Aug 30, 2024 Post comments count12 Post likes count3 In the Windows kernel, what is a LUID, and what makes it loo-ey? Raymond Chen It's a locally-unique ID, for a specific definition of "local".
Aug 29, 2024 Post comments count7 Post likes count2 How is the Windows.Foundation.Uri.Domain property different from Host? Raymond Chen It's an educated guess.
Aug 28, 2024 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 On the strange status of wchar_t in classic MIDL Raymond Chen From the era before wchar_t was a standard type.
Aug 27, 2024 Post comments count3 Post likes count2 The Microsoft/IBM joint development was built on mutual respect, wait, is respect the right word? Raymond Chen Maybe it's some other word.
Aug 26, 2024 Post comments count9 Post likes count2 Thoughts on finding the essential elements of a set Raymond Chen Another binary search, but searching a different way.
Aug 23, 2024 Post comments count7 Post likes count4 What if I need to wait for more than MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS threads? Raymond Chen Studying your options, and the consequences of breaking things up.
Aug 22, 2024 Post comments count3 Post likes count0 The role of the activation factory in the Windows Runtime Raymond Chen The activation factory represents the class itself.
Aug 21, 2024 Post comments count1 Post likes count3 What does ERROR_KEY_DELETED mean? Raymond Chen You now have a handle to a key that doesn't exist, and there's nothing you can do with it.
Aug 20, 2024 Post comments count1 Post likes count4 Another tribute to Microsoft history hiding in Building 41 Raymond Chen Logo touches.
Aug 19, 2024 Post comments count11 Post likes count0 Constructing nodes of a hand-made linked list, how hard can it be? Raymond Chen Trying to force copy elision.