The Old New Thing

Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.

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Trying out all the different ways of recognizing different types of timestamps from quite a long way away
Jul 6, 2015
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Trying out all the different ways of recognizing different types of timestamps from quite a long way away

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Running through the list.

Why does the BackupWrite function take a pointer to a modifiable buffer when it shouldn’t be modifying the buffer?
Jul 3, 2015
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Why does the BackupWrite function take a pointer to a modifiable buffer when it shouldn’t be modifying the buffer?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

An artifact of an earlier time.

Is a SID with zero subauthorities a valid SID? It depends whom you ask
Jul 2, 2015
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Is a SID with zero subauthorities a valid SID? It depends whom you ask

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Maybe.

How secure are GUIDs? Can I use it to generate passwords?
Jul 1, 2015
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How secure are GUIDs? Can I use it to generate passwords?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Not a good idea.

2015 mid-year link clearance
Jun 30, 2015
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2015 mid-year link clearance

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Midpoint check.

Microspeak: Stretch goal
Jun 30, 2015
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Microspeak: Stretch goal

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Extra credit.

Parsing a string as a 64-bit integer, somehow
Jun 29, 2015
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Parsing a string as a 64-bit integer, somehow

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Signed or unsigned, I don't care.

Windows 95 and Windows NT manage the TEB on x86 differently
Jun 26, 2015
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Windows 95 and Windows NT manage the TEB on x86 differently

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Reuse.

Where is the full version of the music that plays when you start Windows 98 for the first time?
Jun 25, 2015
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Where is the full version of the music that plays when you start Windows 98 for the first time?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

There isn't one.