Books

Windows Internals is the official Microsoft Press book on the internals of the Windows kernel, written with full access to the source code and development team. The latest version is the fifth edition which covers Vista and Windows Server 2008 (click here to order).

The 4th edition (click here to order from Amazon) covers 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).

For more information (including  links to the errata page, a sample chapter, and tools unique to the book), visit the official book page.

 

 

"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."
Other books by David Solomon:

Windows Internals,           Inside Windows 2000,         Inside Windows NT,            Windows NT for
4th edition                       3rd edition                         2nd edition                         OpenVMS Pros

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