A guided tour to using the Windows source code for Reference and Research Source Licensees.

Level

Intermediate

Audience

Windows Reference and Research source code licensees.

Description

This seminar helps you get started using the Windows source at your site. We provide complete details for installing, indexing, and, for research licensees, building the source kit. We then give you a "guided tour" through the gigabytes of source code, focusing on the structure of the most commonly examined areas, and show you how to use the powerful search utility to find other components. We also show you how to use the debugger with the Windows source files.

If you hold a "research" license, we will also work through several source modification scenarios.

Topics

• Installing and indexing the source

• Build procedures

• System architecture overview

• Kernel mode components

• Environment subsystems and user-to-kernel call implementation

• Security

• Key user-mode components

Prerequisites

Experience with Windows at at least the "power user" level; familiarity with basic operating system concepts; and strong reading familiarity with the C programming language.

Windows versions

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000

Duration and formats

3 days with labs/demonstrations
2 days lecture only

Labs

Labs for this seminar include indexing, searching, and debugging problems, as well as modification/building scenarios for Research licensees.