The Old New Thing

Why does my Surface power brick keep blinking on and off?

January 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017 01/31/17

Raymond Chen

Power negotiations break down.

Creating an object on the other side of the airtight hatchway isn’t yet a security vulnerability

January 30, 2017 Jan 30, 2017 01/30/17

Raymond Chen

What can you do with that object?

How can a COM local server keep itself alive even though there are no active clients?

January 27, 2017 Jan 27, 2017 01/27/17

Raymond Chen

CoAddRefServerProcess to the rescue.

How can I control the directory from which my delay-loaded DLL is loaded?

January 26, 2017 Jan 26, 2017 01/26/17

Raymond Chen

Use the hook.

Are there alternatives to _lock and _unlock in Visual Studio 2015?

January 25, 2017 Jan 25, 2017 01/25/17

Raymond Chen

This is unlikely to work.

Why do my program’s notifications sometimes show a small icon, and sometimes a large icon?

January 24, 2017 Jan 24, 2017 01/24/17

Raymond Chen

And why does it sometimes show the program name?

How do I prevent users from terminating a service?

January 23, 2017 Jan 23, 2017 01/23/17

Raymond Chen

Use the ACL.

How important is it nowadays to ensure that all my DLLs have non-conflicting base addresses?

January 20, 2017 Jan 20, 2017 01/20/17

Raymond Chen

Not so much, since ASLR changes it anyway.

A fine detail on how DLLs are relocated as the result of a base address collision, and consequences

January 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017 01/19/17

Raymond Chen

Fixed up as necessary, but only as necessary.

Does ASLR relocate all DLLs by the same offset?

January 18, 2017 Jan 18, 2017 01/18/17

Raymond Chen

No.