The Old New Thing

The conversations backstage at computer Go tournaments

July 2, 2007 Jul 2, 2007 07/2/07

Raymond Chen

Steve Rowe linked to an essay on why computers can't play Go well even though they've mastered other "difficult" games like chess. I was reminded of a description I received of what happens backstage at computer Go tournaments (i.e., tournaments that pit Go-playing computers against each other). ("Backstage" is a bit of a misnomer, of ...

Image File Execution Options just inserts the debugger in front of the command line

July 2, 2007 Jul 2, 2007 07/2/07

Raymond Chen

If you use the Image File Execution Options registry key to force a program to run under the debugger, all the kernel does is insert the debugger in front of the command line. In other words, the function figure out what program is about to be run and checks the Image File Execution Options. If it finds a debugger, then the debugger is ...