本书剖析了Windows核心组件行为方式的 内部原理 ，主要内容包括服务设备驱动程序和应用程序的系统机制（ALPC、对象管理器、同步、WNF、WoW64 和处理器执行模型）、底层硬件架构（陷阱处理、分段和侧信道漏洞）、 Windows 虚拟化技术（包括基于虚拟化的安全、如何防范操作系统漏洞），以及操作系统为进行管理、配置和诊断所实现的底层机制细节，缓存管理器和文件系统驱动程序如何交互以提供对文件、目录和磁盘的可靠支持等。

本书是关于Microsoft Win 32API函数的完整参考手册。本书详细介绍了每一个Win 32 API函数的使用方法，其中着重介绍其原型表示、函数说明、参数说明、注意事项、相应头文件、链接库和典型示例。对于每个函数本书给出了相应的示例，这样读者在阅读相应的Win 32 API函数时就能很快地了解它的具体功能和使用方法，便于更快地掌握该接口函数。 本书是从事Microsoft Windows 操作系统开发和应用人员的参考书，也可作为大专院校相关专业师生自学、教学参考用书。

作者简介：Walter Glenn, Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST), and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), has been a part of the com-puter industry for more than 17 years and currently works in Huntsville, Alabama, as a consultant, trainer, and writer. Walter is a regular columnist in Microsoft's TechNet Zone and is the author or coauthor of nearly 20 computer titles, including Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Administrator's Companion (Microsoft Press, 2003), Mike Meyers' MCSA Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Environment Certifica- tion Passport (Exam 70-291) (Osborne, 2003), and MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-297): Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Net- work Infrastructure (Microsoft Press, 2003). He has also written a number of Web- based courses that are geared toward Microsoft certification training.

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