Books

Windows Internals is the official Microsoft Press book series on the internals of the Windows kernel, written with full access to the source code and development team.

The 6th edition covers Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. Click here to order Part 1 and Part 2.

It is also available from O'Reilly in several DRM-free ebook format: click here for Part 1 and Part 2. or you can read it online through Safari.

 

 Windows Internals, Part 1: Covering Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

"While obviously system level developers will gain the most benefit from this book, there is a ton of information for IT professionals as well - particularly for system performance tuning."

Previous editions:

  • The fifth edition covered Vista and Windows Server 2008 (click here to order).
  • The 4th edition (click here to order from Amazon) covered Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. It is also bundled with the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit, (click here to order from Amazon) which as a bonus comes with a full electronic version of the book (the e-book is not included in the standalone book). It is also available from the iTunes store and can be read online via Safari.
  • The 3rd edition covered Windows 2000
  • The 2nd edition covered Windows NT 4
  • The first edition (written by Helen Custer) was released before Windows NT 3.1 was released
Older books by David Solomon:

Windows                 Windows                 Inside                     Inside                  Windows NT for 
Internals                 Internals                Windows 2000         Windows NT           OpenVMS
5th edition               4th edition              3rd edition              2nd edition              Professionals  

              Inside Windows NT, 2nd edition (Microsoft Press)      Windows NT for OpenVMS Professionals (Digital Press/Butterworth Heinemann)