Drill down into Windows architecture and internals, discover how core Windows components work behind the scenes, and master information you can continually apply to improve architecture, development, system administration, and support. Led by three renowned Windows internals experts, this classic guide is now fully updated for Windows 10 and 8.x. As always, it combines unparalleled insider perspectives on how Windows behaves “under the hood” with hands-on experiments that let you experience these hidden behaviors firsthand. Part 2 examines these and other key Windows 10 OS components and capabilities: 
<ul>
<li>Startup and shutdown</li> <li>The Windows Registry</li> <li>Windows management mechanisms</li> <li>WMI</li> <li>System mechanisms</li> <li>ALPC</li> <li>ETW</li> <li>Cache Manager</li> <li>Windows file systems</li> <li>The hypervisor and virtualization</li> <li>UWP Activation</li> </ul> Revised throughout, this edition also contains three entirely new chapters: <ul>
<li>Virtualization technologies</li> <li>Management diagnostics and tracing</li> <li>Caching and file system support</li> </ul>

Windows Internals, Part 2 (Developer Reference)

Computers & Technology

Russinovich, Mark

Allievi, Andrea

Ionescu, Alex

Solomon, David

Operating Systems

Microsoft Press

Russinovich, Mark E.

Solomon, David A.

Delve inside Windows architecture and internals—and see how core components work behind the scenes. Led by three renowned internals experts, this classic guide is fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2—and now presents its coverage in two volumes. 
 As always, you get critical insider perspectives on how Windows operates. 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. 
 In Part 1, you will: 
<ul>
<li>Understand how core system and management mechanisms work—including the object manager, synchronization, Wow64, Hyper-V, and the registry </li>
<li>Examine the data structures and activities behind processes, threads, and jobs </li>
<li>Go inside the Windows security model to see how it manages access, auditing, and authorization </li>
<li>Explore the Windows networking stack from top to bottom—including APIs, BranchCache, protocol and NDIS drivers, and layered services </li>
<li>Dig into internals hands-on using the kernel debugger, performance monitor, and other tools </li>
</ul>

Windows Internals, Part 1: Covering Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Networking & Cloud Computing

Delve inside Windows architecture and internals—and see how core components work behind the scenes. Led by three renowned internals experts, this classic guide is fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2—and now presents its coverage in two volumes. 
 As always, you get critical insider perspectives on how Windows operates. 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. 
 In Part 2, you’ll examine: 
<ul>
<li>Core subsystems for I/O, storage, memory management, cache manager, and file systems</li> <li>Startup and shutdown processes</li> <li>Crash-dump analysis, including troubleshooting tools and techniques</li> </ul>

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