Does the page table entry really have a sad-face for pages that are reserved? September 16, 2016 Sep 16, 2016 09/16/16 Raymond Chen Not exactly, but it's not as silly a question as it sounds.
Decoding the parameters of a thrown C++ exception (0xE06D7363), revisited September 15, 2016 Sep 15, 2016 09/15/16 Raymond Chen The mysterious second parameter.
What exactly does the msWindowLength parameter to SetThreadpoolTimer mean? September 14, 2016 Sep 14, 2016 09/14/16 Raymond Chen It's the maximum delay, but never the maximum anticipation.
What are these ghost drivers named dump_diskdump.sys and other dump_*.sys that didn’t come from any file? September 13, 2016 Sep 13, 2016 09/13/16 Raymond Chen Send in the clones.
How can I have a window that rejects activation but still receives pointer input? September 12, 2016 Sep 12, 2016 09/12/16 Raymond Chen The obscure return values of the WM_MOUSEACTIVATE message.
How can I get the memory manager to prefetch bigger chunks of data from my memory-mapped file? September 9, 2016 Sep 9, 2016 09/9/16 Raymond Chen Explicit prefetch.
How can I change a registry key from within the debugger? September 8, 2016 Sep 8, 2016 09/8/16 Raymond Chen There's the hard way and the easy way.
If I zero out my memory pages, does that make them page in faster? September 7, 2016 Sep 7, 2016 09/7/16 Raymond Chen Not really.
How to get people who installed a leaked build to stop using that build? September 6, 2016 Sep 6, 2016 09/6/16 Raymond Chen Change the wallpaper.
The complicated engineering behind an ice cream social September 5, 2016 Sep 5, 2016 09/5/16 Raymond Chen Lost in translation.