The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Oct 26, 2017
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How do I prevent my registered hotkey from firing repeatedly due to auto-repeat?
You can ask for auto-repeat to be ignored.
Oct 25, 2017
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Why was the Windows 95 precursor project code-named Panther abandoned?
Didn't fit in a 4-megabyte bag.
Oct 24, 2017
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When I use Alt+PrtSc to take a screen shot of a maximized window, why does it capture a few pixels from an adjacent monitor?
Because it's hanging over the edge.
Oct 23, 2017
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A closer look at the complexity analysis of finding the k’th smallest element in two sorted arrays
Let's calculate it properly.
Oct 20, 2017
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On the gradual improvements in how the system deals with the failure to initialize a critical section
Gradually improve the situation until the problem vanishes completely.
Oct 19, 2017
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How do I create a shortcut whose target is specified by a relative path?
It's already in there.
Oct 18, 2017
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I used WS_EX_COMPOSITED to get rid of my redrawing flicker, but it resulted in sluggish response
The system needs to know when to present the back-buffer.
Oct 17, 2017
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When a stopgap solution becomes an undocumented feature some people rely on
It was never meant to be long for this world.
Oct 16, 2017
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Nasty gotcha: Powershell aliases that match commands you might want to run
Because two-letter names would never collide, right?