The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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May 3, 2016
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Getting MS-DOS games to run on Windows 95: Not enough XMS handles
Of course I got it, right?
May 2, 2016
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Does Mulan speak Chinese?
Not really.
May 2, 2016
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Startup apps start up when I tell them
It's not really a useful performance metric.
Apr 29, 2016
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What does QueryThreadCycleTime actually count?
Whatever the CPU wants.
Apr 28, 2016
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Is there an API for redrawing a specific window from another application?
Once again, turns out to be the wrong question.
Apr 27, 2016
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How does Explorer calculate “Size on disk”?
Very simplistic.
Apr 26, 2016
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Why can’t I pin a document to the taskbar?
Because that's not what the taskbar is.
Apr 25, 2016
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Getting MS-DOS games to run on Windows 95: Too much EMM memory
Now that you got it, you need to find a place to put it.
Apr 22, 2016
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Should I be concerned that WaitForSingleObject is taking a large percentage of my performance test’s execution time
What you've got there, my friend, is a WaitForSingleObject stress test.