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edward
June 1st, 2001, 16:11
Hi,
I would like to learn "more" about the Windows Internals.
Which book would you recommend to read on this topic?
Is there an up-to-date book at all?

thanks in advance for your help
regards
e.

mo k
June 1st, 2001, 20:11
start with charles petzold's programming
windows. 5th edition is the latest i beleive.
This is not an internals book though, but it
is a good presentation of the "outernals" ;P

If you already now how to code at the api
level, and know your way around system
dlls, then get Matt Pietrek's "Windows 95
system programming secrets", probably
the only useful book from IDG publishing

Both books are online everywhere in e-editions,
incase you are short of $ or cann't find them
around you

I own both of them, and petzold's has the e-edition
in the CD. Pietrek's was scaned i think, and you will
need to hunt around in the scene.
I saw them last at gAnz's site.
ht7p://jump.to/ganz

Some people will suggest Keuler's win32 assembly
book, but not me.
If you want to study the IBM PC then get
Bary Brey's 80x86-Pentium pro book.
It is the best.

For win32 asm Iczelions tuts are simply the best
out there.
Look for a package called win32asm at his
site, writen by some pioneers in the field, don't
remember their name though :-(
it includes a well writen .doc file and a bunch
of demos.

Good luck

Carpathia
June 1st, 2001, 21:02
nu, our tasty looking comrade, has pietreks book on her hompage ;-)

http://neudump.cjb.net

edward
June 3rd, 2001, 09:28
Thank you both for your replies

>If you already now how to code at the api
>level, and know your way around system
>dlls, then get Matt Pietrek's "Windows 95
>system programming secrets", probably
>the only useful book from IDG publishing
Unfortunately this book isn't available any longer as
a "real" book, but I found the e-book, thats fine too.

>For win32 asm Iczelions tuts are simply the best
>out there.
>Look for a package called win32asm at his
s>ite, writen by some pioneers in the field, don't
>remember their name though :-(
>it includes a well writen .doc file and a bunch
>of demos.
Yes, that is a great ressource for learning win32asm,
thx for the tipps...

regards
e.

topdeck
June 7th, 2001, 22:45
There is another book similar to pietreks, done by the guys from sysinternals.
Inside Microsoft Windows 2000
I think this is also available in e-edition, but haven't seen it available anywhere.