JEDI Windows API » Russinovich http://blog.delphi-jedi.net Joint Endeavor of Delphi Innovators of Windows Programming Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:44:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Site Recommendation: Terminal Session and Desktops http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2010/03/05/site-recommendation-terminal-session-and-desktops/ http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2010/03/05/site-recommendation-terminal-session-and-desktops/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:24:46 +0000 Christian Wimmer http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/?p=674 Many Windows Programmers still have trouble when it comes to sessions, window stations and desktops. They frequently get mixed up and we can see a lot of question on the Internet about e.g. how to spawn processes in all logged-on user desktops (rather than sessions).  Hence, I have listed some articles that you can read to get a better understanding of such things like a Terminal Sessions.

To understand the concept of Window Sessions, Stations and Desktop it is not necessary to read all articles to the end. I think the beginning is just fine.

  • Pushing the Limits of Windows: USER and GDI Objects
    Mark Russinovich writes about USER and GDI objects but he also gives a basic introduction how sessions, windowstations and desktops are related.

  • Desktop Heap Overview
    The guys from Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting explain how it is possible that a desktop can run out of heap. It is a quite technical article but it gives a nice insight into some of the Windows internals.

I often prefer such blog articles to MSDN articles because blog articles are much more fun to read.

]]> http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2010/03/05/site-recommendation-terminal-session-and-desktops/feed/ 0 The case of the unexplained… http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2008/03/16/the-case-of-the-unexplained/ http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2008/03/16/the-case-of-the-unexplained/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:51:24 +0000 Christian Wimmer http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2008/03/16/the-case-of-the-unexplained/ As you maybe already have noted, I use the ProcessExplorer of Mark Russinovich a lot. It is a very powerful tool, that can help you finding out what’s going on in your Windows system…

  • Processes
  • Threads
  • Properties
  • Handles
  • Kernel
  • Bluescreens (WinDbg)
  • and many more

If you are interested in getting an introduction into the great application, you should watch this video. Mark presents his tool with many examples from his own experiences.

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/sessionh.aspx?videoid=722

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