Drill down into Windows architecture and internals, discover how core Windows components work behind the scenes, and master information you can continually apply to improve architecture, development, system administration, and support.

Led by three renowned Windows internals experts, this classic guide is now fully updated for Windows 10 and 8.x. As always, it combines unparalleled insider perspectives on how Windows behaves under the hood with hands-on experiments that let you experience these hidden behaviours firsthand.

Part 2 examines these and other key Windows 10 OS components and capabilities:

Startup and shutdown
The Windows Registry
Windows management mechanisms
WMI
System mechanisms
ALPC
ETW
Cache Manager
Windows file systems
The hypervisor and virtualisation
UWP Activation

Revised throughout, this edition also contains three entirely new chapters:

Virtualisation technologies
Management diagnostics and tracing
Caching and file system support