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

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VACB index array

valid page table entries (PTEs) [See address translation]

valid pages 2ndvalidation, access [See access checks] validation, heap

value cell data type value-list cell data type values, registry

variable quantum

variables [See kernel variables; system variables]

VCN-to-LCN mapping, NTFS 2nd

VDS Basic Provider

VDS Dynamic Disk Provider vendor ID (VID) VenturCom verbose kernel debugger crash dump analysis VerifyVersionInfo function VERITAS Software version number, NTFS volume

versions, Windows     blue screen stop codes

     cache manager worker queue items     cache size     checked build versions

     configuration manager and hive memory usage

     default initial quantum

     differences between client and server

     EFS     event tracing

     exception dispatching     executive object types

     explicit file I/O     FAT file system

     handle tables

     hardware abstraction layer (HAL)     hive data formats     hive handles

     hive size limits

     hive stable storage

     idle processor selection

     initial system worker threads

     LiveKd tool

     memory manager synchronization

     multiprocessor dispatcher databases

     multiprocessor systems

     multiprocessor thread scheduling

     NDIS

     NTFS volumes

     object manager session namespace

     PEB values

     process initialization     prototype PTEs     Registry Editor tools

     Regmon device drivers     remote sessions     resource kits

     security ratings

     system space page table entries (PTEs)

     temporary page files

     thread dispatcher database

     thread-scheduling quantum 2nd 3rd     Unicode and ANSI strings     user address space sizes     user-mode debugging     user-mode memory access     Windows NT code base     Windows Support Tools

     Winsock operation     WMI implementation

video calls video driver boot options 2nd viewing base HALs included with Windows

viewing image subsystem type

     viewing installed device drivers

     viewing Ntoskrnl.exe and HAL image dependencies

viewing information aboutviews

     Address Windowing Extensions     cache manager 2nd

     section object     system mapped

virtual address control blocks (VACBs) 2nd

virtual address descriptors (VADs)     EPROCESS block     invalid PTEs

     memory management

     processes

virtual address space [See also virtual memory]

     64-bit address space layouts

     basic components

     boot options 2nd

    pages [See pages]

     physical memory vs.

     process 2nd

     system page table entries (PTEs)

     x86 session space layouts

     x86 system address space layouts

     x86 user address space layouts

virtual address translation [See address translation] virtual block caching virtual cluster numbers (VCNs)

virtual device drivers (VDDs) Virtual Disk Service (VDS) virtual files

virtual memory [See also virtual address space]

     boot options 2nd

     cache manager

     EPROCESS block

     executive     job objects     kernel mode    management [See memory; memory management]    pools [See system memory pools]     processes 2nd 3rd 4th     threads 2nd

     Windows and virtual private network (VPN) remote access

virtual size, cache VirtualAlloc function 2nd 3rd 4th VirtualAllocEx function

VirtualFree and VirtualFreeEx functions

VirtualLock function

virus scanners

volatile hives volume management [See also volumes]

     bad-cluster recovery     basic disks

     basic vs. dynamic disks     data redundancy and fault tolerance

     DMIO driver

     drivers 2nd     dynamic disks     evolution of

     FtDisk driver

     multipartition

     Virtual Disk Service (VDS)

     volume I/O operations

     volume namespace

     Volume Shadow Copy service

volume namespace

     Mount Manager device driver

     mount points

     viewing volume parameter blocks (VPBs)

     volume mounting

volume parameter blocks (VPBs) 2nd

Volume Shadow Copy service

volumes     boot     boot and system

     boot process     cluster sizes and FAT 2nd     LDM entries

    management [See volume management]

     multipartition 2nd

    NTFS [See volumes, NTFS]

     partitions vs. [See also partitions]

     recoverable file systems     shadow copy service     simple     spanned, as volume sets     volume objects volumes, NTFS     change journal file

     cluster sizes     clusters

     consolidated security descriptors     data compression and sparse files     disk configuration

     fault-tolerant, and data recovery

     file records

     file reference numbers

     filenames     indexing

     master file table (MFT)     mounting

     object IDs     quota tracking 2nd

    recovering [See recovery, NTFS]

     reparse points     resident and nonresident attributes     spanned volumes

voluntary switching thread scheduling