Microsoft® Windows® Internals: Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000, 4th Edition

Foreword

Microsoft Windows has been a core part of my life for 14 years. During this time, over release after release, the operating system has evolved in breadth and depth. Producing Windows is one of the most important and complex projects in the world today. Easily 5,000 engineers work on Windows releases. Across virtually all cultures, Windows users comprise an entire spectrum from the largest mission-critical business to theyoungest child. Customers using Windows demand constant improvements in virtually every aspect—from being able to run the largest servers to being easy enough for a pre-schooler to use. Windows comes in many shapes and sizes, from embedded editions to media center editions to data center editions. All these products use ...