Apr 16, 2024 4 0 In search of the Ballmer Peak, and other results from SIGBOVIK 2024 Raymond Chen Continuing studies in silliness.
Apr 16, 2024 2 1 Dubious security vulnerability: Program allows its output to be exfiltrated Raymond Chen Once the output is generated, the program can't control where it goes.
Apr 15, 2024 4 1 What were the tax consequences of letting Windows 95 team members keep a piece of software as long as they tested it? Raymond Chen It basically falls under the de minimis rule.
Apr 12, 2024 8 6 The case of the string being copied from a mysterious pointer to invalid memory Raymond Chen Using AppVerifier to deduce the heap allocation history.
Apr 11, 2024 3 1 Why do STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ, STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE, and STANDARD_RIGHTS_EXECUTE have the same values? Raymond Chen Don't they mean different things?
Apr 10, 2024 1 0 How can I find out which process has locked me out of the clipboard? Raymond Chen You can ask for the clipboard opener.
Apr 9, 2024 0 0 If I enumerate all the processes and add up all the GetGuiResources, why doesn’t it match the GR_GLOBAL value? Raymond Chen There are some things that aren't charged to processes.
Apr 8, 2024 18 3 How does the classic Win32 ListView handle incremental searching? Raymond Chen Combining prefix search with repeated search, to accommodate multiple styles.
Apr 5, 2024 0 1 The case of the exception that a catch (…) didn’t catch Raymond Chen Reconstructing a false history.
Apr 4, 2024 16 3 It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: System corruption caused by an administrator Raymond Chen If your goal was to corrupt the system, you sure are doing it the hard way.