This is a programmer's guide to Windows NT, Microsoft's 32-bit operating system. The guide features: down-to-earth instruction on how to create applications for Windows NT networks; details of Windows NT's networking functions, the network programming interfaces and the input/output services available; and a disk which includes a network independent interface for Windows NT that will aid network application development.

Sinha explains the use of Windows and Windows NT inter-process communication methods to build applications which can communicate with their counterparts over the network. This book explores the challenges that developers face when they are developing network-aware or client/server programs within the Windows and Windows NT operating systems.

Practical explanations are given of Microsoft's networking APIs. This definitive reference covers the network programming interfaces available on the Windows 98, Windows NT/200, and Windows CE platforms. The CD-ROM features reusable code examples in Visual C++.

A growing number of the 90,000 network programmers who bought Rich Stevens' UNIX Network Programming need to address a topic not covered by this classic--how to deal with Windows Sockets, also known as WinSock. This book is the defintive word on WinSock, offering a complete tutorial on how to work with Windows Sockets and sample code, which will be available on the Internet.

Mastering cluster technology-the linking of servers-is becoming increasingly important for application and system programmers and network designers, administrators, and managers. With Microsoft's Windows NT cluster server being the first to tie cluster technology with a major operating system, it appears destined to take a leadership position in th

Windows NT Networking for Dummies is the latest in a series of books that provide beginners with a practical, jargon-free introductory guide to a range of products and applications in the computer world

Complete information for developers designing network programs using the Windows Sockets standard. This book's easy-to-understand explanations and sample programs simplify working with the Windows Sockets API. Expert Patrice Bonner presents methods and tools for designing robust network applications, including sample stream and datagram client and server applications.

Accompanying CD-ROM has all the source code and executable files from the book in the Book subdirectory. Also includes shareware and demonstration or trial versions of many software utilities used by advanced programmers, such as WinZip, Lemmy, Search and Replace, and Directory toolkit.

Learn to build applications that leverage new Win32 networking capabilities. With this book, Readers will the strengths and weaknesses of Windows 95's new networking features, how to take advantage of Windows 95 capabilities at the client end, and strategies for building successful applications running on Windows and NT networks.