Digging into Windows Internals
Although much of the information in this book is based on reading the Windows source code and talking to the developers, you don't have to take everything on faith. Many details about the internals of Windows can be exposed and demonstrated by using a variety of available tools, such as those that come with Windows, the Windows Support Tools, the Windows resource kit tools, and the Windows debugging tools. These tool packages are briefly described later in this section.
To encourage your exploration of Windows internals, we've included "Experiment" sidebars throughout the book that describe steps you can take to examine a particular aspect of Windows internal behavior. (You already saw one of these sections earlier ...
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