Feb 21, 2023
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Microspeak: Light reading (ironic)
Just a fun diversion.
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Feb 20, 2023
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The case of the mysterious "out of bounds" error from CreateUri and memmove
Unfolding some COMDATs.
Feb 17, 2023
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What happens if you co_await a std::future, and why is it a bad idea?
Just waiting for something to finish.
Feb 16, 2023
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What does it mean when my cross-thread COM call fails with RPC_E_SYS_CALL_FAILED ?
Look for an unresponsive recipient.
Feb 15, 2023
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What are the potentially-erroneous results if you don’t pass NULL as the lpNumberOfBytesRead when issuing overlapped I/O?
It's to avoid a self-inflicted race condition.
Feb 14, 2023
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Why are the Windows chassis hardware button hotkeys so strange?
Operating within the constraints of the system.
Feb 13, 2023
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Adventures in application compatibility: The case of the display control panel crash on exit
When you get a 64-bit pointer, you probably should remember all 64 of the bits.
Feb 10, 2023
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The case of the RPC_E_DISCONNECTED error thrown from await_resume
You can keep trying, but the result won't change.
Feb 9, 2023
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A more direct and mistake-free way of creating a process in a job object
A new attribute for creating a process directly in a job object.
Feb 8, 2023
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How can I get the original target of a shortcut without applying any 32-bit adjustments?
Disable the fancy tracking.