Undocumented Windows 2000 Secrets: A Programmer's Cookbook
| 2001-05-07 00:00:00 | | 0 | Windows 2000
(Pearson Education) Reveals undocumented secret functions and features of the Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 systems, showing what they are for and how to use them. The CD-ROM contains the source code for all examples in the text, and compiled and linked binary builds. System requirements not listed. Softcover. DLC: Microsoft Windows (Computer File).
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The best book for Kernel Programming
This is the ONLY book about the kernel that is NOT about device drivers for real devices (it show how to be a kernel system programmer).
Documents all the internal structures that MS does NOT want you to know about.
How to hook the kernel and how to use kernel handles and much more.
Must reading for any kernel programmer.
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The bible
Hello,,.
I cannt really comment this book because i dont have it. But from the table of content, many reviews and look insides,,. I know,,. I need this book!!! Its so bad that this book is out of print. I cannt find it all over the web,,. So I try my chance here,,.
I am one of the waiting customers for this book,,. I will pay till 90$ for this book with 10 $ shipping credit to germany,,.
Please sell your book,,.
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awesome book
This book is highly recommended to device driver writers and kernel hackers. This book revolves around the tools presented on the companion cd, an excellent kernel spy (with working source code and tools. Nowadays, so many books have source codes on their CD that just flat out don't work). The author of this book has carefully prepared the source code and made sure it works on both NT4 and w2k. My only complaint about building the source code is it requires windows 2000 DDK which is no longer available from msdn as free download. It'd been much more convenient if the author had actually provided some of the header files and libraries to build the tools without having to get the entire DDK library.
The author explains why/how the tools/source code on the companion CD works. These explanations bring you through some of the most exciting aspects of w2k hacking such as direct kernel call linking in userland app, hooking kernel native APIs. The assembly code demonstrates some very useful hacking tricks.
Appendix A is a summary of microsoft kernel debugger commands, which is extremely useful in itself!
This is a quality book for serious kernel hackers.
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windows internals unleashed
Wow! This is a really good book if you plan to move from user mode to kernel mode. I bought this book because it was recommended by an author I really respect. It actually makes kernel mode application development look easy. I know that's a wild claim to make but its my honest opinion.The CD actually has a wizard for generating VS projects for kernel mode applications in addition to some really cool tools! The author also explains the skeleton code so a reader can easily build their apps on the foundation. The only problem I have with this book is the fact that its account on memory management is rather difficult to comprehend. I'm sure I would have been totally lost if I didn't already have this knowlegde. Readers who don't already understand this can consult volume 3 of the intel x86 manual or the book: `Memory Management` by Bill Blunden.
It should be noted that this book has very little to do with the win32 api. It is strictly a kernel mode/native API book so readers who have no interest in the kernel should not consider buying this book. I highly recommend it for system programmers who like me keep asking:`How does it work?`
User review
windows internals unleashed
Wow! This is a really good book if you plan to move from user mode to kernel mode. I bought this book because it was recommended by an author I really respect. It actually makes kernel mode application development look easy. I know that's a wild claim to make but its my honest opinion.The CD actually has a wizard for generating VS projects for kernel mode applications in addition to some really cool tools! The author also explains the skeleton code so a reader can easily build their apps on the foundation. The only problem I have with this book is the fact that its account on memory management is rather difficult to comprehend. I'm sure I would have been totally lost if I didn't already have this knowlegde. Readers who don't already understand this can consult volume 3 of the intel x86 manual or the book: `Memory Management` by Bill Blunden.
It should be noted that this book has very little to do with the win32 api. It is strictly a kernel mode/native API book so readers who have no interest in the kernel should not consider buying this book. I highly recommend it for system programmers who like me keep asking:`How does it work?`