May 31, 2017
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Extending our critical section based on WaitOnAddress to support timeouts
Ooh, look, a new feature.
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May 30, 2017
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Why isn’t the original window order always preserved when you undo an Aero Shake?
Acts the same way as undoing a Minimize All, since that's basically what it is.
May 29, 2017
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Does DebugBreak work to launch the debugger, or doesn’t it?
It does, eventually, but not because it is DebugBreak.
May 26, 2017
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Why are hidden files with a leading tilde treated as super-hidden?
Because in practice they are ultra-temporary.
May 25, 2017
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Diagnosing why you cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key
You can't do it, but why is the parent volatile?
May 24, 2017
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Some questions about unflushed data and calling FlushFileBuffers on a new handle to a file
Will it get flushed out eventually?
May 23, 2017
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What do these hard drive icons mean?
Various kinds of BitLocker, mostly.
May 22, 2017
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Why doesn’t searching my Start menu with Cortana find Internet shortcuts in my All Programs list?
Because our A/B testing showed that showing them was worse.
May 19, 2017
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Debugging a GDI resource leak: Case study
If it leaked once, it'll leak again.
May 18, 2017
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Why is the !locks command called !locks even though it debugs only critical sections?
Because those were the only kind of locks, back in the day.