The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Jan 8, 2018
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How do I get the computer’s serial number? Consuming Windows Runtime classes in desktop apps, part 3: C++/WinRT
Getting into the modern swing of things.
Jan 5, 2018
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How do I get the computer’s serial number? Consuming Windows Runtime classes in desktop apps, part 2: C++/CX
Annoying to set up, but easier to use.
Jan 4, 2018
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How do I get the computer’s serial number? Consuming Windows Runtime classes in desktop apps, part 1: Raw C++
We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Let's do it the hard way.
Jan 3, 2018
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Why are the module timestamps in Windows 10 so nonsensical?
They're really a uniqueness identifier.
Jan 2, 2018
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What happens when a huge number of people share a single grocery store loyalty card?
They can tell.
Jan 1, 2018
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How do I know that Resource Monitor isn’t just retaining a handle to the terminated process?
Let's run some more experiments.
Dec 29, 2017
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2017 year-end link clearance
Another year passes.
Dec 28, 2017
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How does Resource Monitor get information for processes that already terminated?
It's an optical illusion.
Dec 27, 2017
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Why do I have to pass a valid page protection value to VirtualAlloc even if it ignores it?
It ignores it, after it validates it.