Process Internals



Protected Processes



Flow of CreateProcess



Thread Internals



Examining Thread Activity



Worker Factories (Thread Pools)



Thread Scheduling



Processor Share-Based Scheduling



Dynamic Processor Addition and Replacement



Job Objects



Conclusion



Security



Security Ratings



Security System Components



Protecting Objects



The AuthZ API



Account Rights and Privileges



Access Tokens of Processes and Threads



Security Auditing



Logon



User Account Control and Virtualization



Application Identification (AppID)



AppLocker



Software Restriction Policies



Conclusion



Networking



Windows Networking Architecture



Networking APIs



Multiple Redirector Support



Distributed File System Namespace



Distributed File System Replication



Offline Files



BranchCache



Name Resolution



Location and Topology



Protocol Drivers



NDIS Drivers



Binding



Layered Network Services



Conclusion


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