The invisible work of preparing PC BIOSes for the year 2000 December 30, 2016 Dec 30, 2016 12/30/16 Raymond Chen Nursing the BIOS into the new century.
The evolution of the text size limits related to the standard static control December 29, 2016 Dec 29, 2016 12/29/16 Raymond Chen Smaller, then bigger.
The case of the four unlabeled toggle buttons December 28, 2016 Dec 28, 2016 12/28/16 Raymond Chen Make up whatever you like.
Why don’t I get properly translated program output after installing the corresponding language pack? December 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2016 12/27/16 Raymond Chen There's localization and there's localization.
Wireless AC is, unfortunately, not what it sounds like December 26, 2016 Dec 26, 2016 12/26/16 Raymond Chen The strange naming conventions of IEEE 802.11 standards.
Another pattern for using the InitOnce functions December 22, 2016 Dec 22, 2016 12/22/16 Raymond Chen The synchronous two-phase initialization.
What is the maximum numeric value for a socket, and what is the maximum number of sockets a Windows program can create? December 21, 2016 Dec 21, 2016 12/21/16 Raymond Chen You can create as many as you want, subject to the usual resource constraints.
If you ask robocopy to destroy the destination, then it will destroy the destination December 20, 2016 Dec 20, 2016 12/20/16 Raymond Chen Be careful what you ask for. You might get it.