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Sep 10, 2024
Does the Resource Compiler have a separate preprocessor or doesn’t it?
It did, but now it doesn't.
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Sep 9, 2024
GitHub trick to find the commit that deleted a file
Ask for the history of the file.
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Sep 6, 2024
The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Negative stride
It's all topsy-turvy.
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Sep 5, 2024
The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Taking the pitch into account
Getting the pieces to line up.
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Sep 4, 2024
The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Diagnosis
Imperfect pitch.
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Sep 3, 2024
Why did Windows 95 use blue screen error messages instead of hard error messages?
You may not able to get there from here.
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Sep 2, 2024
The CoInitializeSecurity
function demands an absolute security descriptor
Even though you usually have a self-relative one in hand.
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Aug 30, 2024
In the Windows kernel, what is a LUID, and what makes it loo-ey?
It's a locally-unique ID, for a specific definition of "local".
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Aug 29, 2024
How is the Windows.Foundation.Uri.Domain property different from Host?
It's an educated guess.
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