Russinovich M. - Windows Internals, Part 1, 6th Edition

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 work
•Explore internal system data structures using tools like the kernel debugger
•Go inside the Windows security model to see how it authorizes access to data
•Understand how Windows manages physical and virtual memory
•Tour the Windows networking stack from top to bottom
•Troubleshoot file-system access problems and system boot problems
•Learn how to analyze crashes