The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Oct 9, 2015
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Learning about farm animals from my niece
Things you don't learn in biology class.
Oct 9, 2015
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How does a shell namespace extension provide icons for virtual items that track the standard icons set by the user’s file associations?
Forward to the standard implementation.
Oct 8, 2015
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What happens if you call VirtualAlloc to MEM_COMMIT a page you never MEM_RESERVE?
It is not guaranteed to succeed.
Oct 7, 2015
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How do we change permissions on a share as fast as Explorer does it?
First, make sure you're changing the permissions on a share.
Oct 6, 2015
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First, try reading the error message, episode 4: Even programmers see error messages without reading them
Here we go again.
Oct 5, 2015
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How do I obtain the comment for a share?
NetShareGetInfo.
Oct 2, 2015
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Hacking the law: On the role of the marriage officiant in the State of Washington
Strange rules that basically mean there are no meaningful rules.
Oct 2, 2015
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Calling ShutdownBlockReasonCreate from my service doesn’t stop the user from shutting down
That's not how to do it from a service.
Oct 1, 2015
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If you can’t remember the exact text of a dialog box (so you can search for it), you can ask the Internet
Search ju-jitsu, v2.