Windows Base Services

The Windows Base Services node contains information that will help you take advantage of the base or core Windows services. The following overviews are included in this node:

• Microsoft Cluster Server
• Smart Card
• CryptoAPI 2.0
• Cryptographic Service Providers
• Certificate Server
• Debugging and Error Handling
  • Debugging
  • Errors
  • Event Logging
  • Structured Exception Handling
  • Error Codes
• Executables
  • Dynamic-Link Libraries
  • Processes and Threads
  • Services
  • PE Image Helper (ImageHlp)
• Files and I/O
  • Communications
  • Consoles and Character-Mode Support
  • Data Decompression Library
  • File Systems
  • File I/O
  • Tape Backup
• General Library
  • Generic Thunks
  • Handles and Objects
  • Large Integer Operations
  • Memory Management
  • Registry
  • String Manipulation
  • Time
  • Timers
  • Tool Help Library
• Hardware
  • Device Input and Output
  • Power Management
  • System Messages
• International Features
  • End-User-Defined Characters
  • Input Method Editor
  • National Language Support
  • Unicode and Character Sets
  • Locale Identifiers
• Interprocess Communication
  • Interprocess Communication
  • Atoms
  • Clipboard
  • Dynamic Data Exchange
  • Dynamic Data Exchange Management Library
  • Hooks
  • File Mapping
  • Mailslots
  • Pipes
  • Synchronization
• Removable Storage Manager Programmer's Reference
• Security
  • Access Control
  • Security SPI
  • Window Stations and Desktops
  • WinTrust
• Windows 95 Features
  • Windows 95 Architecture
  • Windows 95 System Limitations
  • Version Differences
  • Windows 95, OEM Service Release 2
  • Device I/O Control
  • Exclusive Volume Locking
  • FAT32 File System
  • Long Filenames
  • MS-DOS Extensions
  • Thunk Compiler
  • Virtual Machine Services
  • Windows 95 Service Control Manager
• Windows NT Features
  • Performance Data Helper
  • Process Status Helper
  • Windows NT Performance Counters