January 2018

Microspeak: Impedance mismatch

January 23, 2018 Jan 23, 2018 01/23/18

Raymond Chen

Any kind of mismatch, really.

The history of change-packing tools at Microsoft (so far)

January 22, 2018 Jan 22, 2018 01/22/18

Raymond Chen

They all say "pack" for one reason or another.

A helper template function to wait for a Win32 condition variable in a loop

January 19, 2018 Jan 19, 2018 01/19/18

Raymond Chen

Another case of the spurious wake-up.

Stuff my father-in-law says: On taking the train

January 18, 2018 Jan 18, 2018 01/18/18

Raymond Chen

A five-minute tour.

A helper template function to wait for WaitOnAddress in a loop

January 18, 2018 Jan 18, 2018 01/18/18

Raymond Chen

Because this is what you always have to do.

Why does `HRESULT` begin with H when it’s not a handle to anything?

January 17, 2018 Jan 17, 2018 01/17/18

Raymond Chen

Well, it used to be a handle.

As far as the French government is concerned, I am the expert on Windows XP

January 16, 2018 Jan 16, 2018 01/16/18

Raymond Chen

At least it's my name on the paperwork.

How do I know that Resource Monitor isnt just retaining a handle to the terminated process?

January 15, 2018 Jan 15, 2018 01/15/18

Raymond Chen

Let's try it again, with feeling.

Why don’t context menus respect the UI state for keyboard accelerators?

January 12, 2018 Jan 12, 2018 01/12/18

Raymond Chen

Well, technically, they're a separate window.

What does it mean when the documentation says that you must specify the app in the system’s metadata before you can retrieve `SmbiosInformation` properties?

January 11, 2018 Jan 11, 2018 01/11/18

Raymond Chen

It's talking to a specific "you" that's not you.

The Old New Thing

January 2018 - Page 2 of 3 - The Old New Thing

Microspeak: Impedance mismatch

The history of change-packing tools at Microsoft (so far)

A helper template function to wait for a Win32 condition variable in a loop

Stuff my father-in-law says: On taking the train

A helper template function to wait for WaitOnAddress in a loop

Why does `HRESULT` begin with H when it’s not a handle to anything?

As far as the French government is concerned, I am the expert on Windows XP

How do I know that Resource Monitor isnt just retaining a handle to the terminated process?

Why don’t context menus respect the UI state for keyboard accelerators?

What does it mean when the documentation says that you must specify the app in the system’s metadata before you can retrieve `SmbiosInformation` properties?