The Old New Thing

On the confusing names for the Windows service SID types

October 4, 2023 Oct 4, 2023 10/4/23

Raymond Chen

Too much abbreviation.

A complaint about Links the Cat, the Office assistant

October 3, 2023 Oct 3, 2023 10/3/23

Raymond Chen

Do all cats do that?

How do I manually update a remote tracking branch, say, to undo a fetch?

October 2, 2023 Oct 2, 2023 10/2/23

Raymond Chen

Updating refs to point to whatever you like.

Template meta-programming: Avoiding saying a type before it is complete

September 29, 2023 Sep 29, 2023 09/29/23

Raymond Chen

Deferring use until after the class is defined.

C++/WinRT gotcha: get_strong() will produce a broken strong reference if destruction has already begun

September 28, 2023 Sep 28, 2023 09/28/23

Raymond Chen

A strong reference to nothing.

The dangers of releasing the last strong reference from within its own callback

September 27, 2023 Sep 27, 2023 09/27/23

Raymond Chen

Deadlocking with yourself.

Why is kernel32.dll running in user mode and not kernel mode, like its name implies?

September 26, 2023 Sep 26, 2023 09/26/23

Raymond Chen

It's just a name, and it comes from the days before user-mode/kernel-mode separation.

GetQueueStatus and the queue state

September 25, 2023 Sep 25, 2023 09/25/23

Raymond Chen

There's stuff going on that's hiding behind the innocuous-looking name.

When I try to call an exported function, the target crashes when it tries to call any Windows function

September 22, 2023 Sep 22, 2023 09/22/23

Raymond Chen

Using what you know about how functions are imported to construct a theory that matches the evidence.

How does Explorer calculate the “Date” of a file?

September 21, 2023 Sep 21, 2023 09/21/23

Raymond Chen

Mapping the generic concept to specific file types.