When a stopgap solution becomes an undocumented feature some people rely on October 17, 2017 Oct 17, 2017 10/17/17 Raymond Chen It was never meant to be long for this world.
Nasty gotcha: Powershell aliases that match commands you might want to run October 16, 2017 Oct 16, 2017 10/16/17 Raymond Chen Because two-letter names would never collide, right?
Exploring the problem: Create a file that only one process can write to October 13, 2017 Oct 13, 2017 10/13/17 Raymond Chen That's not the real problem.
Why does my program crash when I throw an exception from an APC? October 12, 2017 Oct 12, 2017 10/12/17 Raymond Chen Because c'mon.
How can I specify that my DLL should resolve a DLL dependency from the same directory that the DLL is in? October 11, 2017 Oct 11, 2017 10/11/17 Raymond Chen Use the manifest.
Why does NTVDM create empty IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS files? October 9, 2017 Oct 9, 2017 10/9/17 Raymond Chen Compatibility, of course.
How can I investigate the possibility of a lot of leaked window classes (RegisterClass)? October 6, 2017 Oct 6, 2017 10/6/17 Raymond Chen Looking for names.
Evaluating the security consequences of an instance of reading past the end of a buffer October 5, 2017 Oct 5, 2017 10/5/17 Raymond Chen In order to get the information, you must already have significant powers.
Reconciling yucky boys and gross kissing with the occasional dance October 4, 2017 Oct 4, 2017 10/4/17 Raymond Chen Just friends.