Sep 15, 2016
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Decoding the parameters of a thrown C++ exception (0xE06D7363), revisited
The mysterious second parameter.
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Sep 14, 2016
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What exactly does the msWindowLength parameter to SetThreadpoolTimer mean?
It's the maximum delay, but never the maximum anticipation.
Sep 13, 2016
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What are these ghost drivers named dump_diskdump.sys and other dump_*.sys that didn’t come from any file?
Send in the clones.
Sep 12, 2016
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How can I have a window that rejects activation but still receives pointer input?
The obscure return values of the WM_MOUSEACTIVATE message.
Sep 9, 2016
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How can I get the memory manager to prefetch bigger chunks of data from my memory-mapped file?
Explicit prefetch.
Sep 8, 2016
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How can I change a registry key from within the debugger?
There's the hard way and the easy way.
Sep 7, 2016
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If I zero out my memory pages, does that make them page in faster?
Not really.
Sep 6, 2016
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How to get people who installed a leaked build to stop using that build?
Change the wallpaper.
Sep 5, 2016
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The complicated engineering behind an ice cream social
Lost in translation.
Sep 2, 2016
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A customer question about shortcuts that don’t have a target path
Digging into the question to find the solution.