See how the core components of the Windows operating system work behind the scenes-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-along with hands-on experiments to experience Windows internal behavior firsthand. Concepts and Tools System Architecture System Mechanisms Management Mechanisms Processes, Threads, and Jobs Security IO System Storage Management Memory Management Cache Manager File Systems Networking Startup and Shutdown Crash Dump Analysis