The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Nov 7, 2018
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Using linker segments and __declspec(allocate(…)) to arrange data in a specific order
Getting the ducks in a row, in order.
Nov 6, 2018
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Dubious security vulnerability: A program that adds a user to the Administrators group in the usual way
This is a perfectly legitimate program.
Nov 5, 2018
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Sure, you can implement your own cryptographic service provider for a standard algorithm, but why would you?
You are signing up for a very big world of hurt.
Nov 2, 2018
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Why does the MonthCalendar control show the wrong week numbers in Romania?
Wrong from whose point of view?
Nov 1, 2018
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In the state of Washington, you are allowed to turn left on a red light onto a one-way street
And freeway onramps count as one-way streets.
Nov 1, 2018
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If the prototypes of DispatchMessageA and DispatchMessageW are identical, why have both?
Because there's still a character set dependency.
Oct 31, 2018
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Dulce et decorum est pro patria party
Anyone up for a toga party?
Oct 30, 2018
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What happened to the Arial Unicode MS font?
It couldn't do what it was originally created to do.
Oct 29, 2018
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The case of the oplock deadlock poppycock
Call Sherlock.