Dec 29, 2017
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2017 year-end link clearance
Another year passes.
Showing results for December 2017 - The Old New Thing
Dec 28, 2017
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How does Resource Monitor get information for processes that already terminated?
It's an optical illusion.
Dec 27, 2017
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Why do I have to pass a valid page protection value to VirtualAlloc even if it ignores it?
It ignores it, after it validates it.
Dec 26, 2017
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Microspeak: over-index
To give too much prominence to something in a discussion or analysis.
Dec 25, 2017
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Time travel is here, at least when it comes to debugging
A present for all the developers out there.
Dec 22, 2017
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Exposing undefined behavior when trying to port code to another platform
Oops, that wasn't allowed after all.
Dec 21, 2017
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What’s the difference between VARIANT and VARIANTARG?
Well, is it an argument?
Dec 20, 2017
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How do I ShellExecute a file, but with a specific program instead of the default program?
Count the ways.
Dec 19, 2017
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How does Task Manager categorize processes as App, Background Process, or Windows Process?
It's a made-up term.
Dec 18, 2017
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On the little-documented role of the page-turner
Intended to be invisible.