The Old New Thing

How can I detect whether the user is logging off?

July 5, 2018 Jul 5, 2018 07/5/18

Raymond Chen

It's hidden as a strange sort of system metric.

The Windows Calculator no longer generates tiny errors when calculating the square root of a perfect square

July 4, 2018 Jul 4, 2018 07/4/18

Raymond Chen

Tweaking the algorithm.

Did you happen to lose something in the Amstel River? Say within the past 500 years?

July 3, 2018 Jul 3, 2018 07/3/18

Raymond Chen

Maybe you can find it here.

How can I determine why the System process is listening on port 80?

July 3, 2018 Jul 3, 2018 07/3/18

Raymond Chen

netsh can tell you.

Consider the environment: Do you want a receipt?

July 2, 2018 Jul 2, 2018 07/2/18

Raymond Chen

Actually, I don't really care whether you want one. The decision is foregone.