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Microsoft® Windows® Internals: Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000
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- + Cover
- Dedications
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Historical Perspective
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- + Introduction
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Chapter 1: Concepts and Tools
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Chapter 2: System Architecture
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Chapter 3: System Mechanisms
- + Chapter 4: Management Mechanisms
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Chapter 5: Startup and Shutdown
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Chapter 6: Processes, Threads, and Jobs
- + Process Internals
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Flow of CreateProcess
- Stage 1: Opening the Image to Be Executed
- Stage 2: Creating the Windows Executive Process Object
- Stage 3: Creating the Initial Thread and Its Stack and Context
- Stage 4: Notifying the Windows Subsystem about the New Process
- Stage 5: Starting Execution of the Initial Thread
- Stage 6: Performing Process Initialization in the Context of the New Process
- + Thread Internals
- Examining Thread Activity
- + Thread Scheduling
- Job Objects
- Conclusion
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Chapter 7: Memory Management
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Chapter 8: Security
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Chapter 9: I/O System
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Chapter 10: Storage Management
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Chapter 11: Cache Manager
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Chapter 12: File Systems
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Chapter 13: Networking
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Chapter 14: Crash Dump Analysis
- Glossary
- + Index
- Author Biographies
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
Test the closed alpha on paperc.com
Book Details
Authors
Mark Russinovich and David Solomon
Categories
Computers > Operating Systems > Windows Workstation
Publishers
Publication year : 2009
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 1,091
