<DIV><p>See how the core components of the Windows operating system work behind the scenes&#8212;guided by a team of internationally renowned internals experts. Fully updated for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, this classic guide delivers key architectural insights on system design, debugging, performance, and support&#8212;along with hands-on experiments to experience Windows internal behavior firsthand. </p> <p>Delve inside Windows architecture and internals:</p> <ul> <li>Understand how the core system and management mechanisms work&#8212;from the object manager to services to the registry</li> <li>Explore internal system data structures using tools like the kernel debugger</li> <li>Grasp the scheduler's priority and CPU placement algorithms</li> <li>Go inside the Windows security model to see how it authorizes access to data</li> <li>Understand how Windows manages physical and virtual memory</li> <li>Tour the Windows networking stack from top to bottom&#8212;including APIs, protocol drivers, and network adapter drivers</li> <li>Troubleshoot file-system access problems and system boot problems</li> <li>Learn how to analyze crashes</li> </ul></div>