Windows Internals Part 2 (Developer Reference)

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Delve inside Windows architecture and internalsand 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 R2and now presents its coverage in two volumes. As always you get critical insider perspectives on how Windows operates. And through hands-on experiments youll experience its internal behavior firsthandknowledge you can apply to improve application design debugging system performance and support. In Part 2 youll examine: Core subsystems for I/O storage memory management cache manager and file systems Startup and shutdown processes Crash-dump analysis including troubleshooting tools and techniques