Memory Management in Windows

May 22, 2006 · 1 min read

Memory Management in Windows

Alright, if you need to get down to the nitty gritty of Windows memory management like I have to right now, then you don't want to miss these four articles (one of which I posted earlier but will include here again for the sake of comprehensiveness and conveniance).

The Virtual-Memory Manager in Windows NT: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngenlib/html/msdn_ntvmm.asp

Managing Virtual Memory in Win32: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngenlib/html/msdn_virtmm.asp

Managing Memory-Mapped Files in Win32: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngenlib/html/msdn_manamemo.asp

Managing Heap Memory in Win32: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngenlib/html/msdn_heapmm.asp

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Devin A. Rychetnik

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