Microsoft Windows Internals (4th Edition): Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000

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machine security identifier (SID)

mailslots

     implementation     named pipes vs.     operation

     viewing activity maintain objects list global flag major function codes, IRP

Managed Object Format (MOF) language 2nd

managed objects, WMI

management applications

     Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator

     WMI manifest files mapped files [See also section objects]     flushing     I/O 2nd     modified page writer     pages in

     shared memory, section objects, and mapped page writer 2nd

mapped views, system mapping [See also mapped files]     cache manager interface

     hives into memory 2nd

     System process system threads to device drivers

     virtual memory to physical memory

MapUserPhysicalPages and MapUserPhysicalPagesScatter functions MapViewOfFile function 2nd

marshaling, RPC masked interrupts

Master Boot Record (MBR)     boot process

     corruption problem

Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning     basic disks     dynamic disks

master file table (MFT)

     logical prefetcher

     NTFS

master keys, EFS

media, NTFS and read-only

memory

     boot options 2nd 3rd

     configuration manager and hive bins

     dirty page threshold

     DPC/dispatch IRQL

     hives and paged pool

     HTTP API

    management [See memory management]

     optimizers    physical [See physical memory]    pools [See system memory pools]

     registry and volatile data     resource-allocation policies     SANs

     Section executive object type

    synchronization and [See synchronization]

     system code write protection

     type objects

     viewing start addresses for threads     Windows NT shared memory descriptor list (MDL) 2nd 3rd memory management [See also memory]     address translation     cache manager     KTHREAD blocks

    memory manager and [See memory manager]     memory optimizers

     page fault handling     page frame number (PFN) database     section objects

     system memory pools

     virtual address descriptors (VADs)

     virtual address space layouts

     working sets memory manager [See also memory management]

     Address Windowing Extensions (AWE)     allocation granularity

     cache manager     cache working set size

     components

     configuring     copy-on-write page protection     data execution prevention

     examining memory usage

     executive

     executive object delete method

     explicit file I/O and virtual

     fault handling 2nd [See also page fault handling]

     file system drivers

     groups of functions

     heap manager

     hive paged pool memory

     initialization 2nd

     internal synchronization

     large and small pages

     locking pages in physical memory

     mapped file I/O     memory optimizers     modified and mapped page writer threads

     NTFS file system driver     portability     process address space

     protecting memory

     reserving and committing pages

     services

     shared memory, mapped files, and section objects

     standby and modified page lists and cache physical size     system code write protection     tasks     virtual memory [See also virtual memory] memory optimizers memory-mapped file functions menu, boot 2nd 3rd

menu, boot See also Boot.ini Message Queuing API 2nd

MessageBox functionmessages     local procedure call

     named pipe

     Winsock multipoint

Messaging API (MAPI)

metadata     cache manager mapping and pinning interfaces

     defined     NTFS files

     recoverable file systems methods, object 2nd

MFT mirror

MiApplyDriverVerifier function microkernel-based systems, Windows vs. Microsoft Access

Microsoft Corporate Error Reporting (CER) Toolkit

Microsoft Developer Network [See MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network)]

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC)

Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic provider

Microsoft Exchange Server

     Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Interface Definition Language (MIDL) compiler

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator

Microsoft MPIO Driver Development Kit

Microsoft Online Crash Analysis (OCA) 2nd 3rd 4th

Microsoft Security Response Center

Microsoft Shadow Copy Provider

Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft symbol server 2nd Microsoft TechNet Scripting Center WMI scripts

Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)Microsoft Windows [See Windows] Microsoft Word

MiDispatchFault function

MiMappedPageWriter function

MiModifiedPageWriter function

minidump crash dump files

miniport call manager (MCM), NDIS miniport drivers 2nd [See also NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) drivers] minor function codes, IRP MIPS architecture mirrored volumes 2nd 3rd MiZeroInParallel function 2nd MKS Toolkit

MmAccessFault function 2nd 3rd MmFlushSection function

MmIsThisAnNtAsSystem function MmPrefetchPages function MmProbeAndLockPages, MmLockPagableCodeSection, MmLockPagableDataSection, and MmLockPagableSectionByHan dle functions

MmProductType global variable

MmSizeOfSystemCacheInPages system variable

MmTrimAllSystemPagableMemory

modified no-write pages 2nd 3rd modified page list, memory manager 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

modified page writer 2nd 3rd modified pages [See also page files]

MOF Compiler (Mofcomp.exe) tool more command, viewing data streams using

Mortice Kern Systems Inc. (http://www.mkssoftware.com)

Motorola PowerPC systems Mount Manager device driver 2nd mount operations, NTFS

mount points

mounting, volume

Mountvol.exe tool 2nd

MoveFileEx function

Mpdev.sys

Mpio.sys

Mpsfltr.sys

MS-DOS operating system

     applications and process creation

     boot process 2nd

     filenames 2nd

     volume management

Msconfig tool

MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network)     Device Driver Kit (DDK)     Platform SDK

     resource kits     Windows API documentation Msgina.dll 2nd 3rd

Msinfo32.exe tool

Msiscis.sys

MSV1_0 authentication package 2nd

Mswsock.dll

multi() syntax multipartition volume management     basic disks     mirrored volumes     RAID-5 volumes     spanned volumes     striped volumes

     types of volumes 2nd     watching mirrored volume I/O operations

Multipath Bus Driver Multipath Disk Driver Replacement multipath I/O (MPIO) drivers

Multipath Port Filter

multiple provider router (MPR) 2nd 3rd

multiple redirector support [See redirectors, network]

Multiple UNC Provider (MUP) multipoint messages, Winsock

multiprocessing, symmetric 2nd Multiprocessor Specification

multiprocessor systems     boot options

     memory manager

    synchronization [See synchronization]    thread scheduling on [See multiprocessor thread scheduling]     Windows NT and

multiprocessor thread scheduling

     algorithms

     dispatcher database

     hyperthreaded systems

     ideal and last processor

     idle processors

     nonuniform memory access (NUMA) systems

     processor affinity

     selecting threads to run on specific CPUs

multitasking

mutants, mutexes vs.

Mutex

     executive object type

mutexes     fast and guarded     mutants vs.

     signaled state mutual exclusion