Folks, just FYI - I had two books just arrive by courier: Windows Internals Part-1 <http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145305930.do> and Windows Internals Part-2 <http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145344403.do>
I had no idea until I looked just now, but both books are available as PDFs from Here<http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CDsQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fafis.ucc.ie%2Ftbutler%2FWindows%2520Internals%2520Part%25201%2520(6th%2520Edition).pdf&ei=Yy3XUsL8JoiWkgWzyYDACA&usg=AFQjCNFenBrFZXnciZ7BiZAx9rnTwchwug&sig2=7YKclXJIyU7Yvg8G9JiJ3w&bvm=bv.59568121,d.dGI>(25MB) and Here<http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CC4QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgegeek.com%2Fdocuments%2FeBooks%2FWindows%2520Internals%2520Part%25202_6th%2520Edition.pdf&ei=Yy3XUsL8JoiWkgWzyYDACA&usg=AFQjCNFqPokfhKGj35ckpn6BTj-LhVJT5Q&sig2=lxdn9VY-cYfQP8sVkjHuTQ&bvm=bv.59568121,d.dGI> (22MB). I've been flipping through the books and all I can think of is what Homer Simpson said when he opened his operator manual looking for a way of averting a meltdown: "Who could have thought a nuclear reactor would be so complicated". There's so much detailed information in these books that I reckon you could *write* Windows from them. The tables of contents of the books give you an idea of how technical and geeky they are. The text is dense with lots of nice diagrams but it's all very neatly organised and from my 15 minutes of flipping through it looks very readable. The *Security* chapter is one of the fattest, so that'll be interesting reading. I highly recommend these books for anyone who likes getting down close to the wire. Greg K
