Delve inside Windows architecture and internals - guided by a team of internationally renowned internals experts. Fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, this classic guide delivers key architectural insights on system design, debugging, performance, and support - along with hands-on experiments to experience Windows internal behavior firsthand. See how Windows components work behind the scenes: * Understand how the core system and management mechanisms work * Explore internal system data structures using tools like the kernel debugger * Go inside the Windows security model to see how it authorizes access to data * Understand how Windows manages physical and virtual memory * Tour the Windows networking stack from top to bottom * Troubleshoot file-system access problems and system boot problems * Learn how to analyze crashes