The Old New Thing

A question about how to detect whether Windows Update needs the system to be restarted turns out to be the wrong question

December 3, 2015 Dec 3, 2015 12/3/15

Raymond Chen

For critical availability, don't install it until you are ready to reboot.

Hidden gotcha in the thread pool sample program on MSDN

December 2, 2015 Dec 2, 2015 12/2/15

Raymond Chen

That's a pretty small pool.

What does Ctrl+Enter mean? It depends on whom you ask

December 1, 2015 Dec 1, 2015 12/1/15

Raymond Chen

Maybe it enters a soft return, maybe it sends a command.