How to begin with Windows Kernel Programming?

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Srikanth P Vasist picture Srikanth P Vasist · Oct 28, 2013 · Viewed 21.6k times · Source

I am an application developer mostly work in C#. I have some knowledge of C/C++. I am very much fascinated and interested in windows Kernel Development. I Sketched out a layout to learn this.

1. Understand Windows internals(By books)
2. Try Simple Modules and keep expanding.

To achieve this, I need some help on:

1. The books I should read.
2. The Websites I should follow.
3. Setting up my dev environment.(Most important as I can start realizing.)

Kindly help.

Answer

SomeWittyUsername picture SomeWittyUsername · Oct 28, 2013

Read Windows Internals.

Read Windows Drivers Development.

Follow and read OSR Online.

To start writing read Writing your first driver.

This should cover you for several years or more.

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