The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Oct 4, 2017
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Reconciling yucky boys and gross kissing with the occasional dance
Just friends.
Oct 4, 2017
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The Resource Compiler’s preprocessor is not the same as the C preprocessor
It's a very limited subset.
Oct 3, 2017
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Alas, Microsoft Building 109 Conference Room A is no more
Another code word bites the dust.
Oct 2, 2017
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How can I detect that my window is on the current virtual desktop?
And what are the recommended policies for using virtual desktops anyway?
Sep 29, 2017
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Why does my thread handle suddenly go bad? All I did was wait on it!
The scary world of _beginthread.
Sep 28, 2017
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CancelIoEx can cancel synchronous I/O, which is kind of nice
Get me out of there.
Sep 27, 2017
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How to check if a pointer is in a range of memory
Thanks to the C language standard, it's trickier than it seems.
Sep 26, 2017
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Who implemented the Windows NT blue screen of death?
My colleague John Vert.
Sep 25, 2017
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What happens if I wake a condition variable when nobody is waiting for it? Is the wake saved for the next thread that waits?
It shouldn't matter.