MS Press - Microsoft Windows Internals - Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000, Fourth Edition

• Microsoft Windows Internals, Fourth Edition: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Historical Perspective
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • Structure of the Book
  • History of the Book
  • Fourth Edition Changes
  • Hands-On Experiments
  • Topics Not Covered
  • A Warning and Caveat
  • Support
• About the Authors
  • David Solomon
  • Mark Russinovich
• Chapter 1. Concepts and Tools
  • Windows Operating System Versions
  • Foundation Concepts and Terms
  • Digging into Windows Internals
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 2. System Architecture
  • Requirements and Design Goals
  • Operating System Model
  • Architecture Overview
  • Key System Components
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 3. System Mechanisms
  • Trap Dispatching
  • Object Manager
  • Synchronization
  • System Worker Threads
  • Windows Global Flags
  • Local Procedure Calls (LPCs)
  • Kernel Event Tracing
  • Wow64
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 4. Management Mechanisms
  • The Registry
  • Services
  • Windows Management Instrumentation
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 5. Startup and Shutdown
  • Boot Process
  • Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems
  • Shutdown
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 6. Processes, Threads, and Jobs
  • Process Internals
  • Flow of CreateProcess
  • Thread Internals
  • Examining Thread Activity
  • Thread Scheduling
  • Job Objects
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 7. Memory Management
  • Introduction to the Memory Manager
  • Services the Memory Manager Provides
  • System Memory Pools
  • Virtual Address Space Layouts
  • Address Translation
  • Page Fault Handling
  • Virtual Address Descriptors
  • Section Objects
  • Working Sets
  • Logical Prefetcher
  • Page Frame Number Database
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 8. Security
  • Security Ratings
  • Trusted Computer System Evaluation Critiera
  • The Common Criteria
  • Security System Components
  • Protecting Objects
  • Account Rights and Privileges
  • Security Auditing
  • Logon
  • Software Restriction Policies
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 9. I/O System
  • I/O System Components
  • Device Drivers
  • I/O Processing
  • The Plug and Play (PnP) Manager
  • The Power Manager
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 10. Storage Management
  • Storage Terminology
  • Disk Drivers
  • Volume Management
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 11. Cache Manager
  • Key Features of the Cache Manager
  • Cache Virtual Memory Management
  • Cache Size
  • Cache Data Structures
  • File System Interfaces
  • Fast I/O
  • Read Ahead and Write Behind
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 12. File Systems
  • Windows File System Formats
  • File System Driver Architecture
  • Troubleshooting File System Problems
  • NTFS Design Goals and Features
  • NTFS File System Driver
  • NTFS On-Disk Structure
  • NTFS Recovery Support
  • Encrypting File System Security
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 13. Networking
  • Windows Networking Architecture
  • Networking APIs
  • Multiple Redirector Support
  • Name Resolution
  • Protocol Drivers
  • NDIS Drivers
  • Binding
  • Layered Network Services
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 14. Crash Dump Analysis
  • Why Does Windows Crash?
  • The Blue Screen
  • Crash Dump Files
  • Windows Error Reporting
  • Online Crash Analysis
  • Basic Crash Dump Analysis
  • Using Crash Troubleshooting Tools
  • Advanced Crash Dump Analysis
• Glossary
• Index
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