The Old New Thing

Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.

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Aug 27, 2018
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How do I force the Task Manager window closed whenever it opens?

Raymond Chen

Um, that's not really your decision.

Aug 24, 2018
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The Windows 95 team were proud slackers

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Another adopted slight.

Aug 23, 2018
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The PowerPC 600 series, part 14: Code walkthrough

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Putting the theory into practice.

Aug 22, 2018
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The PowerPC 600 series, part 13: Common patterns

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How to recognize different kinds of jumps and calls.

Aug 21, 2018
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The PowerPC 600 series, part 12: Leaf functions

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Making do with what you are given.

Aug 20, 2018
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The PowerPC 600 series, part 11: Glue routines

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Binding the two sides together.

Aug 17, 2018
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The PowerPC 600 series, part 10: Passing parameters, function prologues and epilogues

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The most dangerous parts of flying a function are take-off and landing.

Aug 16, 2018
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The PowerPC 600 series, part 9: The table of contents

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Finding your bearings.

Aug 15, 2018
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The PowerPC 600 series, part 8: Control transfer

Raymond Chen

Jump around.