Apr 15, 2016
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What happens if I call EnumPropsEx while another thread is mutating the properties?
You get a best-effort.
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Apr 14, 2016
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Even though the target audience may be programmers, it can still be seen by users
Freaking out over programmer jargon.
Apr 13, 2016
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If relocated DLLs cannot share pages, then doesn’t ASLR cause all pages to be non-shared?
ASLR is careful to keep sharing alive.
Apr 12, 2016
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Inherited access control entries are captured when the child object is created
Frozen in time.
Apr 11, 2016
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Getting MS-DOS games to run on Windows 95: The interrupt flag
Incomplete virtualization strikes again.
Apr 8, 2016
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Why does FindExecutable behave erratically for files with extensions longer than three characters? (And what can you do about it?)
Short file names strike again.
Apr 7, 2016
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Why can’t the debugger call GetFinalPathNameByHandle via .call?
Because it doesn't know how.
Apr 6, 2016
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How does GetFinalPathNameByHandle choose the name if there are multiple names due to hard links?
It picks the one you you used to open the file.
Apr 5, 2016
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Dubious security vulnerability: Disk space consumption
You have permission to use all the disk space you can.
Apr 4, 2016
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Getting MS-DOS games to run on Windows 95: Working around the iretd problem
Speed Racer in the Challenge of Racer X, please make it stop.