Apr 11, 2016
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Getting MS-DOS games to run on Windows 95: The interrupt flag
Incomplete virtualization strikes again.
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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.
Apr 1, 2016
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Is it really a prank if the victim doesn’t realize there’s a prank going on?
Oblivious.
Mar 31, 2016
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Why are there four functions for parsing strings into GUIDs, and why are they in three different DLLs?
Different historical contexts..
Mar 30, 2016
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The numerology of the build, redux
But why 16?
Mar 29, 2016
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Why doesn’t a program show up on the Start menu’s Recently Used Programs list if I just used it to open a document?
You have to actually use the program directly, at least once.