Unauthorized Windows 95 : A Programmer's Guide to Exploring the Foundations of Chicago with Disk Book

Only renowned Windows guru Andrew Schulman could deliver the authoritative, in-depth look at Windows 95 you'll find in Unauthorized Windows 95: A Developer's Guide to Exploring the Foundations of Windows. From its origins under the code name "Chicago" to its present position as one of the most popular operating systems in use today, Unauthorized Windows 95 covers the whole Windows 95 story and gives answers to the questions most important to software and hardware developers:

• Has Windows 95 been written from the ground up?
• Does Windows 95 make DOS obsolete?
• Is Windows 95 a completely integrated operating system?
• Is the 32-bit kernel completely independent from the 16-bit kernel?
• How is Windows 95 different from Windows 3.11?
• How do VxDs make Windows a genuine operating system?
• Why is V86 Mode a form of protected mode?

This is the first look at Chicago and the effect it will have on the way people develop software. The book shows programmers how to use VxDs to their full advantage, and it includes a 3.5" high-density disk containing various utilities that allow programmers to look inside the Windows operating system.