Sep 9, 2026
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What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture?
It's random, really.
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Sep 8, 2026
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A sample use of the winstart.bat file in Windows 95
For a driver that needs high resolution mode only in Windows.
Sep 7, 2026
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Why don’t we allow stacks to be sparse, instead of forcing them to be contiguous?
Imagining how to report a memory allocation failure for a sparse page.
Sep 4, 2026
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What happens if you change a window class’s GCL_CBWNDEXTRA ?
You're changing the value for future windows.
Sep 3, 2026
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The case of the progress callback that never got called when progress happened
Are you talking to the right guy?
Sep 2, 2026
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The perils of binding to value types in XAML
Loss of identity.
Sep 1, 2026
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Microspeak: Funded / unfunded
People are our most valuable asset.
Aug 31, 2026
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AWE does not require PAE, though PAE makes it much more useful
All dressed up with nowhere to go.
Aug 28, 2026
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On forcing all derived classes to implement a specific non-virtual method, part 2
Explicitly denying that you implement the method.
Aug 27, 2026
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On forcing all derived classes to implement a specific non-virtual method, part 1
Don't implement a stub. Just don't implement it at all.