Snowman Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I was wanting to read up on some certain parts of windows OS's and I was wondering if Microsoft made some type of "complete guide" that explained pretty much everything like the registry, command prompt, file system, interface, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snowman Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 I know that there are always going to be some random books on that but I was wondering if Microsoft had some sources on their own OS's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vector Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 im sure you can read all you need to know from microsofts website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 I've looked around even on technet and msdn and I still haven't really found anything useful. (imitates response) "then look harder..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 What is it you want to know about? If it's how an OS works there is plenty of high level reading about the theory of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Windows isn't just an OS, its an entire ecology of different systems and architectures. You need to start by reading the technet white papers on the subjects you've listed. You could also pick up some of the mcitp guides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhollyMindless Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Windows isn't just an OS, its an entire ecology of different systems and architectures. You need to start by reading the technet white papers on the subjects you've listed. You could also pick up some of the mcitp guides. And know that you're looking through 20 revisions of history and backwards compatibility. And don't be surprised when you read something that says "MS says to do it this way" and then in the next document a totally new way is presented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeturnus Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I was wanting to read up on some certain parts of windows OS's and I was wondering if Microsoft made some type of "complete guide" that explained pretty much everything like the registry, command prompt, file system, interface, etc. Depending on what exactly you're looking for, you might find the Windows Internals book interesting. It covers a lot of the details of the inner workings of the operating system. It depends on how low-level you want to go though. If you're interested in kernel debugging, the Advanced Windows Debugging book is pretty decent as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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