Windows 95 System Programming Secrets with CD-ROM
This book gives programmers and system developers an up-close look at the most important aspects of Windows 95. Pietrek's objective is to give programmers an in-depth understanding of the Windows 95... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1568843186
ISBN13:9781568843186
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Wiley Publishing
Length:780 Pages
Weight:3.50 lbs.
Dimensions:2.1" x 7.4" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Ah, good. It's all here, now I can get to work...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I hadn't realized that Mr Pietrek is something of a legend. Isimply set out to find a decent book that would (un)cover some of the "secret" things about Win32 programming that weretripping me up. Not only did I find answers, I found otherthings to steer around. It's a good book, it's readable, andeven a bit funny. I'd buy it again, most certainly.
A must have. I keep coming back to the excellant reference
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
There are very few books that I have gotten this much wealth of information out of. Matt spent a lot of time researching it, reverse engineering windows 95 to see how it works. I would gladly pay 10 times the sales price. I found the in depth coverage of the PE (win95 EXEs) file format much better than anything microsoft has to offer. Also, many people will find the section on how to "inject" DLLs into another process space very useful for all sorts things. The coverage of how exceptions are handled is very good. All of the information in the book is still valid today even though it came out in 95. Anyone writing a debugger, compiler, profiler, or system tool will find this book useful. Let's hope Matt writes another book!
Best book of my life!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Simply great! Covers all the secrets of Windows in a superb manner. Reading it was like reading some very intereting novel that I wanted to finish right when I started with the first page. If possible, I would give it infinite stars
More than an insider
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book really uncovered the dark areas of Windows 95. If your work requires you to go deep inside the system, this book will really take your hand right to the point. The best subject is the description of the Win32 protection and how windows do it, Win95 synchronization, Memory management, Win16 mutex,PE ... mostly all system level subjects are covered by this book.
Not only explains, but teaches
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This is one my most valued books, as it really explains how Windows 95 operates. Instead of quoting documentation, which is often lacking or dead wrong, Pietrek holds your hand down to the assembly layer, and derives what's really going on. His discussions on the PE format is unparalleled. Also, it contains a detailed chapter on "spelunking on your own", where he shares some debugging/hacking tricks of deriving such information. I stronly recommend you get this book while it's available!
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