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In my time as a software engineering student I got to mess around with Linux enough times so as to feel like I know something about the way it works, but knowing only one OS seems short sighted to me. I'd love to learn about the way Windows does things, and though I don't expect to get to look at its code, I'm sure there are some articles/academic-papers/tech-manuals that have at least some information.
Do you know of a good source from which I can learn about the Windows kernel?
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The kernel file itself is ntoskrnl.exe . It is located in C:\Windows\System32 .
The difference between Windows Kernel and Linux Kernel is that the Windows kernel, which is in the Windows Operating System, is a commercial software while the Linux Kernel, which is in the Linux Operating System, is an open source software.
The Microsoft Windows kernel provides basic low-level operations such as scheduling threads or routing hardware interrupts. It is the heart of the operating system and all tasks it performs must be fast and simple.
I don't think I would be alone in recommending Windows Internals, 7th edition.
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