Windows Internals by Pavel Yosifovich

Windows Internals

System Architecture, Processes, Threads, Memory Management, and More, Part 1

Pavel Yosifovich, Mark E. Russinovich, Alex Ionescu

Pearson Education · Print & ebook · May 5, 2017

The definitive guide–fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 Delve inside Windows architecture and internals, and see how core components work behind the scenes.

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Who it’s for
Explore Windows architecture through its processes, memory, I/O, and security mechanisms.
Themes
Windows system architecture, Memory management and device drivers, Windows security and access control
Genres
Windows Desktop, Windows Server, Windows Administration

About this book

The definitive guide–fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 Delve inside Windows architecture and internals, and see how core components work behind the scenes. Led by a team of internals experts, this classic guide has been fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. Whether you are a developer or an IT professional, you’ll get critical, insider perspectives on how Windows operates.

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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. This book will help you: · Understand the Window system architecture and its most important entities, such as processes and threads · Examine how processes manage resources and threads scheduled for execution inside processes · Observe how Windows manages virtual and physical memory · Dig into the Windows I/O system and see how device drivers work and integrate with the rest of the system · Go inside the Windows security model to see how it manages access, auditing, and authorization, and learn about the new mechanisms in Windows 10 and Server 2016

Inside Windows Internals

Explore Windows architecture through its processes, memory, I/O, and security mechanisms.

Come here for

  • Processes, threads, and resource management
  • Virtual and physical memory, I/O, and device drivers

Expect

  • Hands-on experiments in Windows internal behavior
  • Coverage of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016

Where it sits

Windows Desktop62%
Windows Server55%
Windows Administration35%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Windows Desktop
  • Windows Server
Authors
Pavel Yosifovich, Mark E. Russinovich, Alex Ionescu
Publisher
Pearson Education
Published
May 5, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Windows system architecture · Memory management and device drivers · Windows security and access control
Reading lane
Windows Desktop